Back in December 2020, Microsoft’s Xbox and Warner Brothers partnered to announce the Xbox Space Jam: A New Legacy competition. The international competition sought fans and enthusiasts of the iconic 1996 semi-animated movie Space Jam to submit ideas for an Xbox game based on the new Space Jam: A New Legacy movie that was released in July this year. The company recently announced the winners and one of them is a 15-year-old from India whose idea was taken up by Microsoft to develop the new Space Jam: A New Legacy title.
Xbox and the production house worked together to integrate the game mechanics suggested by the youth-competition winner Karthikeyan along with the gameplay idea submitted by Ricky from the USA, who is the winner of the same contest in the adult age group.
Moreover, he has received various other prizes for his contribution, including a custom Xbox One S console with his name written on it and an annual subscription for the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Furthermore, he received movie merch and LeBron James-signed memorabilia to add to his collection. He is yet to receive a hometown screening of Space Jam: A New Legacy and virtual coding workshop from Microsoft.
