Most Influential Women in the Gaming Industry

It is believed that women are far from the gaming industry. When you join a group of friends to play CS: Go, you are expected to wait patiently until the game is over, and then sigh how much time you would spend on something so impractical and stupid. However, this is not the final proximity, and not all women will scold you for playing video games. Some of them could have developed it for you! But still, most people will only mention Hideo Kojima. But we are here to introduce you and your partner to some of the most influential and powerful female game developers.

Kim Swift

It is a game development diva, a woman who works in Valve. Due to his participation and his hours of rest, we play Portal, and this game about Chell and his ability to change the space around him, creating portals, is as good as we remember. Kim began her career as a game designer at the DigiPen Institute of Technology, where she helped create Narbacular Drop. The protagonist is a girl who uses portals to travel the world. Soon, Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve, realized this girl and personally invited her to work at Portal. He also participated in the creation of Left 4 Dead. Now she left Valve to continue her career at Airtight Games, and was invited to work for EA games.

Jade Raymond

Jade Redmond is a Canadian developer who became famous thanks to Assassin's Creed and previously worked at The Sims in Electronic Arts. Her favorite games are Prince of Persia and Resident Evil 4. She used to work as a programmer at Sony.

Kiki Wolfkill

Executive producer of the world-famous Halo series, Kiki Wolfkill worked on Halo 4 and Halo 5, as well as Halo Legends. Kiki works at Microsoft Game Studios since 2012 as executive producer of 343 Industries Game Studio (one of the main divisions). She had an immense impact on the development of the series, and is still one of the most influential women in the game (no pun intended).

Amy Hennig

Amy Hennig is one of the most iconic women, who worked on game development. She is 53 years old but still rolling. Amy has over 37 years of work experience. She is a game development OG, working in the industry since 1980. She used to work for Electronic Arts (nowadays, she is one of the most powerful gaming companies with a high budget) as a game designer as well as a cheerleader. of characters. Later, she switched to Crystal Dynamics, where she worked as a set designer and then became a producer. Thanks to her, we saw Legacy of Kain. Amy decided to leave the company to request Naughty Dog, one of the most popular studios that work on PlayStation games. He produced the Uncharted series and worked as a set designer for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Now, she works at Visceral Games, creating a game based on the Star Wars series.

Jennifer Hale

Jennifer is not a game developer; She is a famous voice actress. The characters from World of Final Fantasy, Lego Marvel and Sara Palmer from Halo: Guardians are alive thanks to their brilliant voice. An actress is called Meryl Strip from the world of video games. Maybe you find a game developer or a famous actress in this Russian dating site?