Tag: Xbox

Xbox and Serviceplan Group celebrate Women in Gaming worldwide with a special Xbox controller

Stuart Mitchell

Women make up almost half of the gaming community, celebrate success in Esports, and hold high profile leadership positions in the gaming industry. Yet, women still struggle within the gaming scene to combat misogyny in the form of outdated gender stereotypes, discrimination, bullying and sexist insults. X-Box, together with the Serviceplan Group, is committed to contributing to more equality in the gaming community and giving women more visibility within the scene. Maxi Gräff, Marketing Communications Lead at Xbox DACH, comments: “Gaming is for Everyone, and we at Xbox want everyone…

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Xbox Adaptive Controller welcomed by UK charities and gamers with disabilities

Stuart Mitchell

A new Xbox and Windows 10 controller that lets people with disabilities plug in the assistive aids they already own to play games has been welcomed by charities in the UK. The Xbox Adaptive Controller allows those with limited mobility to use their own buttons, joysticks and switches to mimic a standard controller, so they can play any videogame. This allows them to choose which assistive aid will make the character jump, run or shoot, for example, without relying on pressing specific buttons on the controller that came with the…

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