Group Xbox is proud to honor the contributions and significance of the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) group. As a second-generation Asian American, I’m excited to not solely pay tribute to our tradition, customs, and traditions, however to have fun the creators and gamers who share our ardour for elevated Asian illustration and inclusion in video games. Asians and Pacific Islanders are a richly numerous set of communities, representing a myriad of histories and heritage. We’re celebrating this month by amplifying the numerous voices, tales, and expressions of Asian and Pacific Islander life which have influenced tradition, society, and gaming right now.
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 numerous content material made by revolutionary Asian and Pacific Islander creators who illuminate the optimistic position of gaming of their lives, in addition to the ability of respectful illustration in video games. This additionally consists of broadening the attitude that careers and alternatives in gaming are welcome to all folks, and that our trade will so richly profit from seeing extra creators in gaming who characterize gamers all over the world.
Why does elevated API illustration matter? Practically half of the 3B+ players on the planet are in Asia (supply). On the subject of gaming, the Asian and Pacific Islander group is influential, taking part in an impactful position as gamers, creators, and spectators. Asian American households personal extra online game associated merchandise than the whole US inhabitants (supply). We try to have fun a worldwide group and the numerous dimensions of the folks 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 affix us on this celebration of tradition and contributions from the Asian and Pacific Islander group. Listed here are a number of the methods Xbox plans to honor this group in Might:
Gaming and Impression with Microsoft Rewards
Microsoft Rewards members in america can earn and donate factors to organizations supporting the Asian and Pacific Islander group with Xbox. The organizations beneath will likely be featured on console all through Might:
- Asian People Advancing Justice | AAJC: Advancing Justice – AAJC works via coverage advocacy, group schooling, and litigation to advance the civil and human rights of Asian People and to construct and promote a good and equitable society for all.
- AAPI Fairness Alliance: AAPI Fairness Alliance (AAPI Fairness) is devoted to bettering the lives of Asian People and Pacific Islanders via 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, reminiscent of taking part in or buying video games after downloading the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox. Earn factors and redeem them for actual rewards. Be part of us right now and donate via Xbox.
Xbox Performs Livestreams Celebrates Asian and Pacific Islanders in Sport
In celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Xbox Performs will likely be dedicating our livestreaming content material in Might to this group, 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 Neighborhood
Within the Xbox Ambassadors group, we’re devoted to sharing and amplifying group 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 group how video games with numerous illustration have impacted them and to share their tales about being a member of a gaming group. 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 Sport Go 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.
Try 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 Sport Go) – 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 consists of identical gender relationship choices.
- Sable (Out there with Xbox Sport Go) – Information Sable via 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, an emblem of power 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 group picks by trying to find “API Heritage” and associated phrases. Content material is topic to availability by nation.
New Gamerpic, Profile Theme, and Avatar Objects
In partnership with the Asian and Pacific Islander group at Xbox, we’re introducing a brand new gamerpic, profile themes, and avatar objects! The gamerpic and profile theme will likely be out there on console and the Xbox PC app. Get your avatar objects right here.
343 Industries Celebrates APIHM with New Nameplate and Emblem
The 343 Industries Group is celebrating APIHM with new content material in Halo Infinite Lone Wolves: Season Two! In the course of the month of Might, any gamers logging into Halo Infinite will obtain an unique nameplate and emblem celebrating APIHM.
Study extra about all that Xbox is doing to interact our communities on the Xbox Neighborhood Hub.
