This photo provided by Nintendo shows the cover of the video game, "Tomodachi Life." (AP Photo/Nintendo)
By Derrik J. Lang, Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --
Nintendo isn't allowing gamers to play as gay in an upcoming life simulator game.
The gaming company said Tuesday it wouldn't bow to pressure to allow players to woo characters of the same sex in English editions of "Tomodachi Life." This follows a social media campaign launched by fans last month seeking virtual equality for the game's characters.
The fans had urged Nintendo Co. to add same-sex relationship options to the English hand-held Nintendo 3DS game ahead of its June 6 release.
The game was originally released in Japan last year and features a cast of avatars based on real players living and playing on a virtual island.
Several past life games like "The Sims" and "The Elder Scrolls" have allowed players to create characters that can have same-sex relationships.
Charlie Rose attends The Hollywood Reporter's 35 Most Powerful People in Media party in New York, April 13, 2017. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
Former TV host Charlie Rose has resolved a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by three women in the wake of his #MeToo-era ouster from CBS News in 2017 and the cancellation of his long-running, eponymous PBS talk show.
In settling, the plaintiffs said they assign no "ill intent" to Rose and realize now that his conduct could be subject to interpretation.
Lawyers for Rose and the women — younger employees who accused him of "predatory behavior" and "blatant and repeated sexual harassment" — filed court papers this week confirming that the lawsuit has been resolved. An online court docket listed the case as settled. The terms were not disclosed.
The lawsuit had been set to go to trial Monday in Manhattan after years of sparring over the women's allegations and the dismissal of their retaliation claims against Rose.
Plaintiffs Katherine Brooks Harris, Sydney McNeal and Yuqing Wei said in a statement that the litigation process and the required pretrial exchange of evidence known as discovery had enabled both sides to "better understand each others' points of view."
"On reflection, and after having the benefit of discovery, we realize that different people could interpret the conduct in different ways, and therefore we have resolved the claims," the women said. "We do not assign any bad motive or ill intent to Charlie Rose."
A lawyer for Rose, 82, and his production company, Charlie Rose Inc., declined comment.
The veteran TV host has apologized in the past for his behavior, including in a statement on the eve of his November 2017 firing after at least eight women had come forward to accuse him of misconduct.
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