Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news of the week!
Ubisoft and accessibility – Proving a stopped clock is indeed right twice a day, Ubisoft open-sourced its colorblind accessibility tool known as Chroma. “With an estimated 300 million people around the world affected by colorblindness, Chroma allows developers to accurately replicate their experience and create accessible content to meet their needs,” the company says. “The open-source tool works by applying a filter over the game screen without hindering performance.”
Arcane – We happened to step into an innocuous Riot Games Twitter thread this morning only to find ourselves surrounded by screaming Fortnite kids demanding to be allowed to buy Arcane skins in the Epic Games battle royale. It’s a whole thing, apparently. But you can stop hassling the devs on social media; it’s not happening, says Riot’s Marc Merrill, and it sure sounds to us as if Riot and Epic haven’t been able to come to an agreement on how to make it happen.
Scout – And speaking of both Ubisoft and battle royales: Did you need another battle royale? How about a new one from Ubisoft? Insider Gaming reports that the studio is working on one codenamed Scout that is plainly aping Apex Legends.
Roblox – Remember back when Alfonso Ribeiro tried (unsuccessfully) to sue Fortnite for ripping off his iconic dance? Apparently, a choreographer is now suing Roblox for doing basically the same thing, only the dance Roblox ripped off is her copyrighted choreography to Charli XCX’s Apple, which Charli XCX has actually incorporated into her live show. Roblox didn’t accidentally yoink it, either, as it allegedly tried to license the dance and then went ahead and launched it anyway without actually finishing the licensing negotiations or compensating the choreographer (it apparently made $123,000 in the game before being removed). Just in case you wanted one more reason to be annoyed at Roblox.
