{"id":92981,"date":"2026-11-12T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92981"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T22:41:26","slug":"candy-crush-is-celebrating-xboxs-25th-anniversary-with-halo-fallout-and-doom-crossovers-including-remixed-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92981","title":{"rendered":"Candy Crush Is Celebrating Xbox\u2019s 25th Anniversary With Halo, Fallout, And Doom Crossovers, Including Remixed Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2026 is the 25th anniversary of Xbox, and it&#8217;s been a tough year for the brand with mass layoffs, studio closures\/divestitures, and game cancellations. But the celebrations are still going ahead, including an event from the Xbox-owned Candy Crush mobile game juggernaut. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Announced today, Candy Crush Saga is marking the Xbox anniversary with a &#8220;Game On&#8221; season that brings items and elements from Halo, Fallout, Sea of Thieves, Forza, Doom, Banjo-Kazooie, Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro into the game through a virtual pin-collection event. Additionally, the popular and recognizable music from some of those games is coming to Candy Crush in &#8220;unmistakable Candy style,&#8221; developer King said.<\/p>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1957742\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/XboxPins.png?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1957742\" \/>Behold, the Candy Crush Xbox anniversary pins. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Game On event runs now through December 6. Players earn the themed pins, including Master Chief&#8217;s iconic helmet, by progressing through Candy Crush&#8217;s various levels throughout the season. The pins are being released physically, too, and people can enter a contest at the <a href=\"https:\/\/candycrush.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/candycrush.com\/\">Candy Crush website<\/a> for a chance to win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In terms of the updated music, Candy Crush Saga is adding &#8220;Candyfied&#8221; versions of music from Halo, Fallout, Sea of Thieves,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 is the 25th anniversary of Xbox, and it&#8217;s been a tough year for the brand with mass layoffs, studio closures\/divestitures, and game cancellations. But the celebrations are still going ahead, including an event from the Xbox-owned Candy Crush mobile game juggernaut. Announced today, Candy Crush Saga is marking the Xbox anniversary with a &#8220;Game&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":92983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92984,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92981\/revisions\/92984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}