Overview
- Microsoft’s Team Xbox published community-created gamerpics, backgrounds and a dynamic console theme from creators Klobrille and Ben Kenobi, making the designs available to players immediately.
- Beginning on Monday, August 3, players who sign in on console, PC, or the Xbox mobile app receive a time‑limited Xbox 25th Anniversary profile badge that will remain available through the end of 2026.
- Xbox announced specially curated Xbox Game Pass collections that gather classic and defining titles across generations, with highlighted examples including Fable Anniversary, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Fallout 4, and Psychonauts 2.
- The Xbox FanFest Tour schedule was released with stops in Cologne (gamescom), Tokyo (TGS), London, Mexico City, Sydney, Toronto and a forthcoming Seattle date, and tickets for each city will be awarded via city‑specific sweepstakes on the FanFest page.
- Microsoft centralized the anniversary activity on a new Xbox 25th Anniversary hub to host updates, sweepstakes details and products, using the program to spotlight community engagement and celebrate the platform’s 25‑year history ahead of November 15.