US women as likely as men to play video games: study

Despite widespread belief, women are just about as likely as men to have ever played video games, a Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday revealed. The Washington-based social research institute reported that 60 percent of those surveyed believed video game players were more likely to be men. A boom in "casual games" played on smartphones or tablets has broadened gaming demographics once seen as dominated by young men devoted to action titles.