Campaign director Jason Blundell said Treyarch took inspiration from Mass Effect's hero, Commander Shepard, a character who can be played as a male or female. The overall script for that game didn't need to change to accommodate a player's gender--and Black Ops III's won't, either.

According to GamesRadar, Treyarch Studios head Mark Lamia described Black Ops III's story as being "gender neutral." He also referenced the script for Alien, which was originally written for a male to play the lead role before Sigourney Weaver ultimately got the part. "The emotions and dynamics between characters is kind of gender neutral," he said about Black Ops III's story.

For more information Click the link of the original source: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-gets-first-playable-female-lead-with-/1100-6426927/

About time.

she is quite ugly, but since it is a FPS I guess it does not matter since you cant see her face most of the time.

Now I can FINALLY play as a woman in COD!!!!

INB4 internet over reacts.

I know someone who will be very happy with this.

I want more female playable characters in my videogames for a change.

COD: Ghosts was the first one that Intruduces female characters as playable but only in multiplayer.

Not exactly news worthy. There's plenty of games where you can play as a female. From the ones I own: Pokémon, Fire Emblem, Metroid, Captain Toad(ette), Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Pikmin 3, Rayman Legends, Batman: Arkham City (Catwoman), Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Dixie), Bayonetta 2, etc.

Welp, that's all my Wii U games except Wind Waker HD!

Damn that model looks awful, must be the Bone version
jk

OT: Pretty big for COD I guess, can't wait for the backlash.

She looks a bit...erm, derpy in that picture.