Global Trends
Tag: Accessibility
Monster Multiplayer
Monster Hunter Now’s Dimensional Links show a conscious effort to include rural players
Multiplayer levels up with this latest online matchmaking feature
About Accessibility
RovioCon 23 sees unveiling of new industry inclusivity guide
Diversity, equity and inclusion are among Rovio’s focuses in its new playbook
Week That Was
Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days
The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news, including console games going mobile, Final Fantasy villains, making games accessible and intrinsic advertising
One Special Day
Over 90 industry partners are backing SpecialEffect’s One Special Day fundraiser
One Special Day aims to help bring gaming to people with additional needs
He Shoots He Scores
Goalscorer – the football world’s most inclusive strategy game
When is a football game not a football game? PG.biz interviews game designer Paul Carpenter about the origins of Goalscorer which combines 'speed chess' with soccer
Awards
Apple’s Design Awards winners 2023
The company awards programs for excellence in technical achievement
Esports
Challengermode’s Phil Hubner talks about breaking down the barrier of casual multiplayer and grassroots eSports
We get the chance to put forward a number of questions to Challengermode’s Phil Hubner about how the company aims to make eSports more accessible
Open For All
Why diversity in game development matters - and can produce better game
How Berlin’s Wooga became a role model for diversity in both games and workplace
Ua Eye
How accessible, responsible, and inclusive ads are already breaking open your CPI
Rovio’s Claire Rozain looks at the myriad benefits of accessible, progressive mobile games ads in her weekly column, UA Eye
Play-to-earn Partnership
Bayz partners with Ignite Tournaments to encourage entry into play-to-earn
Removing barriers to entry to improve global accessibility
Playing God
PG Connects London: how Genvid aims to bridge into the Metaverse
Genvid director of developer relations Chris Hamilton talks MILEs and accessibility
Accessibility
UK games charity SpecialEffect launches new DevKit
Aimed at improving motor accessibility in games
More To Come?
EA makes five accessibility patents free for developers
The patents are tailored to improving player accessibility within games
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: "Gamers with disabilities have extra challenges on top of what you have already built"
Microsoft is set to re-launch its new Xbox Accessibility Guidelines on February 16th
Accessibility Awards
Alanah Pearce and AbleGamers host inaugural Video Game Accessibility Awards
The show celebrated the games that give high efforts to improving accessibility and inclusion
Accessibility Debate
How do indie developers address accessibility in video games?
The Indie Mavens share their experiences with accessibility
Interview
Ablegamers CEO Mark Barlet feels the future's bright for accessibility in gaming
“It’s not in a perfect state, but I believe everyone from the indies to triple-As is on that journey to a more accessible experience”
Accessibility
AbleGamers is embedding Accessible Play Experience Practitioners into triple-A studios
CEO Mark Barlet: “We want to create champions within the studios”
Access
AbleGamers launches new community-driven resource site Accessible.games
AbleGamers is putting together a knowledge base of accessibility tips, as well as connecting disabled players with developers
Play
A win for accessibility: Google Stadia will support the Xbox Adaptive Controller
Google's open approach to input opens the door for less able-bodied gamers
The Gamer's Brain
How the rise of UX has brought cognitive science to mainstream game development
Epic's Director of UX Celia Hodent opens the book
Fully On Board
Former Yahoo VP Glen Drury joins board of blind accessibility tech outfit Conspexit
Aiming for a more accessible world for the partially sighted
Accessibility
How to make your mobile games more accessible to people with disabilities and impairments
Ian Hamilton gives a few practical tips
Get In Gear
Why we need to take off our VR beer goggles, stop worrying about 'proper VR', and focus on 'accessible VR'
Modality vs Intent
Roll Out
Space Ape on making Transformers: Earth Wars its most accessible game yet
Appealing to people who never played Clash of Clans
A Codeless Future
GameSalad CEO Stephen Nichols on the slow death of coding
Can accessible dev tools kill off coding?
Open The Door
Minecraft programmer Jeb Bergensten calls for a more accessible games industry
Accessibility is key, says Jeb Berngensten
UKIE to host Global Accessibility Awareness Day game jam in London
Running 16-18 May