Xbox One celebrates its first year on the market this Saturday and Microsoft has detailed a bounty of rewards for those who have kept the faith since Day One.
Microsoft’s next gen console, which was first unveiled shortly before the E3 event in May 2013, went on sale on November 22nd 2013 initially touching down on thirteen global regions and all those who have bought the Xbox One since its release will be treated to digital gifts such as a Year One gamer picture, new Xbox One backgrounds, Year One background image to use on Twitter, free rental of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, free rental of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods movie with sample of the Dragon Ball Z TV show (US and Canada only).
Gamers who are signed up to Xbox mailing list will also receive an achievements celebration email, praising all their in game rewards gained over the past twelve months – a period which has seen a total of 2 billion hours of gameplay on Xbox One since launch.
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These items will be available from Friday and other lucky Xbox One owners will be drawn at random over the weekend to win some exciting digital and ‘physical’ extras revealed by Microsoft programming boss Larry Hryb aka Major Nelson via the Xbox blog. The big prizes include:
Xbox One Limited Edition Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Bundle
Xbox One Special Edition Sunset Overdrive Bundle
One month membership for Xbox One-exclusive EA Access service
Tiger Shark cash card for Grand Theft Auto V, worth $200,000 in-game GTA Online dollars
Forza gift pack with Forza RallyCross hat, Lamborghini Huracán 1/24 scale replica, and Xbox One Controller (launch team edition) signed by Tanner Foust, host of Top Gear America, Global RallyCross champion and professional stunt driver
Forza Horizon 2 Limited Edition Casio G-Shock Men’s Black Multi-Function Digital Sports Watch
Grand Theft Auto V gift pack with the Los Santos Sheriff Trucker cap, Michael, Franklin and Trevor Posters, and a Grand Theft Auto V sticker pack
Xbox Live Gold 12-month membership digital code
Killer Instinct Season 1 Combo Breaker Pack, the retail version of Killer Instinct Xbox One’s first season and includes all eight season one characters: Jago, Sabrewulf, Glacius, Thunder, Sadira, Orchid, and Spinal. Also includes Fulgore DLC character.
Special limited edition Nissan 370Z, featuring a custom Casio livery for Forza Horizon 2
Air Vehicle shortcut for Battlefield 4 for immediate access to all available unlocks for helicopters and jets available in the main Battlefield 4 game
Arno’s French Rapier for Assassin’s Creed Unity to improve your combat skills
75 Platinum in Warframe
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Costume Pack for Peggle 2
Epic Quest Table in Pinball FX2
Dance Central Spotlight (full game token)
Project Spark Premium – 15 days: Grants 2x gain of Spark XP, credits, and champion XP, as well as the ability to purchase new token-only content for earned in-game credits
The Xbox One has not been without its troubles in its first year on sale. The last twelve months have seen software and hardware issues and regular downtime for the Xbox Live service much to the distress of console owners.
It’s great that Microsoft is taking this opportunity to reward those who have stayed the course and the company reaffirms its commitment to its fan base in the next year and beyond.
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