Soccer star Sydney Leroux of the U.S. women's national soccer team, in EA's FIFA 16.
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EA exec Peter Moore blasts fans who spread hate on women soccer players in FIFA 16

Electronic Arts chief operating officer Peter Moore said he was sad to see the “misogynistic vitriol” following the EA Sports announcement today that the upcoming FIFA 16 game will include female players from the women’s national teams.

The game series has been around since 1993, but for the first time, EA is incorporating the animated likenesses of some of the best women soccer players in the world. The decision is a sign that female video game players are becoming a larger part of the market, and diversity of content has become a more important issue on the radar screen of the male-dominated game industry.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.