Newer games are increasingly featuring accessibility settings in an effort to reach a larger audience and earn higher ratings from fans and players. They even created the annual Video Game Accessibility Awards to show how much they care about gamers with special needs.
The second award ceremony, organized with the help of the charity AbleGamers, will take place in 2022. Games that raise the accessibility bar will be recognized. A jury comprised entirely of disabled gamers will select the best of the best.
The winners will be announced exactly one month later, on March 12, during a broadcast hosted by the award’s co-authors, Steven Spohn and Alanah Pearce.
Below is the list of nominees and their nominated categories:
Second channel
Hint games.
- Before Your Eyes
- Unpacking
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Clear text
Games with well-read text.
- Boyfriend Dungeon
- Loop Hero
- Halo Infinite
Input reduction
Games where you can reduce the amount of input needed to complete a sequence of actions.
- Before Your Eyes
- Fights in Tight Spaces
- Escape from Tarkov
Help AI
Games where artificial intelligence can help you.
- Forza Horizon 5
- Far Cry 6
- Psychonauts 2
Improved Accuracy
Games where you can adjust the motion sensitivity to perform actions more accurately.
- Chivalry II
- Far Cry 6
- Back 4 Blood
Player Help
Games where another user can help you.
- It Takes Two
- Age of Empires IV
- Back 4 Blood
Reassignment
Games where you can reconfigure the standard control scheme.
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- It Takes Two
- Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Training grounds
Games that allow you to train outside of the main game missions.
- Halo Infinite
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Back 4 Blood
Bypass capability
Games where you can bypass or skip stages that the user cannot pass.
- Life Is Strange: True Colors.
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
- Unpacking
