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By Laura Dale September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 All Posts

Switch 2 Magnetic Analogue Sticks: Our Accessibility Concerns

While Nintendo hasn’t officially discussed any details about their upcoming next generation of console hardware, rumours online have been circulating with increasing frequency the past few months about a potential “Switch 2” believed to be releasing some time in 2024. While not the focus of today’s video, a quick overview

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By Laura Dale September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 All Posts

Premium Early Releases, FOMO, and Accessibility

If you were to ask an Xbox representative for the official release date of Starfield, they would tell you that the game was released on September 6th 2023. This is despite the fact that, by that time, the game had already been purchased and played by hundreds of thousands of

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By Laura Dale September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 All Posts

Sea of Theives Introducing Audio Aim Assist for Blind Players

For a while now, Sea of Thieves has been quietly and consistently making accessibility improvements to its core gameplay loop as part of regular game updates.  The Xbox and PC multiplayer pirate adventure simulator has a lengthy history of not only adding new accessibility settings to the game over time,

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

Xbox’s Gamescom Presence Put Accessibility Front and Centre

Last week I spent three days in Cologne, Germany, covering Gamescom for work as a freelancer, writing hands-on opinion pieces for the Epic Games Store news section, and having my own appointments checking out upcoming games and speaking with developers. While most of my visit was spent in appointments in

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

EVENT ACCESSIBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY IN GAMING | Disability Pride Month Panel | LittleMoTAC Gaming

By Laura Dale August 17, 2023August 17, 2023 All Posts

Vampire Survivors Co-op / Switch Accessibility Review

Originally released on PC in Early Access in December 2021, Vampire Survivors is a game in which players fight off waves of enemies using weapons that automatically fire in distinct patterns. The player is primarily responsible for moving their character into a position where their attack patterns will successfully hit

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By Laura Dale August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 All Posts

The Switch 2 NEEDS These Accessibility Improvements

While not currently announced in any official capacity, rumours online for a while now have been circulating that a successor to the Nintendo Switch is releasing in 2024. From credible Pokémon leakers discussing next gen performance patches for existing titles, to rumours of specific studios receiving development hardware, it seems

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By Laura Dale July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 All Posts

Stray Gods: Accessibility Settings Preview

Releasing in a couple of weeks on August 10th 2023, Stray Gods is a musical adventure game in which you play as Grace, a college dropout accused of killing Calliope, the previous Muse to the Greek gods. As someone newly granted divinity, Grace must use her new powers, and her

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By Laura Dale July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 All Posts

Comparing Accessibility Controllers: Xbox vs PlayStation vs Nintendo

The release of the Xbox Adaptive Controller back in 2018 was a huge step forward for gaming accessibility. While still more expensive than a traditional gaming controller, the mass produced modular controller base provided a comparatively affordable and easy to access entry point to accessible gaming hardware, that could be

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By Laura Dale July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 All Posts

Gaming Accessibility Creators You Should Be Following

We’re still in Disability Pride Month, and as such I wanted to use today’s episode of Access-Ability to spend some time highlighting other creators in the video game accessibility space who are doing great work, and are worth following if you find value in this series, and are interested in

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By Laura Dale September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 All Posts

Switch 2 Magnetic Analogue Sticks: Our Accessibility Concerns

While Nintendo hasn’t officially discussed any details about their upcoming next generation of console hardware, rumours online have been circulating with increasing frequency the past few months about a potential “Switch 2” believed to be releasing some time in 2024. While not the focus of today’s video, a quick overview

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