{"id":1977780,"date":"2026-06-07T18:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977780"},"modified":"2026-06-07T18:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:36:34","slug":"xbox-unveils-retro-inspired-console-and-controller-to-celebrate-its-25th-anniversary-and-theyre-launching-this-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977780","title":{"rendered":"Xbox unveils retro-inspired console and controller to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and they&#8217;re launching this November"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Xbox unveils retro-inspired console and controller to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and they&#8217;re launching this November<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Design &#8220;respects our history&#8221;, says Microsoft.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/XBOX-Wireless-Controller-X25-Special-Edition_1-d75d6cc00415223ed301-1900x1080.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Promotional image of the Xbox Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"XBOX-Wireless-Controller-X25-Special-Edition_1-d75d6cc00415223ed301-1900x1080.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"324\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1521645425.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1521645425.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/matt-wales\">Matt Wales<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-07T18:36:34+00:00\">June 7, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-limited-edition-console-controller-25th-anniversary?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It&#8217;s Xbox&#8217;s 25th birthday this year, don&#8217;t you know, and Microsoft is celebrating in a multitude of ways. It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-unveils-new-logo\">made its logo transparent<\/a>, for starters, and it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-is-now-xbox\">decided to go all-caps<\/a>. But if that&#8217;s still not enough to be getting on with, the company has now revealed a special transparent green Xbox Series X and controller that&#8217;ll be available to purchase this November.<\/p>\n<p>Unveiled during Microsoft&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-microsofts-xbox-games-showcase\">bombastic Xbox Games Showcase<\/a>, the console &#8211; officially titled the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition &#8211; is said to draw inspiration from the original Xbox and the &#8220;OG Green so many players remember&#8221;. It&#8217;s a design that supposedly &#8220;reflects where we&#8217;ve been and the community that&#8217;s been with us along the way&#8221;, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/06\/07\/xbox-25th-anniversary-console-controller-x25-xbox-games-showcase-2026\/\">post on Xbox Wire<\/a>, and one that &#8220;respects our history&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"25 Years in the Making - XBOX 25th Anniversary Collection - Reveal Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1-INYU6FLgI?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/1-INYU6FLgI\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">25 Years in the Making &#8211; XBOX 25th Anniversary Collection &#8211; Reveal Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here they are.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1-INYU6FLgI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;From the moment you power it on,&#8221; Microsoft enthusiastically continues, &#8220;those details come to life. The iconic &#8216;X&#8217; lights up in green, a nod to the original Xbox start up, complemented by the Xbox 25th Anniversary logo on the front and other design elements that celebrate Xbox fans and classic hardware designs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Promotional image of the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition console.\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/XBOX-Series-X25-Limited-Edition_2-1bfdd2858ad74a2180ff-1900x1080.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7592592592592593\" width=\"1900\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Promotional image of the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition console.\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"XBOX-Series-X25-Limited-Edition_2-1bfdd2858ad74a2180ff-1900x1080.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7592592592592593\" width=\"1900\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s a similar hurtle through the translucent green annals of history where the new Xbox Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition controller is concerned. &#8220;From the original ABXY colors, to the timeless green, every detail calls back to the beginning,&#8221; the announcement goes on, &#8220;including the bumpers honouring the original black and white buttons on the original &#8216;Duke&#8217; controller.&#8221; And if that&#8217;s <em>still<\/em> not enough Xbox nostalgia for you, if you flip the device over, the back case and battery door are also transparent, revealing the &#8220;classic&#8221; Xbox logo. The controller, incidentally, is being bundled in with the console, as well as being sold separately.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft hasn&#8217;t revealed prices for either bits of anniversary edition hardware yet, but we do know they&#8217;ll be launching this November. More details are set to be revealed &#8220;soon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It&#8217;s Xbox&#8217;s 25th birthday this year, don&#8217;t you know, and Microsoft is celebrating in a multitude of ways. It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-unveils-new-logo\">made its logo transparent<\/a>, for starters, and it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-is-now-xbox\">decided to go all-caps<\/a>. But if that&#8217;s still not enough to be getting on with, the company has now revealed a special transparent green Xbox Series X and controller that&#8217;ll be available to purchase this November.<\/p>\n<p>Unveiled during Microsoft&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-microsofts-xbox-games-showcase\">bombastic Xbox Games Showcase<\/a>, the console &#8211; officially titled the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition &#8211; is said to draw inspiration from the original Xbox and the &#8220;OG Green so many players remember&#8221;. It&#8217;s a design that supposedly &#8220;reflects where we&#8217;ve been and the community that&#8217;s been with us along the way&#8221;, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/06\/07\/xbox-25th-anniversary-console-controller-x25-xbox-games-showcase-2026\/\">post on Xbox Wire<\/a>, and one that &#8220;respects our history&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"25 Years in the Making - XBOX 25th Anniversary Collection - Reveal Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1-INYU6FLgI?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/1-INYU6FLgI\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">25 Years in the Making &#8211; XBOX 25th Anniversary Collection &#8211; Reveal Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here they are.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1-INYU6FLgI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;From the moment you power it on,&#8221; Microsoft enthusiastically continues, &#8220;those details come to life. The iconic &#8216;X&#8217; lights up in green, a nod to the original Xbox start up, complemented by the Xbox 25th Anniversary logo on the front and other design elements that celebrate Xbox fans and classic hardware designs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Promotional image of the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition console.\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/XBOX-Series-X25-Limited-Edition_2-1bfdd2858ad74a2180ff-1900x1080.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7592592592592593\" width=\"1900\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Promotional image of the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition console.\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"XBOX-Series-X25-Limited-Edition_2-1bfdd2858ad74a2180ff-1900x1080.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7592592592592593\" width=\"1900\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s a similar hurtle through the translucent green annals of history where the new Xbox Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition controller is concerned. &#8220;From the original ABXY colors, to the timeless green, every detail calls back to the beginning,&#8221; the announcement goes on, &#8220;including the bumpers honouring the original black and white buttons on the original &#8216;Duke&#8217; controller.&#8221; And if that&#8217;s <em>still<\/em> not enough Xbox nostalgia for you, if you flip the device over, the back case and battery door are also transparent, revealing the &#8220;classic&#8221; Xbox logo. 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