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"We’re building plans for the 25th anniversary of Halo and Xbox," Microsoft confirms in a new interview. "We have such a rich heritage, you have to celebrate that."

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Microsoft conducted a new interview with License Global magazine.

Xbox head of consumer products John Friend revealed that Halo has raked in over $1.8 billion in consumer spending on merchandising and licensed products alone, excluding video games.

Xbox's 25th anniversary would fall on November 15, 2026 — which would be an interesting time to launch a new console generation.

Microsoft has been expanding its gaming empire across to PC, mobile, and even PlayStation .

Xbox's 25th anniversary would fall on November 15, 2026 , which puts it firmly in range of a new generation of Xbox hardware.

Microsoft 's Blizzard team is building out a rather huge and epic set of events to celebrate World of Warcraft 's 20th birthday this year .

Perhaps we'd get a custom Halo-style next-gen Xbox as well, perhaps the next Halo game itself will be ready by then too.

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