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Six weeks of new content releases, activities and game discounts

Six weeks of new content releases, activities and game discounts

By camilaforero

Five iconic franchises celebrate milestone birthdays with six weeks of new content releases, as well as community activities and game discounts starting October 4. In case you want to check for Xbox games for less than five euros you can check here.

Mike Nelson of Xbox Wire states “From Microsoft Flight Simulator to Forza Horizon, each of these genre-defining franchises has taken us around the world or immersed us in the nuclear wasteland,” and “We’ve captured major activities from each franchise so new and old fans can celebrate with us.”

Let’s see the main activities of each franchise so you can celebrate with XBox:

Fallout:

With a new retrospective, free play days, and Xbox Store deals, Fallout kicks off its 25th anniversary celebration.

Schedule:

October 4:

The anniversary sale kicks off, with Fallout 76 Free Play Week taking place October 4-11.

October 10:

Fallout 25th Social Shorts Retrospectives to celebrate the game that started it all in 1997.

October 11:

New content, including quests, inhabitants and much more.

October 18:

Vault-Tec have a Fallout inspired controller for Design Lab.

October 25:

Spooky Scorched returns to Appalachia until November 8.

Forza Horizon:

With the return of fan-favorite music and Midnight Battles mode, Forza Horizon celebrates its 10th anniversary, also you can score cars by winning head-to-head races.

Schedule:

October 6:

With live streams on YouTube and Twitch you can see everything coming to Forza Horizon 5 as the team reflects on the history and evolution of the series.

October 11:

You’ll be able to update Forza Horizon 5: Horizon 10-Year Anniversary on Xbox, Windows, and Steam to experience the Horizon Origins story.

October 13:

The festival playlist offers four weeks of themed events with challenges and rewards.

Dishonored:

Also celebrates 10 years with a live stream, giveaways, offers from Arkane Studios and more.

Schedule:

October 7:

Harvey Smith and Dinga Bakaba reveal new details about Dishonored and Deathloop on the Major Nelson podcast.

October 9:

You can take a journey through the Dishonored timeline and complete your Microsoft Rewards punch card and have the celebration art wallpaper.

October 18:

The Inspired by Dishonored controller from Xbox Design Lab.

October 20:

You’ll be able to watch the live stream, complete with games, giveaways and all your best Dunwall memories.

October 21:

You can complete your library of games with the Arkane Studios offer.

Age of Empires:

With a special transmission Age of Empires celebrates its 25th anniversary as well and the launch of Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, which includes two new civilizations, the Ottomans and the Malians.

Schedule:

October 25:

The Age of Empires 25th Anniversary Worldwide Broadcast at 10 a.m. PT. m. PT on Twitch.tv/Xbox, AgeofEmpires.com, the Age of Empires YouTube channel, or the Red Bull Gaming YouTube channel.

Current Age of Empires IV owners will get the Anniversary Update for free, with new challenges, new achievements, eight new maps, and two new biomes.

Microsoft Flight Simulator:

And also with a 40th anniversary edition, Microsoft Flight Simulator celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Schedule:

November 11:

It is released as a free update with helicopters and gliders, the most requested upgrades, and with Airbus A-31, a real plane.

The 1903 Wright Flyer, the 1915 Curtiss JN-4 Jenny, the 1927 Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, the 1935 Douglas DC-3, the beautiful 1937 Grumman G-21 Goose, the De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver from 1947, and the famous Hughes H-4 Hercules from 1947, are historic aircraft to be introduced.

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