Forza Horizon 5 is bringing sign language support to 150 in-game cinematics.
Playground Games confirmed that both American and British dialects will be added by way of a free content update on March 1. This is a first for an Xbox Game Studios title and could be the first game in general to offer a similar option.
In an accompanying video announcement, Playground Games demonstrated how the feature will work, with pop-up interpreters appearing on-screen during certain scenes.
As explained in the clip, for many deaf and hard of hearing gamers, English isn’t their first language, but American Sign Language is. Since it’s a different language to English, this can make it difficult for many to follow ASL while reading English on-screen subtitles. Having the on-screen guidance makes it so that players aren’t forced to read in two different languages at once.
The new sign language feature…
