Warhammer: “Most Accessible Mainstream Game” - AbleGamers
AbleGamers has cited Warhammer as the Most Accessible Mainstream Game of 2008, thanks to Mythic addressing (and correcting) their concerns with the game:
Upon Warhammer’s September 18, 2008 launch date, the game had accessibility features covering a wide range of disabilities right out the box. This includes options for the physically disabled such as mapping nearly all actions to the keyboard, or playing the entire game just by using a mouse or special controllers. There is also text for all key events to aid the hearing impaired and the game has also been made accessible to the colorblind.
Despite the features available upon launch, members of the disabled community still had one concern: Warhammer did not work with the On-Screen Keyboard. This is a tool gamers with physical limitations use to type data on screen with a mouse. It is one of the few MMOs that missed this feature.
According to Mythic, a new patch will be released within the next two weeks taking care of the On-Screen Keyboard.
The problem was first addressed on the AbleGamers forum. A registered user who had purchased Warhammer brought up the issue regarding the On-Screen Keyboard shortly after the game’s release. Mark Barlet, Editor-In-Chief of AbleGamers, wrote Mythic regarding the issue on several occasions.
In case you’re not familiar with AbleGamers, they are a community for disabled gamers and push heavily for accessibility in videogames. You’ll find that much of their mission overlaps with ours, and they have been extremely supportive of this website.
Please go visit Mark and the crew from AbleGamers to read the complete story and press release regarding their naming of Warhammer as the Most Accessible Mainstream Game of 2008. I’m a big fan of their new design, and they have a lot of interesting things going on over there these days.
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