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Intel continues to back gender diversity in gaming industry by promoting new program

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LAS VEGAS — A big game industry group and Intel kicked off an effort today to promote gender diversity in the video game industry.

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (which puts on the DICE Summit game event) and Intel have launched WomenIn, a new initiative to promote gender diversity in the video game industry. The effort is one of many that Intel is undertaking to change the face of the game and tech industries, which white men dominate.

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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.