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BBC SportInternational women's teams will feature in football video game Fifa 2016 for the first time in its history.
England captain Steph Houghton and her team-mates have been included with 11 other women's sides for play in one of several game modes.
Until now only men's teams have featured on the popular EA Sports game which was first released in 1993.
"To be one of the first female players included is something we'll always be able to look back on," said Houghton.
"Hopefully it will help raise the profile of the women's game even further," added the 27-year-old Manchester City defender. Houghton will lead her country to the summer World Cup, beginning on 6 June in Canada, with England to meet Colombia, France and Mexico in their group.
But will Fifa-16 designers give the England players the skills in a virtual reality setting that they showcase in real life? Will Houghton be rated as a good technically on a computer game as she hopes?
"Quite a few of us in the team play Fifa so I'm sure there will be a bit of banter about our ratings. I'm looking forward to scoring as myself for the first time," she added.
As someone who has always been a big Fifa player and fan I am quite looking forward to this and it's good to see them making changes for once.