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Whitethorn Games appoints Britt Dye as Chief Accessibility Officer
Today, Whitethorn Games has appointed Britt Dye as their first Chief Accessibility Officer, one of the first CAO's in the gaming industry.
Full line-up for GAconf Europe announced
The full line-up for GAconf Europe has been announced, the hybrid event is held online and in London on April 24-25 2023.
Watch the GAconf Awards 2022 on January 25th
The GAconf Accessibility Awards 2022 will premiere on YouTube Wednesday January 25th, celebrating the past year's accessibility advances.
Josh Straub to host accessibility roundtable at D.I.C.E. Summit
Our editor-in-chief Josh Straub will be hosting an accessibility focused roundtable at D.I.C.E. Summit 2023, taking place in February 2023.
Public voting opens for GAconf Awards 22
Voting for the inaugural GAconf awards has opened to the public. This will undoubtedly be the accessibility awards show to look out for.
The future of the Can I Play That? Awards
In previous years the Can I Play That? Awards highlighted accessibility in video games. For the time being we have to reorient our efforts.
The second Xbox Accessibility Showcase is here
The second Xbox Accessibility showcase comes packed with new announcements as the company celebrates the disability community.
Twitter posts seem to reveal TwitchCon accessibility nightmare
A large number of tweets from atendees at TwitchCon 2022 seem to reveal how bad the event was for accessibility.
PlayStation games to be available on PC “at least a year” after console launch
PlayStation games won't hit PC until "at least a year" after their console launch according to Hermen Hulst in a new interview.
#a11yTO Gaming conference lineup revealed
The #a11yTO Gaming conference lineup has been revealed and winners of the CIPT Awards 2021 will have game demos availables to play.
GAConf US Edition 2022 full line up announced
GAConf US Edition 2022 has announced the full line up for the accessibility in video games-focused conference taking place in October.
GAConf 2022 teases more speakers ahead of hybrid event
GAConf is taking place again in October and speakers and talks are already being teased ahead of the hybrid event.
Accessibility at conferences is showing signs of improvements
Accessibility at conferences is often lacking. Recently we've seen a few companies setting the right example.
Peloton introduces Logan Aldridge as its first adaptive training consultant
Fitness company Peloton has introduced its first adapative training consultant as well as detailing accessibility efforts in a blog post.
Summer Games Fest 2022 will have ASL and captioning for accessibility
It has been confirmed to Can I Play That? that this year's Summer Games Fest 2022 will have ASL and captioning for accessibility.
For GAAD, Xbox shares accessibility achievements
Xbox has shared a collection of accessibility achievements on Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022, and there's quite a bit.
