The Sims 4’s long-awaited customisable pronouns feature has finally arrived – albeit in English only to begin with – and is available now as part of the game’s latest update.
Developer Maxis confirmed it was investigating ways to introduce expanded pronoun options to The Sims 4 last May – following a community petition signed by more than 22,000 people – and players got a first look at the feature’s progress during a livestream earlier this year.
And now, with some additional development time under its belt, Maxis has pushed the first iteration of its customisable pronouns feature – developed in conjunction with LGBTQ+ nonprofit organisations It Gets Better and GLAAD – live, delivering what it calls a further step “in the direction of a more inclusive experience for Simmers”.
Once today’s update is installed, players will see a new ‘change pronouns’ option next to the character name entry fields in the Sims 4’s Create-a-Sim tool. This enables players to assign either they/them, she/her, or he/him pronouns to their character, or bring up a customisable box where they can input their preferred subjective, objective, reflexive, possessive dependent, and possessive independent pronouns.