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#SIMS 2 CHANGE GENDER UPDATE#
'The Sims' publisher Electronic Arts and developer Maxis said a free update available Thursday for 'The Sims 4' will remove gender boundaries and allow players to create virtual townsfolk or Sims, as theyre. The gaming medium rarely depicts or invites users to create transgender characters. LOS ANGELES (AP) The creators of 'The Sims' are opening up gender customization options for the first time in the long-running history of the popular life simulation video game. “The Sims 4″ was originally released in 2014. So if you choose 'females only' and then 'lock to family and employees only', the only sims who can use it will be female members of the family and female. These options are in addition to the normal options. The franchise has included same-sex relationship options since its 2000 debut, although gamers who desired virtual nuptials for their Sims of the same sex had to wait until the release of “The Sims 3” in 2009. Gender Locking: allows you to make it into a restroom door by selecting 'males only' or 'females only'. The move brings “The Sims” in line with its depiction of gay, lesbian and bisexual characters.
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“It was a pleasure working with developers who were committed to updating the game so that all players can create a Sims world that more accurately reflects the world in which we live today.”
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“Creating the possibility for greater gender diversity within the world of ‘The Sims’ is an exciting development,” said Nick Adams, director of GLAAD’s transgender media program. She said Maxis worked with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group GLAAD on the update, including following a suggestion to remove gender symbols associated with characters in the game’s gallery. She noted that “female Sims can wear sharp men’s suits like Ellen (DeGeneres), and male Sims can wear heels like Prince.”įranklin also noted players can now change their Sims’ gender at any time and specify whether they can reproduce with other characters. “The Sims 4” executive producer Rachel Franklin said in an email to The Associated Press that the developers have been working for over a year on the update.
#SIMS 2 CHANGE GENDER PC#
While previous editions of “The Sims” have featured character customization restrictions based on gender, users have unofficially modified the PC game over the years to remove such barriers. The studio said in a statement it wanted to “make sure players can create characters they can identify with or relate to through powerful tools that give them influence over a Sims’ gender, age, ethnicity, body type and more.”