{"id":266876,"date":"2024-12-17T14:57:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T14:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/game-makers-journey-watch-the-new-xbox-documentary-today\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:01","slug":"game-makers-journey-watch-the-new-xbox-documentary-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/game-makers-journey-watch-the-new-xbox-documentary-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Maker\u2019s Journey: Watch the New Xbox Documentary Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<p>Xbox is dedicated to bringing the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet \u2013 and that includes how we support those <em>making<\/em> the games. As part of that mission, we\u2019re revealing Game Maker\u2019s Journey, a new documentary focused on pioneering Nigerian videogame studio Dimension11 and its debut release, <em>Legends of Orisha: Blood and Water<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re delighted to announce that Game Maker\u2019s Journey will take us to Ile-Ife, Nigeria and tell us how Dimension11 is breaking new ground, transforming Nigeria\u2019s rich history and the ancient Yoruba religion and into a dynamic and immersive gameplay experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full documentary below:\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Game Maker&#039;s Journey | &quot;Legends of Orisha: Blood and Water&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XPXOgpSAEj8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Legends of Orisha: Blood and Water <\/em>is narrative action-RPG rooted in Nigeria\u2019s Yoruba culture, and the immersive nature of gaming will allow players to experience and learn about it in an all-new way. Dimension11 are part of the ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program. The program\u2019s mission is to empower underrepresented creators to bring their creativity, innovation, and originality to Xbox.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe set out with a dream to tell African stories to a global audience and <em>Legends of Orisha: Blood and Water<\/em> was born out of that dream,\u201d says Dimension11 Creative Director Winston Ohunyon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the help of ID@Xbox\u2019s Developer Accelerator Program, this dream has become an achievable goal. I am immensely grateful for their support as well as the creative vision of the folks behind Game Maker\u2019s Journey.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first met the Dimension 11 team as part of Game Camp Africa, it was clear to me that this studio had immense talent, expertise, and passion,\u201d says James Lewis, Head of the ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program. \u201cDimension11 and <em>Legends of Orisha: Blood and Water<\/em> exemplify the type of teams and projects that we strive to support with the ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Game Maker\u2019s Journey: Dimension11 is available to watch now, and you can find more on the ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2023\/03\/21\/id-xbox-developer-acceleration-program-underrepresented-creators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2024\/12\/17\/game-makers-journey-xbox-documentary\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Xbox is dedicated to bringing the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet \u2013 and that includes how we support those<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}