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No gender restrictions on Rock Band 4 cosmetic items

Rock Band 4 acknowledges the wonderful diversity of humanity with a free-for-all on cosmetic items.

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Rock Band 4 introduces a bunch of changes to the series formula but right now I am mainly interested in this one: you can play as a woman and still rock a great moustache.

"We took to heart fan requests for more gender expressive options in the Rock Shop," Harmonix wrote in a new developer blog post.

"You’ll see that hairstyles, facial hair, and special clothing unlocks are available on both the masculine and feminine character bodies in-game."

While I personally just really love to plop down a terrific moustache on my otherwise bog-standard female avatars, in all seriousness this is really wonderful news for players who like to recreate themselves in-game and don't feel represented by the usual hyper-masculine and hyper-feminine binary options that are all many video games offer.

"We’ll also be introducing some new prefabs to Rock Band 4 – let us know what you think of them," Harmonix added. We'll have to wait to see what that means but I hope it indicates some more androgynous options, so players can start with a comfortable template no matter how they identify.

The developer blog post goes into detail on how career mode works in Rock Band 4, and is well worth a read if you're excited for Harmonix's latest. It arrives on PS4 and Xbox One on October 6.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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