The Sims will no best force players to accomplish their characters carefully ‘male’ or ‘female’ – with a chargeless amend aperture up all accouterment and gender identifiers to characters.
The accepted EA activity simulation video bold alternation aboriginal launched in 2000, and over the years has made changes to reflect association – including the adeptness for same-sex weddings and gay adoptions.
However, until now all characters had to be either ‘male’ or ‘female’- with clothing, hairstyles and anatomy belted based on the gender of the character.
Game flat Maxis appear today that a chargeless amend will be advancing to The Sims 4 this anniversary that will abolish all gender restrictions, in band with the studio’s gender ethos.Under the new system, players will be able to customise a ambit of options behindhand of gender – tweaking their voice, putting them in any accessible clothing, and alike changing the way they walk.
EA says it wants to “make abiding players can actualize characters they can analyze with or chronicle to through able accoutrement that accord them access over a Sims’ gender, age, ethnicity, anatomy blazon and more.”
Exec Rachel Franklin explained that beneath the changes “female Sims can abrasion aciculate men’s apparel like Ellen [DeGeneres] and macho Sims can abrasion heels like Prince.”
It additionally allows for transgender Sims to be portrayed any way that a player desires, acceptance them to represent themselves.
The flat said it formed alongside LGBT advocacy accumulation GLAAD on the amend – which will additionally de-emphasise the gender of Sims in in-game menus.
Same-sex relationships accept been present in the EA authorization back the aboriginal bold in 2000, with same-sex adoptions and alliance after added to the series.
The game’s acknowledging attitude has ahead apparent it awarded an ‘adults only’ appraisement in Russia.
