Veteran video game writer Rhianna Pratchett has shared her thoughts on where she would like to see games go in the future. The Mirror's Edge and Tomb Raider writer said, in particular, she'd like to see GTA-style mature-rated games featuring women in the lead roles.

Speaking to Wired, Pratchett said she was "really disappointed" with Grand Theft Auto V because all of its three main playable characters were men. She saw this as a missed opportunity.

"I am interested in what the developers that tend to do hypermasculine worlds would do with more female-lead stuff. I remember being really disappointed with GTA V that the three characters were all guys. I know that the Housers [Daniel and Sam Houser, co-founders of Rockstar Games and developers behind Grand Theft Auto] have talked about the GTA series as being an exploration of masculinity and I thought well, masculinity is not just the domain of men and femininity is not just the domain of women," Pratchett said.