Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft praised at accessibility awards

GAConf also honours individuals in the games industry for their accessibility work.

Cari Watterton, who works for Sniper Elite developer Rebellion, won the MVP Award for Unsung Hero.

Speaking to BBC Newsbeat before her win, the senior accessibility designer said being recognised by others who work in her field “hits a little bit differently”.

“They understand the amount of work that goes into accessibility and the challenges that you face,” she said.

Newsbeat previously spoke to Cari about her work on accessibility in 2023.

At the time she said it had been a really great year in the space and more companies were looking to recruit specialists.

She says the progress could have looked “slower” over the past 12 months, but games take time to make and developers are working on new things.

“The important thing is that we are seeing something new, in hardware, features, in games adopting their first accessibility features,” says Cari.

“And we’re seeing the quality of these features improve as well, which is fantastic.”

Cari’s currently working on Atomfall – due for release in March – which took the rare step of announcing its accessibility features, external when the game was first revealed.