Happy Lunar New Year! Microsoft, Valve Find Fun Ways to Celebrate It
It doesn’t matter how you call it, be it the Lunar New Year or the Chinese New Year. What matters is that it is today, that it marks the start of The Year of the Monkey, and that two big name companies from the software world have found fun ways to celebrate it.
The two companies I am talking about are Microsoft and Valve. Take a look below to see how these two are celebrating the Lunar or Chinese New Year.
Microsoft introduces the Ninja... Monkey
Seeing that the Ninja Cat was a big success, Microsoft decided to celebrate the Lunar New Year by releasing some cool new images for Windows Insiders, images that feature an amusing Ninja Monkey. View the monkey below, download all the Ninja Monkey images Microsoft released here.
The original Ninja Cat image, which was discovered during the spring of 2015 on Microsoft’s Redmond campus, presented the feline riding a fire breathing unicorn. In the summer of 2015, Microsoft released some new images, featuring the Ninja Cat riding a T-rex and a narwhal.
Play as the Monkey King in Minecraft
Since it is the Year of the Monkey, Microsoft released a new “Journey to the West” skin pack for “Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta” and “Minecraft: Pocket Edition”. The exciting thing about this skin pack is that it features more than a dozen characters from the iconic Chinese folk story, allowing you to play as the Monkey King or as…
The “Journey to the West” skin pack is priced at $1.99. If you don’t want to get the whole pack, you can get Red Boy and Guanyin for free.
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta is available for download on the Windows Store.
Minecraft: Pocket Edition is available on Apple’s App Store, Google Play, Amazon, and the Windows Store.
Valve has a surprise Steam sale
Valve is observing the Lunar New Year with a Steam Sale that ends at 10AM PST on Friday, February 12, 2016.
The cool thing is that the sale is presented as a travel adventure that goes like this: you’re trying to make your way back home to Monkey City and reunite with your family. The road is paved with numerous obstacles and you will have to choose how you want to proceed. Based on your choices, Steam will show you various types of games, like driving games, ninja-themed games, fighting games, and more.
In related news…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan published a video over the weekend, wishing everyone a happy Lunar New Year and announcing that they picked Chen Mingyu as the Chinese name for their 2-month-old daughter, Max Zuckerberg.
"Chen, after her mother's family name, and Mingyu represents our hope for a brighter tomorrow for the world," Zuckerberg explained.
The two companies I am talking about are Microsoft and Valve. Take a look below to see how these two are celebrating the Lunar or Chinese New Year.
Microsoft introduces the Ninja... Monkey
Seeing that the Ninja Cat was a big success, Microsoft decided to celebrate the Lunar New Year by releasing some cool new images for Windows Insiders, images that feature an amusing Ninja Monkey. View the monkey below, download all the Ninja Monkey images Microsoft released here.
The original Ninja Cat image, which was discovered during the spring of 2015 on Microsoft’s Redmond campus, presented the feline riding a fire breathing unicorn. In the summer of 2015, Microsoft released some new images, featuring the Ninja Cat riding a T-rex and a narwhal.
Play as the Monkey King in Minecraft
Since it is the Year of the Monkey, Microsoft released a new “Journey to the West” skin pack for “Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta” and “Minecraft: Pocket Edition”. The exciting thing about this skin pack is that it features more than a dozen characters from the iconic Chinese folk story, allowing you to play as the Monkey King or as…
- Princess Iron Fan
- Lord Hundred-Eyes
- Bull Demon King
- Jade Emperor
- Monk Pig
- Friar Sand
- Lady Earth Flow
- Spider Demon
- Guanyin
- Xuanzang
- Pale Bone Demon
- Black Wind Demon
- Scorpion Demon
- Red Boy
The “Journey to the West” skin pack is priced at $1.99. If you don’t want to get the whole pack, you can get Red Boy and Guanyin for free.
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta is available for download on the Windows Store.
Minecraft: Pocket Edition is available on Apple’s App Store, Google Play, Amazon, and the Windows Store.
Valve has a surprise Steam sale
Valve is observing the Lunar New Year with a Steam Sale that ends at 10AM PST on Friday, February 12, 2016.
The cool thing is that the sale is presented as a travel adventure that goes like this: you’re trying to make your way back home to Monkey City and reunite with your family. The road is paved with numerous obstacles and you will have to choose how you want to proceed. Based on your choices, Steam will show you various types of games, like driving games, ninja-themed games, fighting games, and more.
In related news…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan published a video over the weekend, wishing everyone a happy Lunar New Year and announcing that they picked Chen Mingyu as the Chinese name for their 2-month-old daughter, Max Zuckerberg.
"Chen, after her mother's family name, and Mingyu represents our hope for a brighter tomorrow for the world," Zuckerberg explained.
