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By Laura Dale October 31, 2023October 31, 2023 All Posts

Xbox is Cutting Support for Unlicensed Peripherals, Hurting Accessibility

Currently, if you’re an Xbox gamer, you’ve got a great deal of control over which controller and peripherals you use on Xbox consoles. While there is a list of companies who have officially partnered with Xbox to produce licensed controllers and peripherals over the years, the company has also not

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By Laura Dale October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 All Posts

How Xbox is Advancing Accessibility Outside of Its Games

A lot of the time, when discussing video game accessibility in this series, I focus on the accessibility settings and accessible design choices found in the video games we play. For many gamers, much of the time, whether or not a game is accessible comes down to the state of

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By Laura Dale October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 All Posts

Could the Leaked One Handed Xbox Controller Have Accessibility Uses?

Around a month ago, in mid September 2023, a large number of confidential documents regarding Xbox’s future plans for their gaming division were accidently uploaded, unredacted, to an FTC website, as part of the company’s bid to acquire Activision Blizzard King. While Xbox leadership has suggested these documents are out

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By Laura Dale October 16, 2023October 11, 2023 All Posts

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Accessibility Review

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been playing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PlayStation 5 for review. I 100%’d the game and got a platinum trophy, something I NEVER make the time to do when reviewing open world video games during the busy end of year season, which should go

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By Laura Dale October 12, 2023October 17, 2024 All Posts

I Went Hands on With the PS5 Access Controller – Access-Ability

Last week, I got to spend seven hours trying out PlayStation 5’s new Access Controller at a press event that took place in London, and I have a LOT of complicated thoughts about how it compares to the other major accessibility controllers available in the console space. My name is

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By Laura Dale October 4, 2023October 3, 2023 All Posts

Forza Motorsport (2023) Accessibility Review

Forza Motorsport proves that technical racing sims don’t have to be inacessible.

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By Laura Dale April 7, 2026April 7, 2026 All Posts

How Pokémon Champions is Improving Competetive Accessibility

While a few top end competitive options are being trimmed away in the process, competitive multiplayer Pokémon looks set to become the most accessible it has ever been for players with cognitive disabilities. Releasing globally on April 8th 2026, Pokémon Champions is a standalone app for Nintendo Switch (and coming

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