The Video Game World Celebrates International Women’s Day

March 8 is International Women’s Day, which is a day to celebrate women and women’s accomplishments. Video game companies are celebrating this day to honor some of the female characters they have created in the past, or to honor some of the talented women who helped make some of the best video games out there. Here are some of the ways that the video game industry is celebrating International Women’s Day.

Happy International Women's Day! How about a round of GWENT? pic.twitter.com/MzkYkgkfbk

— CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED) March 8, 2017

Happy #InternationalWomensDay from the ladies of HiRez! pic.twitter.com/bX6JTYkTD8

— SMITE 2 (@SMITEGame) March 8, 2017

Here's to the amazing women at @EidosMontreal who hold a variety of roles! What will you be? https://t.co/jmnN6KPKbG #IWD2017 pic.twitter.com/3TaygeSJsA

— Eidos-Montréal (@EidosMontreal) March 8, 2017

For #InternationalWomensDay, we took a peek into the lives of some of the talented and creative women at BioWare: https://t.co/Lm1YCybKwj pic.twitter.com/VA8EvT2gO1

— BioWare (@bioware) March 8, 2017

Strength comes in many forms. #internationalwomensday pic.twitter.com/gZMcFnGFlr

— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) March 8, 2017

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all women out there, each awesome in their own way! pic.twitter.com/hv4noMTBL7

— Life is Strange (@LifeIsStrange) March 8, 2017

Happy International Women’s Day! @CrystalDynamics is proud to celebrate the women in our games and the women making our games! #IWD2017 pic.twitter.com/epQi5yf7o1

— Crystal Dynamics (@CrystalDynamics) March 8, 2017

To all the extraordinary, smart, talented & powerful women around the world I support you on #InternationalWomensDay as well as every day.

— Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus 📱⌨️🖱️🎮 (@majornelson) March 8, 2017

Celebrate #InternationalWomensDay with some of the amazing women at @EA: https://t.co/N0R5myCYbv pic.twitter.com/TXkJn2B85F

— Electronic Arts (@EA) March 8, 2017

PlayStation 💙 #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/lrWZKQboGe

— PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) March 8, 2017

be strong and proud 🙂 #internationalwomensday pic.twitter.com/G2f5ZeafiK

— nw – Closed (@natnichapan) March 8, 2017

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