Accessibility Options
World of Warcraft: The War Within brings long-awaited arachnophobia mode to the game (with crabs)
World of Warcraft: The War Within will add a variety of features to the game, but they left a key concern out during the BlizzCon 2023 announcement: what about all those creepy spiders?
What usability changes would you like to see in Blizzard games?
One of the features in the World of Warcraft 10.2 patch is the Pathfinder achievement, which allows us to use old-world flying in the Dragon Isles, including the new Emerald Dream zone.
Dragonflight adds new Soft Target mode which lets you interact with targets at a glance
The latest alpha build for World of Warcraft's forthcoming expansion Dragonflight included a new feature coded as "Soft Targeting." An alternative to the standard tab target or click-to-interact that WoW players have been using for years, the soft target feature will automatically target an NPC or enemy within medium range that your camera is centered on -- you don't have to get right in their face, thankfully, but casters and hunters will find it hard to start combat from maximum range with this feature.
Dragonflight consolidates accessibility options to make playing World of Warcraft easier for a variety of players
I haven't exactly made it a secret that I'm playing WoW with declining vision, which causes photosensitive headaches and motion sickness.
What accessibility improvements would you make to your favorite video games?
World of Warcraft has added quite a few accessibility options over the years, from improved color blind modes to click and mouseover casting -- but that doesn't mean I can't think of a few additional changes that would be very helpful.
God of War Ragnarok adds a host of accessibility options that I hope will become industry standards
Video games and accessibility have been at the front of my mind for the past few years.
