Gamers Make Voices Heard: Play as Female Petition Passes
Finally, you can play as a lass in Aliens: Colonial Marines
At last a petition that doesn't base itself on whinging has passed muster in relation to gaming: "Include Playable Females in Aliens: Colonial Marines Multiplayer!" has motored past its 1,000 sig mark.
Yes, that's right, you got it: in a game based on the movie series featuring on the greatest female characters in history, you can't play as a female character. Well, the petition stated:
"While we fully support Gearbox, We would like to request the inclusion of playable females. The ALIENS franchise is dominated by strong females such as Ripley, Vasquez, Ferro, Dietrich and most importantly, The Queen. There is roughly 5-6 months before the game goes Gold and releases February 12th, 2013. We believe ALIENS is the perfect starting pont for developers to start including playable females in more multiplayer shooters. And what better company to start this than Gearbox with the success of Borderlands and the benchmark shooter Brothers in Arms? There are many females that enjoy playing video games and are fans of the films who are tired of playing as a male all the time. Lets let Gearbox Software see how important this is to the ALIENS franchise!"
"What we want is the ability to create a CUSTOM female to represent ourselves just like the men can, in Multiplayer/Co-op in order for us to "Become a Colonial Marine" as well as accurately represent the other half of the United States Colonial Marine Corps!"
Go have a look yourself. It's now up to Gearbox and SEGA to put this very reasonable request into practice because, you know, online petitions actually carry no weight.
Yes, that's right, you got it: in a game based on the movie series featuring on the greatest female characters in history, you can't play as a female character. Well, the petition stated:
"While we fully support Gearbox, We would like to request the inclusion of playable females. The ALIENS franchise is dominated by strong females such as Ripley, Vasquez, Ferro, Dietrich and most importantly, The Queen. There is roughly 5-6 months before the game goes Gold and releases February 12th, 2013. We believe ALIENS is the perfect starting pont for developers to start including playable females in more multiplayer shooters. And what better company to start this than Gearbox with the success of Borderlands and the benchmark shooter Brothers in Arms? There are many females that enjoy playing video games and are fans of the films who are tired of playing as a male all the time. Lets let Gearbox Software see how important this is to the ALIENS franchise!"
"What we want is the ability to create a CUSTOM female to represent ourselves just like the men can, in Multiplayer/Co-op in order for us to "Become a Colonial Marine" as well as accurately represent the other half of the United States Colonial Marine Corps!"
Go have a look yourself. It's now up to Gearbox and SEGA to put this very reasonable request into practice because, you know, online petitions actually carry no weight.
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