Candy Crush Crosses Over With Eight Xbox Franchises

The campaign celebrates Xbox's 25th anniversary with digital pins and remixed music from franchises including Halo and Fallout.

Updated on Nov. 12, 2026 in Gaming

Graphic poster-style illustration in hot magenta and electric teal, showing glossy candy shapes and enamel-style collectible pins around a radiating burst, evoking a celebratory gaming collectible. — Candy Crush launched a crossover celebrating Xbox's 25th anniversary on November 12, 2026, featuring collectible pins from eight franchises and six remixed 'Candyfied' tracks. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Candy Crush has launched a crossover celebrating 25 years of Xbox, featuring pins from eight franchises that have appeared on the platform. The campaign began November 12, 2026, and forms the core of the game's Game On Season.

Why it matters

The crossover gives Candy Crush players a way to engage with long-running Xbox franchises through in-game collectibles and music. It also marks the Xbox platform's 25th anniversary with a mobile-facing promotion for U.S. players.

The crossover features pins from Halo, Fallout, Spyro, Banjo-Kazooie, Crash Bandicoot, Sea of Thieves, Doom and Forza, with 1,000 limited-edition physical pin packs offered to U.S. players. The Game On Season follows the earlier Jurassic Season and Music Season.

The players

Candy Crush

Candy Crush is a long-running match-three puzzle game developed by King that is among the most widely played mobile games.

The details

Players build pin collections by completing levels, and collecting pins earns an exclusive Xbox 25 reward. Candy Crush also released six remixed tracks titled 'Candyfied', which feature an orchestra, accordion and the Bulgarian Voices Berlin choir and are available on streaming services such as Spotify.

November 12, 2026: Crossover pin sets went live and the Game On Season began.
December 6, 2026: Pin collection and Xbox 25 reward promotion ends.

Season Trajectory

The Game On Season continues the sequence of themed campaigns Candy Crush introduced with Jurassic Season and Music Season. Its tie-in with Xbox's 25th anniversary extends that pattern into a platform-level crossover.

U.S. players can collect digital pins by completing levels before the promotion ends on December 6, 2026. Players who collect enough pins earn an exclusive Xbox 25 reward, and 1,000 physical pin packs are offered to U.S. players.

The takeaway

Players who want the Xbox 25 reward should start collecting pins early, since the promotion closes December 6, 2026. The Candyfied tracks are also available on streaming services for listeners who want the music separately.