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* In ''Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War'', the protagonist character can be customized with a "classified" gender, in which case the game's voiced dialogue will refer to the protagonist with [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref name="BlackOps">{{Cite web |title=Black Ops Cold War character creation will let you craft your own agent and includes gender neutral VO |last=Hurley |first=Leon |work=gamesradar |date=August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://www.gamesradar.com/black-ops-cold-war-character-creation-gender-neutral/}}</ref> The announcement of this drew criticism from many people.<ref name="Milton">{{Cite web |title=Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will let users play as a non-binary imperialist war-hungry killer |last=Milton |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=31 August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-non-binary-gender-neutral-ronald-raegan-twitter/}}</ref> | * In ''Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War'', the protagonist character can be customized with a "classified" gender, in which case the game's voiced dialogue will refer to the protagonist with [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref name="BlackOps">{{Cite web |title=Black Ops Cold War character creation will let you craft your own agent and includes gender neutral VO |last=Hurley |first=Leon |work=gamesradar |date=August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://www.gamesradar.com/black-ops-cold-war-character-creation-gender-neutral/}}</ref> The announcement of this drew criticism from many people.<ref name="Milton">{{Cite web |title=Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will let users play as a non-binary imperialist war-hungry killer |last=Milton |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=31 August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-non-binary-gender-neutral-ronald-raegan-twitter/}}</ref> | ||
*In the visual novel ''Charade Maniacs'', the character Iochi Mizuki has an [[androgynous]] appearance and their gender is never specified. Mizuki "often teases about whether they're a man or a woman." Mizuki is voiced by a cisgender woman and uses the masculine pronoun "boku" for themself.<ref name="CManiacs">{{Cite web |title=Charade Maniacs – Review / Summary |author=estearisa |work=Otome Adventures |date=13 August 2020 |access-date=19 November 2020 |url= https://yuscake.com/2020/08/13/charade-maniacs-review-summary/}}</ref> | *In the visual novel ''Charade Maniacs'', the character Iochi Mizuki has an [[androgynous]] appearance and their gender is never specified. Mizuki "often teases about whether they're a man or a woman." Mizuki is voiced by a cisgender woman and uses the masculine pronoun "boku" for themself.<ref name="CManiacs">{{Cite web |title=Charade Maniacs – Review / Summary |author=estearisa |work=Otome Adventures |date=13 August 2020 |access-date=19 November 2020 |url= https://yuscake.com/2020/08/13/charade-maniacs-review-summary/}}</ref> | ||
*In the action/puzzle/driving game ''Roundabout'', the protagonist Georgio Manos has no specified gender. No pronouns are used to refer to Georgio. The name "Georgio" is masculine but Georgio is played by a woman. | ===2014=== | ||
*In the action/puzzle/driving game ''Roundabout'', the protagonist Georgio Manos has no specified gender. No pronouns are ever used to refer to Georgio. The name "Georgio" is masculine but Georgio is played by a woman. The developers have stated that they purposely left out any reference to Georgio's gender because they thought it was unimportant to the mechanics of the game.<ref>{{cite web |date=2015 |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/303430/discussions/0/622954023420998077/ |title=Georgio gay? |quote=The developers, in a recent livestream of the game, have made mention to the fact that Georgio has no gender specified in the game. They have said that this is so because "it's not very important to being a revolving limo driver." I think that this is TOTALLY INCREDIBLE and it leaves the gender up to the interpretation, which is PHENOMENAL. Please enjoy the game and keep an eye on our queer characters!|access-date=28 September 2021}}</ref> Despite this, the game is tagged "Female Protagonist" on the Steam store.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roundabout on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/303430/Roundabout/|access-date=28 September 2021}}</ref> | |||
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