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Microsoft launches new Xbox controller for Pride, ‘Tell Me Why’ also free

Microsoft has announced a new Pride-inspired controller as a symbol of the LGBTQIA+ community.

The gamepad is stylish/vibrant and features 34 community flags interwoven into it. It’s also fully customizable with a variety of colours palettes, metallic finishes, rubberized grips and you can add an engraving to make it unique to you.

The unique ontroller customization will be available beginning June 9th through Microsoft’s Xbox Design Lab. Xbox also donated $170,000 to LGBTQIA+ non-profit organizations. Further, organizations such as Mermaids, OutRight Action International and National Center for Transgender Equality will be featured on Xbox consoles throughout June.

Xbox Gear Shop will also let users show support with their Pride-inspired clothing and accessories collection. Microsoft Rewards members can donate points to the respective organizations in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Finally, award-winning game Tell Me Why will be available for free in the Microsoft Store and Steam from June 1st to June 30th.

For more on Xbox’s Pride month efforts, check out its website.

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Custom Doctor Strange-themed Xbox Series S and controllers are up for winning

Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is scheduled to release in Canada on May 6th, and to mark the occasion, Xbox and Marvel have come out with a limited-edition custom drop of the Xbox Series S console and Xbox controllers.

“The customized Xbox Series S console features Gargantos, the giant, green, one-eyed octopus from another dimension who is one of the film’s most dangerous villains,” says Xbox, whereas the four different controllers are modelled after the upcoming movie’s main characters, namely Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), The Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Wong (Benedict Wong), and America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez).

Unfortunately, the custom console and controllers won’t go on sale, and the only way to procure them is by entering a contest.

Xbox wants you to follow its Twitter account and retweet the Tweet embedded below along with the hashtag #DoctorStrangeXboxSweepstakes. Way to grow an “organic” following.

To be eligible to win, you need to be a legal resident of any of the Xbox Console-supported countries or regions, and be older than 18. Read all other rules here.

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Source: Xbox