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MAIN QUEST: Sony’s Investment in Accessible Gaming

Accessibility in gaming is becoming an increasingly hot topic and a highly regarded category when it comes to critic reviews. This week, we got a detailed look at Sony’s accessibility-centered controller which will be shipping this December.

The development of the Access Controller began in 2018, with the intention to construct an adaptive and accessible controller that ensures the PlayStation 5 console is more inclusive. Consultation with AbleGamers and meticulous study of various data resulted in a controller that adheres to three core principles: usability without needing to pick it up, physically swappable buttons, and high customizability.

Step back: accessibility in gaming makes so much sense — where one may experience limitations in the physical world, the digital one theoretically should know no bounds. The Access is a major step forward for the industry and perhaps being a ‘first’, it will merely open the door for others to follow and explore more freely.

HUD

• 🐈 Assassin’s Creed: Mirage has been the largest New Gen release to date for Ubisoft, and playership numbers have been equal to their recent successful launches in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Also, players have pet 1.2 million street cats.

• 🧌 Internet trolls are posting game content from Arma 3 to social media and passing it off as real footage to spread disinformation related to the Israel-Gaza conflict.

• 📖 In a bid to resurrect churned users, Diablo IV is dropping a massive update for Season 2, with patch notes over 10,000 words long.

MAJOR W

• 🎸 In a recent Activision Blizzard staff meeting hosted by late-night host James Corden, CEO Bobby Kotick hinted at a resurgence of Guitar Hero, which has not seen a new game in over a decade.

• 🥊 Would you play Street Fighter in chronological order?

F IN THE CHAT

• 📏 High school teacher gets fired when at least one ex-guild member contacts his work, spreads misinformation, and exposes his content channels.

• 📈 Will Game Pass price continue to climb?

CAREER CORNER

• Senior Game Designer (Economy) — Electronic Arts (Remote, US/Canada)

• Localization Specialist (Contract) — Nintendo (Redmond, WA)

• Senior Gameplay Animator, Mass Effect — Bioware (Remote US/Canada)

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