One year on from my “Designing for Disability” series, let’s take a look at 50 of the year’s biggest games to see how the industry is tackling accessibility in 2019.

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Sources

Deaf Game Review - Resident Evil 2 | Can I Play That?
http://www.caniplaythat.com/2019/06/16/deaf-game-review-resident-evil-2-2/

David Tisserand | Twitter
https://twitter.com/TisserandDavid/status/1143570438049734656

Josh Sawyer | Twitter
https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/1189667445692223488

The Outer Worlds’ text gets bigger in new patch | Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/19/20962915/the-outer-worlds-patch-font-size-text-pc-ps4-xbox-one-bugs-crashes-fix

Activision finally brings subtitles to Spyro Reignited Trilogy | TechRadar
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/activision-finally-brings-subtitles-to-spyro-reignited-trilogy

Accessibility in Gears 5 | Gears5.com
https://www.gears5.com/accessibility/

Accessibility features available in The Division 2 | Ubisoft Support
https://support.ubi.com/en-US/faqs/40383/Accessibility-features-available-in-The-Division-2-TD2/

Anthem Accessibility Overview | EA Accessibility
https://www.ea.com/able/resources/anthem

Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance)

Hue (Fiddlesticks Games, 2016)
Fortnite (Epic Games, 2017)
Yakuza 0 (Sega, 2017)
Celeste (Matt Makes Games, 2018)
Furi (The Game Bakers, 2016)
Cuphead (Studio MDHR, 2017)
Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 2019)
Ape Out (Gabe Cuzzillo, 2019)
Baba is You (Hempuli, 2019)
Cadence of Hyrule (Brace Yourself Games, 2019)
Control (Remedy Entertainment, 2019)
Crackdown 3 (Sumo Digital, 2019)
Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix, 2019)
Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom, 2019)
Dicey Dungeons (Terry Cavanagh, 2019)
Gears 5 (The Coalition, 2019)
Death Stranding (Kojima Productions, 2019)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Ubisoft Paris, 2019)
Heave Ho (Le Cartel Studio, 2019)
Overland (Finji, 2019)
Untitled Goose Game (House House, 2019)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Inti Creates, 2019)
Metro Exodus (4A Games, 2019)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward, 2019)
Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo, 2019)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware, 2019)
The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment, 2019)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo, 2019)
Tangle Tower (SFB Games, 2019)
Resident Evil 2 (Capcom, 2019)
Far Cry New Dawn (Ubisoft Montreal, 2019)
Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment, 2019)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment, 2019)
Borderlands 3 (Gearbox Software, 2019)
Astral Chain (PlatinumGames, 2019)
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Toys for Bob, 2018)
Rage 2 (Avalanche Studios / id Software, 2019)
Planet Zoo (Frontier Developments, 2019)
Days Gone (SIE Bend Studio, 2019)
FIFA 20 (EA Vancouver, 2019)
Blasphemous (The Game Kitchen, 2019)
The Surge 2 (Deck13, 2019)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems, 2019)
John Wick Hex (Bithell Games, 2019)
Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games, 2019)
Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital, 2019)
Heaven’s Vault (Inkle, 2019)
Disco Elysium (ZA/UM, 2019)
Sunless Skies (Failbetter Games, 2019)
Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Studios, 2019)
Eagle Island (Pixelnicks, 2019)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (Nintendo, 1998)
Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly, 2019)
Wolfenstein: Youngblood (Arkane Studios / Machine Games, 2019)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Treyarch, 2010)
Team Sonic Racing (Sumo Digital, 2019)
Pokémon: Sword and Shield (Game Freak, 2019)
Pokémon: Let's Go Eevee! and Pikachu! (Game Freak, 2018)
Yoshi's Crafted World (Good-Feel, 2019)
Wolfenstein: The New Order (MachineGames, 2014)
Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 2019)
Bloodborne (From Software, 2015)
Dark Souls (From Software, 2011)
Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja, 2019)

Music used in this episode

The Gardens Between soundtrack - Tim Shiel (https://timshiel.bandcamp.com/album/glowing-pains-music-from-the-gardens-between)

Other credits

What is Stadia and How It Works | Stadia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwb6d2wK3Qw

New DUALSHOCK 4 | PlayStation Europe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgRVycZvGiw

Microsoft Super Bowl Commercial 2019: We All Win | Microsoft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YISTzpLXCY

13-Year-Old Deaf Fortnite PRO Ewok | FIRST Female In FaZe Clan! | Whistle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqDDTLUJjh0