On June 7th 2024 at 4pm UK, 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific, the Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2024 will be aired live, showcasing recently released and upcoming video games made by disabled game developers, and featuring accessibility settings and design choices aimed to help ensure more disabled gamers are able to play.
During the showcase, every game shown will detail a selection of their accessibility settings offerings, to make sure that gamers watching at home know with confidence if they’ll be able to play an exciting looking game that catches their eye.
We’ve got release date reveals, exclusive trailers, and discussions of brand new gameplay features.
Our aim is to make sure that if a game looks exciting, you don’t have to worry about getting hyped, only to learn later that a game doesn’t support your needs as a player.
While much of the showcase lineup will be a surprise, we can confirm games from Whitethorn Games, PlayTonic, Fiction Factory Games, and more will be showcased.
We will also be giving away game keys during the showcase for Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan.
The presentation will also include guest appearances from a number of disabled gamers, and accessibility advocates, talking about what gaming accessibility means to them. Announced guests include Arevya, SightlessKombat, and more.
The Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2024 will be aired live on Twitch.TV/LauraKBuzz, as well as published as a YouTube Premiere on Youtube.com/LauraKBuzz.
ASL, BSL, and Audio Described versions of the presentation will also be available, premiering at the same time.
The showcase will be hosted by Laura Kate Dale, a disabled gamer, accessibility consultant, and host of weekly youTube show Access-Ability, where she discusses ways that video games can improve accessibility for disabled players.
The Access-Ability Summer showcase aims to be an annual showcase during gaming’s busiest news week, that makes sure disabled players can join in on the hype, safe in the knowledge that at least one gaming showcase makes it clear up front which games are accessible for people with specific disabilities and access needs.