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Microsoft this week revealed a new testing platform geared towards helping developers engineer and refine the accessibility of their games. Developers can now send their Xbox or PC titles directly to Microsoft and have it measured against Xbox Accessibility Guidelines. As outlined in a blog post by gaming accessibility senior program manager Brannon Zahand, developers will receive comprehensive feedback and notes where issues are found, complete with reproduction steps, screenshots, and any other relevant information. Furthermore, in order to help developers understand the potential impact...

Microsoft updates Xbox Accessibility Guidelines to help devs make games for everyone '); } Microsoft has updated its Xbox Accessibility Guidelines (XAGs) based on feedback from its Gaming & Disability Community and game developers.  The guidelines were originally launched in 2019 with the aim of providing devs with a set of best practices to support the industry in driving accessibility forwards.  They were intended to be used by designers to help generate ideas while also serving as a guiding checklist for devs looking to validate the accessibility of a project.  Now, Micr...

Microsoft offers new accessibility testing service for PC and Xbox games As gaming has grown from niche to mainstream over the past decades, it has also become both much more, and much less, accessible to people with disabilities or other considerations. Microsoft aims to make the PC and Xbox more inclusive with a new in-house testing service that compares games to the newly expanded Xbox Accessibility Guidelines. The Microsoft Game Accessibility Testing Service, as it’s called, is live now and anyone releasing a game on Windows or an Xbox platform can take advantage of it. “Games are tes...