Friday, January 4, 2019

Video Game Accessibility Waiver Expires

Oh crap...like many of you..I totally forgot about this. Thankfully Blue's News is on top of the situation.

The International Game Developers Association has already shared some information about how the CVAA will affect games released in 2019 and beyond, and the organization says it’s working on a more in-depth explainer as well. The CVAA requires that communication functionality like in-game chat and the UI used to navigate and operate those elements must be accessible to people of varying sight, motor, speech, cognitive, and hearing ability. The requirements themselves are outlined in the full legislation, specifically in section 14.21.