More Women Game Developers Means More Success, 'Animal Crossing' Director Says
 

More Women Game Developers Means More Success, 'Animal Crossing' Director Says
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Who are video games for, exactly?

It's a question that games and developers have wrestled with through the decades. While glitzy marketing campaigns for first-person shooters like Call of Duty amplify the message that gaming is dominated by males out for blood, a different narrative is being painted by Nintendo.

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Last year, the Japanese game maker sold millions of copies of its city-building franchise Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It helped raise Nintendo's stock this summer*after a rocky launch in 2011.

One of its directors, Aya Kyogoku, called the ****** part of its own genre: inclusionary games. Read more...

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