Xbox Adaptive Controller Archives

Good Trouble is launching AbleToPlay to help players find accessible games.

Good Trouble launches AbleToPlay to help gamers with disabilities find accessible games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 25, 2025
3 min

Good Trouble unveiled AbleToPlay an accessibility-first games discovery platform. It will launch March 10 to help gamers with disabilities find accessible games. With the...

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Xbox Adaptive Controller add-on turns power wheelchairs into joysticks

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 31, 2020
2 min

The Xbox Adaptive Controller is one of the most powerful devices for enabling anyone to play games despite differences in how their body functions....

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Logitech’s Adaptive Gaming Kit adds accessibility companion for Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 18, 2019
3 min

Microsoft launched its Xbox Adaptive Controller last year to let people with limited mobility play games. And today, Logitech G is launching the Logitech...

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Mike Luckett plays with the Xbox Adaptive Controller.

Accessibility finally matters to the game industry — but it needs to do better

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 8, 2019
5 min

Globally, 2.6 billion people spanning across geographical regions, generations, and socioeconomic backgrounds take part in digital gaming. This is a big portion of our...

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Gabi Michel (left), senior hardware program manager with Microsoft Devices, moderated by Keisha Howard, founder of Sugar Gamers.

Making games more accessible with the Xbox Adaptive Controller

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 12, 2019
2 min

I’ve been fascinated with Microsoft’s journey to make, ship, and market the Xbox Adaptive Controller, an accessory for the game console for those with...

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U.S. Army veteran Mike Monthervil plays with the Xbox Adaptive Controller.

Microsoft is giving Xbox Adaptive Controllers, consoles, and games to the VA

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
April 30, 2019
1 min

The Xbox Adaptive Controller gives people with limited mobility a great way to keep playing games on Xbox One and PC. And now, disabled U.S. veterans...

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The packaging for the Xbox Adaptive Controller.

Xbox ousts PlayStation to dominate game industry TV spend in February

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 10, 2019
2 min

Thanks to a big outlay during the Super Bowl, Microsoft’s Xbox has overtaken the gaming industry’s longtime spend leader PlayStation. Xbox accounted for over...

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Mark Weiser and Kevin Marshall of Microsoft show the package for the Xbox Adaptive Controller.

Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller also has accessible packaging

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 25, 2018
4 min

Microsoft is preparing to launch its Xbox Adaptive Controller, which helps people with limited mobility play games, for its launch in September. And today the company...

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Microsoft's Xbox Adaptive Controller makes games more accessible.

Xbox Adaptive Controller: Why Phil Spencer greenlit the accessibility project

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 17, 2018
11 min

Microsoft unveiled its Xbox Adaptive Controller today, an accessory for the game console for those with limited mobility to play games. It makes games...

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Bryce Johnson is cofounder of the Microsoft Inclusive Technologies Lab.

Why Microsoft wants to make games more accessible for all of us

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 17, 2018
8 min

Inside Microsoft’s Inclusive Technologies Lab in Redmond, Washington, a sign says, “When you do not intentionally, deliberately include … you will unintentionally exclude.” This...

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