Playable female characters finally come to Star Citizen

The milestone Star Citizen alpha 3.5 update arrives for backers this weekend, and it's headline feature, among many, is playable female characters.

"This has been a long time coming and it was a huge undertaking," said Star Citizen's head honcho Chris Roberts in a press release.

"It involved creating an entirely new 'rig' for female characters to make them physiologically distinct from the male characters, something most games don't try to attempt for player characters."

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