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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 to have the first gender-neutral story in the series; creators cite Sigourney Weaver and Commander Shepard as inspiration.

Gamers Rejoice: Playable Female Characters In CoD Black Ops 3

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 to have the first gender-neutral story in the series; creators cite Sigourney Weaver and Commander Shepard as inspiration.
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Everyone by now should have seen the trailer for Black Ops 3 and if you haven’t, you should.  With all the features Treyarch is adding to gameplay, they are adding something that came as a pleasant surprise to many gamers: Black Ops 3 will be the first game in the series to have female playable characters.

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The game will allow the player to choose the gender of the campaign protagonist and the game supports co-op for up to 4 players. Yep, in a Call of Duty game you will be able to play through the game in a squad of four female players.

The studio head Mark Lamia described the Black Ops 3 story as being gender neutral. He even made reference to the Alien script and how the character was originally written for a male actor, but Sigourney Weaver got the part. Campaign director Jason Blundell mentioned being inspired by Mass Effect‘s Commander Shepard and how the story did not change when you play a female or male.

As it comes out there will most likely be a lot of people complaining about it. And, while some want to keep Call of Duty an all boys club, they’re going to have to suck it up when Black Ops 3 releases on November 6th.


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