How Riot Games is training 60 girls to be game developers with Girls Who Code

About 45% of video game players in the U.S. are women, but only about 30% of game developers identify as female. This is why League of Legends maker Riot Games and Girls Who Code have teamed up to try to drive toward gender balance in the industry.

And that’s why Riot Games — whose titles are among the most-played in the world — is training more than 60 girls in online-only programs this summer in a program that teaches them to code, make games, and express their activist spirit. The company sees training a pipeline of girls as important in the game industry, where sexism issues — including some at Riot itself — have been in the news.