Games publishers and industry figures must "stand-up and condemn" the movement referred to as "GamerGate", developer Zoe Quinn has told the BBC.
Ms Quinn has been at the centre of a furore which some argue is about ethics in journalism, but others consider to be a largely misogynist hate campaign.
The 27-year-old was forced to leave her home after receiving death threats.
She said publishers must "say GamerGate, and what it's been doing, is wrong".
"The fact that so much of the responsibility is offloaded to the people most harmed by it, when somebody in a much safer position than I am can stand up and condemn it... it's frustrating."
Intimate details
In a highly-emotional interview, Ms Quinn told the BBC how her life had "completely changed" after she had become embroiled in the row.
In August, an ex-boyfriend of Ms Quinn published a blog post, that ran to thousands of words, detailing intimate details about their relationship.
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The posts detailed that Ms Quinn had had a relationship with a journalist at prominent games site Kotaku - prompting accusations from others she had done so in an attempt to get positive reviews for her game, Depression Quest.
While the relationship happened, the review did not. The debate continued, however, and is now approaching its third month.
Ms Quinn, who has not returned home since the initial threats, had been speaking at the annual Gamecity event in Nottingham - despite a previous threat she would suffer a "crippling injury" the next time she went to a games conference.
"I used to go to games events and feel like I was going home," Ms Quinn said.
"Now it's just like... are any of the people I'm currently in the room with ones that said they wanted to beat me to death?
"It's terrifying. It sucks to not have any privacy. This has all been so public. It's more scrutiny than a politician faces - it's living with constant fear in a place I called home."
The ex-boyfriend, Eron Gjoni, has said he did not support the "abuse and harrasment" of Ms Quinn.
'Horrible misrepresentation'
Some firms - such as Ubisoft - have come forward and said they were strongly against "harassment, bullying and threats".
The Entertainment Software Association, a trade group for US developers, released a statement saying: "Threats of violence and harassment are wrong."
But Ms Quinn said she did not feel it went far enough.
