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Sexualization of female characters is a concern of gamers of all sexes. Players, including male and female players, do not always prefer or appreciate a sexualised design for female characters. In a 2020 survey of 2,006 gamers by Bryter, 62% of female games and 50% of male gamers felt that female characters are often oversexualised in games. [165]
Video game composer, Kumi Tanioka in 2007 Robin Hunicke speaking at the 2018 Game Developers Conference Siobhan Reddy speaking at the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Women have been part of the video game industry since the 1960s. Mabel Addis of The Sumerian Game (1964) was the first writer of a video game and first female game designer. [124]
It features the famous female Japanese wrestler Cutie Suzuki. As the first video game based on women's professional wrestling for the Sega Mega Drive, it played a pivotal role in establishing women as protagonists in 16-bit video games, [ 5 ] predating Alisia Dragoon by two years.
Rumble Roses (ランブルローズ, Ranburu Rōzu) is a professional wrestling fighting game that was developed by Yuke's and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2004. The game uses the same engine as Yuke's 2003 release WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain. Rumble Roses was followed by Rumble Roses XX, released for the Xbox 360 in 2006
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games is a YouTube video series created by Anita Sarkeesian examining gender representation in video games. The series was financed via crowdfunding , and came to widespread attention when its Kickstarter campaign triggered a wave of online harassment against Sarkeesian, [ 2 ] causing her to flee her home at one point.
WWE 2K22 is a 2022 professional wrestling sports video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K.It is the twenty-second overall installment of the video game series based on WWE, the eighth game under the WWE 2K banner, [1] [2] [3] and the successor to 2019's WWE 2K20. [4]
Pages in category "Video games with gender-selectable protagonists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 706 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Media critic Anita Sarkeesian drew attention to sexism in video gaming with her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games. Harassment can involve sexist insults or comments, death or rape threats, demanding sexual favors in exchange for virtual or real money, or criticism of the presence of women and their interests. [ 2 ]