Freitag, 4. Januar 2019

Video game communications now fall under US accessibility laws

Video games may get a touch friendlier to chatty players with disabilities, as new(ish) US accessibility laws governing communication features now apply to the medium. The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) only covers aspects of games like text and voice chat and their UIs, not requiring any changes to how they play, and only if developers won’t need to spend an amount of time or effort to comply. It’s not clear yet quite how much will change, but some good may come of this. While games have become more aware of accessibility issues in recent years, they still could do so much more.

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