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is a tech editor, her work has also appeared in Gizmodo, the WSJ, and Wired. For Ben Heck, it started as a kindness. He was an engineer who made cool things and a veteran reached out to see if he ...

Microsoft is releasing a new range of accessories aimed at making its products easier for disabled people to use. Back in 2018, Microsoft released a controller that served a similar purpose and made ...

Microsoft has announced that its Adaptive Accessories, which include the Xbox Adaptive Controller, will be available starting October 25 as an effort to make accessibility features an integral part of ...

Microsoft just announced that its Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available for purchase directly from the company. This news comes during the annual Ability Summit. The Adaptive Joystick is designed ...

Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller almost didn’t make the cut into production, but it sounds like teams from across the company intervened to see that the project received its funding. In an ...

Microsoft's new Adaptive Controller is a major step forward for helping gamers with physical or neurological challenges enjoy their hobby. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...

Since late 2018, the Microsoft Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC) has been making PC gaming more accessible for gamers with disabilities and injuries. Now, thanks to the wit of one software engineer, XAC ...

Gaming is often an exclusionary hobby. To begin with, if you're not putting a hefty chunk of change down on a fresh AAA game, you're somewhere in the eternal cycle of pondering a pricey PC upgrade.

Gamescom has already unleashed new trailers and game reveals, but for some players, the big attraction was a new Xbox Adaptive Joystick. Microsoft's new controller is designed to help players with ...

The Xbox team also shows off two other controllers—the 8BitDo Lite SE 2.4G Wireless Controller and the more premium ByoWave Proteus Controller—both of which are on sale now. I’ve contributed to PCMag ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced several upcoming accessibility features for Xbox players. A few of those features, including controller-to-keyboard input remapping, are now live and ready to ...