Crew Xbox is proud to honor the contributions and significance of the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) neighborhood. As a second-generation Asian American, I’m excited to not solely pay tribute to our tradition, customs, and traditions, however to have a good time the creators and gamers who share our ardour for elevated Asian illustration and inclusion in video games. Asians and Pacific Islanders are a richly various set of communities, representing a myriad of histories and heritage. We’re celebrating this month by amplifying the various voices, tales, and expressions of Asian and Pacific Islander life which have influenced tradition, society, and gaming at this time.
At Xbox, we’re dedicated to making a secure place the place everybody on the planet can expertise the enjoyment of gaming, whereas championing the distinctive and various content material made by revolutionary Asian and Pacific Islander creators who illuminate the optimistic position of gaming of their lives, in addition to the facility of respectful illustration in video games. This additionally contains broadening the attitude that careers and alternatives in gaming are welcome to all individuals, and that our business will so richly profit from seeing extra creators in gaming who symbolize gamers around the globe.
Why does elevated API illustration matter? Almost half of the 3B+ players on the planet are in Asia (supply). On the subject of gaming, the Asian and Pacific Islander neighborhood is influential, enjoying an impactful position as gamers, creators, and spectators. Asian American households personal extra online game associated merchandise than all the US inhabitants (supply). We attempt to have a good time a world neighborhood and the various dimensions of the individuals inside it. We endeavor to see extra Asian and Pacific Islander characters in video games telling our genuine tales and representing our huge cultures.
We invite you to hitch us on this celebration of tradition and contributions from the Asian and Pacific Islander neighborhood. Listed here are a few of the methods Xbox plans to honor this neighborhood in Might:
Gaming and Affect with Microsoft Rewards
Microsoft Rewards members in america can earn and donate factors to organizations supporting the Asian and Pacific Islander neighborhood with Xbox. The organizations under will likely be featured on console all through Might:
- Asian Individuals Advancing Justice | AAJC: Advancing Justice – AAJC works by way of coverage advocacy, neighborhood schooling, and litigation to advance the civil and human rights of Asian Individuals and to construct and promote a good and equitable society for all.
- AAPI Fairness Alliance: AAPI Fairness Alliance (AAPI Fairness) is devoted to enhancing the lives of Asian Individuals and Pacific Islanders by way of civic engagement, capability constructing, and coverage advocacy.
- Cease AAPI Hate: Cease AAPI Hate advances fairness, justice, and energy by dismantling systemic racism and constructing a multiracial motion to finish anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate.
Xbox players can earn Microsoft Rewards factors in varied methods, corresponding to enjoying or buying video games after downloading the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox. Earn factors and redeem them for actual rewards. Be part of us at this time and donate by way of Xbox.
Xbox Performs Livestreams Celebrates Asian and Pacific Islanders in Recreation
In celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Xbox Performs will likely be dedicating our livestreaming content material in Might to this neighborhood, that includes Asian and Pacific Islander protagonists in video games, builders, content material creators/streamers and nonprofits. Comply with us on our Xbox Twitch Channel and don’t miss any of the motion!
Xbox Ambassadors Showcase Asian and Pacific Islander Gaming Group
Within the Xbox Ambassadors neighborhood, we’re devoted to sharing and amplifying neighborhood voices. So, in celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we requested those that determine as Asian and Pacific Islander within the Xbox Ambassadors neighborhood how video games with various illustration have impacted them and to share their tales about being a member of a gaming neighborhood. Listed here are their tales.
Uncover Video games Curated by Asian and Pacific Islander Communities at Microsoft
At any time, Microsoft Retailer on Xbox or Home windows guests and Xbox Recreation Move members can entry video games chosen by Asian and Pacific Islander communities at Microsoft, reflecting the huge variety of East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander cultures.
Take a look at the Xbox video games and Home windows video games collections spanning creators, leads, cultures, Asian American creators and leads, plus video games with audio, interface, and subtitles translated in Conventional Chinese language, Simplified Chinese language, Japanese, and Korean.
- Life is Unusual: True Colours (Rated M and Out there with Xbox Recreation Move) – Alex Chen, the primary Asian American protagonist on this award-winning sequence, makes use of her psychic energy of empathy to attempt to remedy the thriller behind her brother’s loss of life. The story explores the significance of self-care and contains identical gender relationship choices.
- Sable (Out there with Xbox Recreation Move) – Information Sable by way of her Gliding; a ceremony of passage that’ll take her on an unforgettable journey. Written by Meg Jayanth, who’s Indian, and music composed by Japanese Breakfast, headed by Korean American, Michelle Zauner.
- Hoa – Impressed by Vietnamese artwork and tradition, Hoa is a fantastic puzzle-platforming recreation that options breathtaking hand-painted artwork, pretty music, and a peaceable, enjoyable environment.
- Apex Legends – Playable characters embody Rampart, who’s voiced by British-Indian actress Anjali Bhimani, and Makoa Gibraltar, a logo of energy for Pacific Islander and LGBTQIA+ communities.
- Elden Ring (Rated M) – A fantasy motion, role-playing recreation journey set inside a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki in collaboration with fantasy novelist George R.R. Martin.
View the collections in Canada, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the UK, and america. Guests to each the Xbox and Microsoft Retailer on Home windows can discover Asian and Pacific Islander neighborhood picks by trying to find “API Heritage” and associated phrases. Content material is topic to availability by nation.
New Gamerpic, Profile Theme, and Avatar Gadgets
In partnership with the Asian and Pacific Islander neighborhood at Xbox, we’re introducing a brand new gamerpic, profile themes, and avatar gadgets! The gamerpic and profile theme will likely be accessible on console and the Xbox PC app. Get your avatar gadgets right here.
343 Industries Celebrates APIHM with New Nameplate and Emblem
The 343 Industries Crew is celebrating APIHM with new content material in Halo Infinite Lone Wolves: Season Two! Throughout the month of Might, any gamers logging into Halo Infinite will obtain an unique nameplate and emblem celebrating APIHM.
Be taught extra about all that Xbox is doing to interact our communities on the Xbox Group Hub.
