Video Game Accessibility Awards Winner List Highlights Healthy Mix of Indie and AAA Games
Accessibility in video games is continuing to be an important and integral part of the entertainment medium. There have been major improvements with accessibiltiy in games, as new features work toward the ultimate goal of allowing anyone and everyone to enjoy games together. Recently, the second annualVideo Game Accessibility Awards was held, and games like Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, and Guardians of the Galaxy took home awards.
The 2021 Video Game Accessibility Awards took place yesterday. A stream that was hosted by Alanah Pearce — along with the help of AbleGamers COO Steve Spohn — the awards lasted nearly an hour and a half and covered topics such as remapping abilities, skip sections, and readable text. Triple-A games made big steps in 2021, but so did some indie titles as well.
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The Second Channel award was won by Guardians of the Galaxy, with Before Your Eyes and Unpacking being the other nominees. The award is designed around players having a second means to get important information. Guardians of the Galaxy apparently undersold, but it reviewed well and had some strong features.
Halo Infinite won the award for Clear Text, which focuses on players having reliable options for reading text. Boyfriend Dungeon and the beloved indie title Loop Hero were the other nominees. Meanwhile, Before Your Eyes won the Input Reduction award. The best games that reduce the input for necessary tasks were considered, with Fights in Tight Spaces and Escape from Tarkov being the other nominees.
Life is Strange: True Colors won the Ability to Bypass award. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and the extremely accessibleUnpackingwere also nominated. The AI Assistance award is for games
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