'Football Manager 2018' newgen players will be able to come out as gay.
Football Manager 2018
Game director Miles Jacobson has revealed Sports Interactive decided to include the option in the latest title partly because "there are gay footballers" and to try to show people that revealing they're homosexual "isn't a big deal".
He told BBC Sport: "Part of the reason we decided to do this is because there are gay footballers.
"We know from the amount of professionals that there has to be players who are gay but feel they don't want to come out.
"I find it weird that it's still a problem in football so we decided to try and show people that coming out isn't a big deal and can be a positive thing."
Miles admitted he finds it "crazy" that some people feel they cannot be themselves.
He added: "I just think it's crazy that in 2017 we are in a world where people can't be themselves."
Real-life players who feature in the game will not come out as gay, but newgens - the fictional computer-created players who appear on the title when the real players retire - will be able to.
This comes after former Aston Villa player Thomas Hitzlsperger came out as gay in 2014, four months after he retired, making him the only openly gay man to have played in the English Premier League.
He said at the time he "could not imagine playing football and doing this at the same time".