{"id":949123,"date":"2025-12-31T19:19:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick"},"modified":"2025-12-31T19:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:19:18","slug":"microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\nXbox is expanding its accessibility range with new accessories, including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick and 3D printable thumbstick toppers.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Xbox Adaptive Joystick, due out next year, is a singular joystick with two triggers and four face buttons, essentially acting as half a controller that can be used with either hand, or other body parts.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe buttons are completely remappable using the same UI as the existing Xbox Adaptive Controller. Indeed, flexibility is key to all of Xbox’s accessibility accessories: the joystick can be used directly with the console, or in conjunction with the Adaptive Controller or Xbox controller. It can also be mounted if unable to be held.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xbox is expanding its accessibility range with new accessories, including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick and 3D printable thumbstick toppers. The Xbox Adaptive Joystick, due out next year, is a singular joystick with two triggers and four face buttons, essentially acting as half a controller that can be used with either hand, or other body parts. The buttons are completely remappable using the same UI as the existing Xbox Adaptive Controller. Indeed, flexibility is key to all of Xbox’s accessibility accessories: the joystick can be used directly with the console, or in conjunction with the Adaptive Controller or Xbox controller. It can also be mounted if unable to be held. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":949124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[1904,12688,134,649],"class_list":["post-949123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-accessibility","tag-gamescom-2024","tag-microsoft","tag-xbox-game-studios"],"yoast_head":"\nMicrosoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Xbox is expanding its accessibility range with new accessories, including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick and 3D printable thumbstick toppers. The Xbox\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Xbox is expanding its accessibility range with new accessories, including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick and 3D printable thumbstick toppers. The Xbox\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-31T19:19:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-31T19:19:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":122,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"accessibility\",\"Gamescom 2024\",\"Microsoft\",\"Xbox Game Studios\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-31T19:19:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Xbox is expanding its accessibility range with new accessories, including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick and 3D printable thumbstick toppers. The Xbox\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick | Arcader News","description":"Xbox is expanding its accessibility range with new accessories, including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick and 3D printable thumbstick toppers. The Xbox","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick | Arcader News","og_description":"Xbox is expanding its accessibility range with new accessories, including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick and 3D printable thumbstick toppers. The Xbox","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-12-31T19:19:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick","datePublished":"2025-12-31T19:19:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/"},"wordCount":122,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick.jpg","keywords":["accessibility","Gamescom 2024","Microsoft","Xbox Game Studios"],"articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/","name":"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-31T19:19:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Xbox is expanding its accessibility range with new accessories, including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick and 3D printable thumbstick toppers. The Xbox","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-expands-accessibility-range-with-new-xbox-adaptive-joystick\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Microsoft expands accessibility range with new Xbox Adaptive Joystick"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445771,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949123\/revisions\/1445771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}