Why Girls Are Getting into Gaming

The latest episode of Players Only explains why women, long a missing part of the audience for games, have suddenly appeared on radar in big way.

Once upon a time, the closest most game companies could come to claiming that they targeted women gamers was with a handful of token female heroines in otherwise blood-soaked, male-oriented titles.  But those days are quickly fading. As this week’s episode of Players Only shows, women are getting behind the controls more than ever these days, and the industry is rushing to accommodate the new audience.

Scott Steinberg explores what has drawn women to gaming in recent years, from titles that specifically cater to them to more gender neutral titles, as well as the stereotypes that gamers and game companies alike have overcome on the gender front. The show also gives viewers a look inside the industry to see how women are helping to drive gaming forward from the developer’s chair.

New episodes of Players Only, Digital Trends’ ongoing video game industry series, are released every Thursday, running up until June 6. The final series will comprise 10 episodes, spanning topics from the artistic merit of video games to the latest industry trends, like casual gaming.