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2025 is drawing to a close, and with it my 6th year of covering accessibility in the video game industry. The year’s not quite over, but I’m going to try and take a few weeks off at the end of the year to rest and spend some time with friends,

If there’s one big step forward in accessibility marketing that I would love to see in 2026, it would be the introduction of accessibility tags to physical video game box art. Earlier this year in March 2025 we saw the reveal of the Accessible Games Initiative, a collective of multiple

Maybe vote for us in some awards if you like? GA Conf Awards 2025 Voting: https://www.gaconf.com/gaconf-awards-… 00:00 – Intro02:50 – AAA excellence09:09 – AA excellence12:10 – Indie excellence15:10 – Best Deaf & hard of hearing accessibility20:20 – Best motor/mobility accessibility22:32 – Best blind & low vision accessibility23:35 – Best cognitive

As a disabled gamer and accessibility consultant, when I talk to game developers about the barriers that I experience when playing video games, I will often get asked “Which of your disabilities is the biggest barrier to your ability to play video games?” While the answer to that question might

A few weeks ago back in late October 2025, it was revealed during a Nintendo Direct presentation that Kirby Air Riders would be getting a series of accessibility settings added to the game, in their own dedicated accessibility menu. While this may signal a Sakurai led initiative rather than a

Around 6 months ago in April 2025 Valve announced that Steam would be getting its own form of accessibility store tags added to their digital PC gaming platform in the coming months. Following in the footsteps of companies like Xbox and PlayStation implementing similar tag systems on their console stores,

Around one week ago on Thursday October 23rd a Nintendo Direct presentation for the Switch 2 exclusive kart racing game Kirby Air Riders was published on YouTube. Usually I try to do reaction livestreams for Nintendo Direct presentations, but I skipped last week’s Kirby Direct. It was the second hour

Over the past week I’ve put around 60 hours into playing through Pokémon Legends Z-A on the Nintendo Switch 2, and it’s safe to say I’m hooked. This is hardly a surprise, I’m a notorious Pokémon obsessive, I was always going to find something here to enjoy if I could

In around one week’s time, on October 16th 2025, Pokémon Legends Z-A will be releasing on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. A mechanically unique spinoff set in the Kalos region (Generation 6, themed around Paris), Legends Z-A is set to trade in the series’ traditional style of turn based

Earlier this week, on Monday September 29th, it was officially announced that Electronic Arts, publisher of video game series’ including The Sims, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, EA Sports FC, Apex Legends, and more had been acquired by a group of private investors for around $55 Billion USD. This group of