https://www.gamespot.com/articles/badass-women-in-gaming/1100-6457050/

At last count by the IGDA, only 22% of the people who produce the games we know and love are women. Meanwhile, the number of women actually playing the games hovers around 40-50%. Somehow, this still adds up to the common misconception that gaming is a man's game, despite the enormous, staggering achievements women have made to change every aspect of how and what we play over the years.

Women have been at the cutting edge of every major paradigm shift of the medium, and as much as things have advanced, it's a medium that doesn't always appreciate them back, either by benign neglect, or by factors more insidious. On this International Women's Day, we hope to give a few of those women the respect they deserve.