id ate ▁out sp oken ▁critics ▁of ▁the ▁male - domin ated ▁g aming ▁industry ▁and ▁its ▁culture ". ▁The ▁Federal ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Investig ation ▁( F BI ) ▁investig ated ▁the ▁threat ▁to ▁attack ▁Sar ke esian ▁and ▁other ▁G amer gate - related ▁thre ats . ▁The ▁investig ations , ▁which ▁were ▁pl ag ued ▁with ▁juris dict ional ▁issues , ▁ultimately ▁closed ▁with ▁the ▁F BI ▁failing ▁to ▁identify ▁the ▁perpet rat ors ▁of ▁some ▁thre ats ▁and ▁decl ining ▁to ▁pro sec ute ▁others . ▁ ▁In ▁mid - Oct ober ▁B ri anna ▁Wu , ▁another ▁independent ▁game ▁developer ▁and ▁co - found er ▁of ▁video ▁game ▁studio ▁Gi ant ▁Space k at , ▁saw ▁her ▁home ▁address ▁and ▁other ▁ident ifying ▁information ▁posted ▁on ▁ 8 chan ▁as ▁ret ali ation ▁for ▁mock ing ▁G amer gate . ▁Wu ▁then ▁became ▁the ▁target ▁of ▁ra pe ▁and ▁death ▁thre ats ▁on ▁Twitter ▁and ▁elsewhere . ▁After ▁contact ing ▁police , ▁Wu ▁fled ▁her ▁home ▁with ▁her ▁husband , ▁saying ▁she ▁would ▁not ▁allow ▁the ▁thre ats ▁to ▁int im id ate ▁her ▁into ▁silence . ▁Wu ▁announced ▁an ▁ ▁reward ▁for ▁information ▁leading ▁to ▁a ▁conv iction ▁for ▁those ▁involved ▁in ▁her ▁har ass ment , ▁and ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁legal ▁fund ▁to ▁help ▁other ▁game ▁developers ▁who ▁have ▁been ▁har ass ed ▁online . ▁As ▁of ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Wu ▁was ▁still ▁receiving ▁thre ats ▁in ▁such ▁volume ▁that ▁she ▁employed ▁full