Aubrey Quinn of the ESA on the mainstage at GDC 2025.
Aubrey Quinn of the ESA on the mainstage at GDC 2025.
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ESA launches a major accessibility initiative at GDC

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 6 min

The Entertainment Software Association introduced the Accessible Games Initiative to provide
players with information about accessibility features in video games.

Founding members Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, Nintendo of America and Ubisoft are supporting the cross-industry effort to provide consumers with clear information about the accessibility features available in video games.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.