This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Xbox, and Microsoft is commemorating the milestone with a live video broadcast. Looking to know the details regarding how to view the event and what to expect from the company, then you’ve reached the right place as we compiled them all here for you.
How To Watch The Xbox 20th Anniversary Celebration?
Monday, November 15, marks 20 years since the debut of the first-ever Xbox and Halo: Combat Evolved and the tech mogul has big plans for the event.
The event will be streamed live on Xbox’s official YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch channels, as well as on GameSpot.com. For those who don’t share the same language, subtitles will be accessible in dozens of languages. Additionally, the program will be available in English with Sign Languages (ASL) and Audio Descriptions (AD).
Xbox 20th Anniversary Celebration Inception Time
The Xbox Anniversary Celebration is slated to begin at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM GMT.
What To Expect From Xbox 20th Anniversary Celebration
According to Microsoft, this year’s Xbox 20th anniversary event will feature “some of our favorite moments from the past decade of Xbox.” There won’t be any gaming debuts or revelations, but as for now, Microsoft hasn’t commented on the premise of the upcoming event.
More Celebrations
During the Xbox FanFest celebration on Saturday, November 13, Microsoft will offer an Xbox-related trivia challenge at 2 PM PT / 5 PM EST. The deadline to register for FanFest is November 9 at midnight, and you may do so on the FanFest website. Microsoft is also expected to reveal some exciting news on its 20th-anniversary freebies at this event.
Also on November 15, Microsoft will be adding new Xbox goodies to the Xbox Gear shop in celebration of “all things Xbox,” but the company did not specify what these items might be. There will also be new badges to commemorate the twenty years of Xbox Live Game and Gold Pass subscription shown on the Xbox profile pages. Microsoft stated:
“The old badges which showcase how long you have been a member of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Xbox Live Gold will be replaced with a colorful new badge.”
After the event, these badges, which are mentioned below, will begin to circulate next week.
As part of the celebration of Xbox’s 20th anniversary, Microsoft is launching a special-edition controller and headset to commemorate the occasion. In addition to the anniversary, a mini-fridge is also in line to be released by Microsoft this year. In a play on the cliché that the Series X resembles a refrigerator, the Xbox mini-fridge debuts this year for $100.