'NBA Live 19' allows you to create female players for the first time

For the first time ever, women will be able to take center stage in a basketball video game.

In NBA Live 19, players will be able to create custom female players for the single player story mode, called The One, which will also include mixed-gender teams, EA announced Friday. Just as male players were previously able to model characters after themselves by scanning their faces, female players will be able to do the same.

Take a look at how it'll appear in the game:

Not only can you create a female player, NBA Live 19 includes new Icon Abilities modeled after some of the best women in basketball, including Candace Parker.

This follows NBA Live 18's inclusion of all 12 WNBA teams last year, opening up the series to both leagues for the first time.

The ability to create and play as a woman in NBA Live 19 is a huge step forward for sports games, which for decades have either ignored or diminished the role of women in professional sports year after year after year.

NBA Live drops on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Sept. 7.