Xbox Celebrates Microsoft 50th Anniversary With Nostalgic Themes

This week, Microsoft is marking its 50-year milestone on April 4th, and to commemorate the occasion, Xbox is providing some complimentary digital content such as a fresh dynamic backdrop and customized profile motifs.

For your Xbox, you can download a vibrant 50th Anniversary Backdrop that showcases a large, colorful “50” as its centerpiece. This backdrop features several iconic Xbox characters like Master Chief from Halo and Marcus Fenix from Gears of War. Given Microsoft’s recent acquisitions of numerous studios and intellectual properties, this background additionally includes Ghost from Call of Duty, the rebooted Doom Slayer, and Vault Boy from Fallout.

Delving deeper into reminiscence, we’ve added three fresh profile images – an iconic old Windows pointer, Clippy, the Microsoft Office assistant, and a vintage floppy disk. Members of the Xbox Insider Program can also acquire a 50th Anniversary badge to showcase on their Xbox profile.

Finally, users of Windows devices can download a special 50th Anniversary theme for Microsoft Solitaire too. This theme offers a personalized background, desktop style, and playing cards for the game.

It’s been revealed that there might be an Xbox-branded portable device launching this year, codenamed Project Kennan. Interestingly, ASUS (ROG) has hinted at a new handheld in a recent video. Microsoft playfully suggested that they could potentially be connected to this development.

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2025-04-03 15:38