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Candy Crush Saga Gives Halo, Fallout, Forza and More a Sweet Makeover for XBOX’s 25th

Microsoft published this on 12 November 2026. Below is what our monitor is reading from Xbox Live’s own status feed right now, and how the servers have held up lately.

Checked 13 Nov 2026, 10:20 GMT·Re-checked every 5 min·Source: operator feed

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Operational

Announcement published	12 November 2026, 22:00 UTC
Uptime we measured	100% over 7 days
Last disruption	12 Oct, 4h

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What the announcement says

XBOX’s 25th anniversary has arrived in Candy Crush Saga. Out now, the Game On! Season brings together Halo, Fallout, Sea of Thieves, Forza, DOOM, Banjo-Kazooie, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro for four weeks of collectible pins and some very familiar music with a distinctly Candy Crush sound. For anyone who’s spent years with these games, there’s […] The post Candy Crush Saga Gives H

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Announced by Microsoft on 12 November 2026. Source: news.xbox.com. We quote a short extract for identification and link to the original.