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Celebrating 100 Years of Black History Month With Games

February 2026 marks the 100th year anniversary of Black History Month. We're spotlighting several beloved games featuring Black protagonists and wonderful accessibility features!

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AbleToPlay's Guide to Playing "an unplayable game?!"

Ben "./yemáko" joins us for an in-depth discussion on his first game — an unplayable game?! — and what it's like to be nominated for Excellence in Accessibility Design for the 2025 Games Accessibility Awards.

A Cheesin' Good Nonogram! Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

Alex and Luka, the two French developers behind the hit accessible nonogram game, Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, share their love of rodents, puzzles, and game development!

The World of Blind & Low-Vision Gaming

Blind and low-vision gaming has made gigantic strides over the past several decades, with unique indies and AAA titles innovating year after year! Read all about the history and check out the Blind Game Jam starting January 30th!

AbleToPlay's Games Accessibility Conference Guide

The GAConf 2025 awards will be live-streamed Thursday January 29th at 10AM PST / 6PM GMT on IGDA GASIG’s YouTube channel! Read all about the awards and join the AbleToPlay team as we celebrate the accessibility wins of 2025!

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AbleToPlay Partners with Cephable to Bring Customizable Voice and Motion Controls to More Gamers

We're excited to partner with Cephable to help raise awareness of their accessibility-enhancing technology.

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AbleToPlay teams up with the Cerebral Palsy Foundation to present 2025's Top 5 Games!

For the holiday season we’re teaming up with the Cerebral Palsy Foundation to present AbleToPlay’s Top 5 Accessible Games of 2025!

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SlugGlove casts an accessibility spell in Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times

Alice "SlugGlove", the solo developer behind Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times takes us on a spell-binding journey to creating an accessible game, coming March 19th, 2026!

Herdling: Okomotive's accessible expedition

We interviewed Okomotive, an indie studio based in Zürich, Switzerland, about accessibility in their most recent title: Herdling.

Hazel, a young Black woman with braids looks over her shoulder. Next to her is the game's title, South of Midnight with a tree growing.

South of Midnight - Accessibility Spotlight

Get swept up in a storm in South of Midnight, a love letter to the American South that’s packed with brilliant accessibility features!

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Sword of the Sea - Accessibility Spotlight

Explore Giant Squid’s newest story, Sword of the Sea — a timeless adventure where the Wraith awakens in a barren land and sets out to return the world to the sea.

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Big Update – Discover Creators on AbleToPlay

You can now discover accessible and inclusive Creators on AbleToPlay!

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Creator Spotlight: Steve Saylor

Featured in today's Creator Spotlight is Steve Saylor, a multi-award winning Blind accessibility consultant.

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Accessibility Spotlight

Drop Duchy - Accessibility Spotlight

A Tetris-style roguelite meets an adorably relaxing, no-pressure, no-timer experience in Drop Duchy, where you build your very own duchy!

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Spotlight

Interview with Holden, AKA TheBulbaBoy

Featured in today's Creator Spotlight is TheBulbaBoy, or Holden Smith, a transgender and neurodivergent streamer from Upstate New York!

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Accessibility Spotlight

Owlchemy Labs: Out of this world accessibility in VR

We interviewed Owlchemy Labs about their recent titles, Cosmonious High and Dimensional Double Shift - two remarkably accessible VR titles.

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Accessibility Spotlight

Accessibility in Mafia: The Old Country

Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily.

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Creator Spotlight: Lomadiah - AKA Hannah Rutherford

Featured in today's Creator Spotlight is Lomadiah, aka Hannah Rutherford, a UK-based creator and Twitch ambassador with an amazing track record of supporting charities.

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Game Deep Dive

Accessibility in Blue Prince

We dove into the labyrinthine estate of Blue Prince on the hunt for the mytserious 46th room.

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Accessibility Spotlight

Teaming Up for Change: How AbleToPlay Partnered with Games for Change to Curate the 2025 Accessibility Award

We teamed up with Games For Change to curate the 2025 Accessibility Award. Here's the story behind it!

Accessibility Spotlight

Knights in Tight Spaces - Accessibility Spotlight

Gorgeous art style meets deep roguelike strategy in Knights in Tight Spaces! We dove in deep and were delighted with what we found.

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Accessibility Spotlight

Accessibility in Tales Of The Shire

We visit the Shire for second breakfast, elevensies, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper!

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Game Deep Dive

Accessibility in Lies of P: Overture

We explore the dark world of Krat in Lies of P: Overture and dive into the game's accessibility!

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Spotlight

Creator Spotlight: pinkfairyblossom

We chat with Chayenne, also known as pinkfairyblossom, in our Creator Spotlight interview series.

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