About
Women In Games Vancouver (WIGeh) was created to forward the INCLUSION and ADVANCEMENT of women in the games industry. Its purpose is to support the continuing growth of the industry, and allow for discussion and debate of key issues involving all members of the development community.
This industry is young but women have already excelled in Video Game production – look at this quick snapshot:
2000 EA SIMS opens the industry’s eyes to the buying power of women (a new demo is born!)
2003 Disney introduces a strong mandate to introduce girls to gaming via handheld platforms
2004 Jade Raymond becomes a correspondent for G4’s Electric Playground
2004 Tami Quiring launches KillaNet Technology (a resource for the digital community)
2005 Brenda Bailey becomes first COO of Deep Fried Entertainment
2006 ESAC: More than 1 out of 3 homes that own PC or Video Games said the most frequent user was female
2007 Jade Raymond becomes Executive Producer for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise
2008 ESAC: 49% of Gamers in Canada are Women
2008 Kirsten Forbes becomes Executive Producer for Radical’s CRASH franchise
2008 Tami Quiring launches Village Gamer (Vancouver Digital Media News) website
2008 Action Pants Inc’s (now Ubisoft Vancouver) team is 40% women
2009 Jade Raymond named President of Ubisoft Toronto Inc.
2010 YOUR involvement is guaranteed to shape the future of video game production!
