A 'Sexist' Article Caused E3 to Be Lynched

One of the biggest events in the video game world is undoubtedly E3. The industry's leading game developers usually announce the big games they will release within the scope of this event. That's why game lovers attach great importance to this event. But E3 has been an interesting “sexism” at the center of the debate.

The reason E3 is at the center of a sexism-related debate is because the event's official from Twitter account A sharing. In this post made yesterday, there was an article written by Parade. “25 Online Games That Women Enjoy Playing the MostThis article, published with the title "", received criticism due to the games it contained. E3's sharing of such an article on its official Twitter account also caused the world's most popular video game event to be harshly criticized.

Here is the post from E3's official Twitter account

Women have been involved in the video game industry for a long time. In fact, those who play newly released or iconic games in our country are quite happy. the professional one There are female actors. However, Parade's article associates women with games like Candy Crush, The Sims, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood Adventure, and Sudoku rather than these popular games. That's it your article This led to people thinking that he was being sexist. As such, E3 regretted sharing this article. 

Reactions to the post did not come only from E3 fans. gaming industry one of the important names There were reactions to this post from E3. For example, Meg Turney, one of the popular vloggers in the USA, condemned this post in very harsh words. Moreover 2019 Overwatch World Champion Analynn Dang was among the names that reacted harshly to the E3 post.

E3 had to delete the post and apologize after the reactions.

We messed up. We are removing this post and apologize for perpetuating a bad stereotype. We will do better.

The reactions to E3 caused the authorities to no longer remain silent about this situation. After his post was live for a short time lifter E3 officials also made a statement regarding the issue and apologized. Parade officials also took action and removed the article. The article link is now created by the same author. to a different content gives direction.