accessibility
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Looting Just Got A Lot Easier In Horizon Forbidden West, But Only On PS5
Horizon Forbidden West is a game about saving the world, fighting prehistoric robots, and picking tons and tons of stuff up off the ground. Thankfully that last part just got even easier with the action-RPG’s free new PlayStation 5 update which adds a host of accessibility features, including the option to auto-pickup every random branch,…
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God of War Ragnarök Breaks New Ground for Accessible Gaming, Here’s What More Developers Can Do
Digital games are a bigger part of our culture than ever before. Over 50% of people in the UK, Europe and US are now gaming regularly, regardless of age or gender. Only recently, however, have developers begun consistently designing gameplay options for players with disabilities. This has been a major talking point with the release…
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How Forza Horizon 5 Got Support For American And British Sign Languages
There are a few key things that people think of when accounting for hearing accessibility in video games. The first, of course, is captions, so people can at least read the dialogue. The second is visual cues, like the screen flashing for gunfire, or visual indications of where a threat is coming from. But one…
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New Database Helps Players Find Games With Accessibility Features
As the conversation around video game accessibility becomes more prominent, it’s clear that some games just don’t take the necessary steps to open up the experiences they offer to players with disabilities. Recently Steven Spohn, the senior director of AbleGamers, criticised Deathloop on Twitter for its lack of accessibility features, which meant he couldn’t play…