Leading tech companies who make video games have come together to create a tagging system designed to let gamers with disabilities know what accessibility features a title offers.
The Accessible Games Initiative operates under the auspices of the Entertainment Software Association. Its founders are Microsoft, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Google and UbiSoft.
Tech expert Omar Gallaga says other game companies have joined, too.
Highlights from this segment:
– Gamers with disabilities can play, so long as games offer screen readers, larger text sizes, alternatives to some standard hand or finger movements, and a variety of other options the gamer can choose from. The new will tags identify those features in a particular game.
– The Accessible Games Initiative will not require game makers to enhance their titles’ accessibility, but will focus instead on information about existing ones. Though many games do not offer accessibility features, a number of recent, high-profile titles, do.
– Those interested in learning more about accessible gaming can do so at ablegamers.org, or in the r/disabledgamers Reddit community.
