Months before it’s set to go on sale, the ESRB rating for Twisted Metal has changed. For the longest time, it was known that Twisted Metal would carry a T-for-Teen rating. At Twisted Metal’s Comic-Con 2011 panel, David Jaffe revealed that Twisted Metal will scrap its previous rating in favor of the more graphic M-for-Mature rating.

Often when people think of women in gaming, they either think of the digital super cute, super sexy or super barbaric women found videogames often portrayed as the damsel in distress or weak. On October 25, 2007, the Xfire Debate Club logged on for their ninth meeting to discuss issues women face trying to get into the gaming industry or as a gamer.

The eight million strong gaming community, Xfire, invited nine successful women of the gaming industry to speak with the Xfire community on the topic of women in the gaming culture, game marketing, portrayal of female characters in videogames and the online gaming experience as women to name a few. Xfire is one of the fastest growing online gaming platform and community in the world helping gamers to easily connect, chat and play with their friends online

The eight women in the gaming industry who attended include,,,