Xbox Gear Resurrected And Filled With 25th Anniversary Merch

Published Aug 25, 2026, 6:51 AM EDT Josh Coulson is an editor at TheGamer covering breaking news on everything from colorful platformers to the latest Lego sets. Primarily a news writer since 2018, Josh has covered just about every major game from the past decade. Now an editor, their focus has shifted to being the leading affiliate expert at the site, building relationships between TheGamer and global brands including Mattel, Funko, and The Pokemon Company. Xbox Gear, an online store through which fans of the platform could buy branded merchandise, quietly closed last summer amid ongoing uncertainty at Xbox. A little over a year later, not only is it back, but it’s filled with new merch that’s been designed to celebrate Xbox’s 25th anniversary. Xbox Gear Is Back Xbox Xbox proudly announced that Xbox Gear is back on social media, flaunting some of the new items people can now buy through its revived online store. There are 12 new items in the Xbox Gear resurrection collection, including hoodies, t-shirts, caps, and a rather fetching bucket hat sporting the original shocking green Xbox sphere. A significant chunk of the new merch on Xbox Gear is pretty plain, but not necessarily in a bad way. The Gloss hoodie, t-shirt, sweater, and cap are all black with just the latest glossy version of the Xbox logo right in the middle of the chest, or the middle of your forehead on the cap. The EST. 01 items in the store, of which there are also four, have even subtler designs. They simply have “EST .01” printed on them, an homage to the year during which the original Xbox console was released. There doesn’t even appear to be any mention of Xbox incorporated into their design, although I imagine there’s a tiny tab on them somewhere sporting the Xbox logo. A Little Something For The More Hardcore Fans Xbox If you want to wear your Xbox fandom with a little more pride, and really celebrate 25 years of the platform, then you’ll want the more detailed items in the collection. That standout pick is the Blood Gulch T-shirt. The tee has a small Xbox logo on the front, and the full Blood Gulch map from the original Halo in all its glory in beautiful Xbox green on the back. If the idea of repping Blood Gulch everywhere you go doesn’t grab you, then there’s the Evolution hoodie. “25 Years of Play” is printed on the sleeve, and the evolution of the Xbox logo on the back, including the green and silver sphere that was used for the Xbox 360, still the best version of the Xbox logo to date. There’s a 25 Years of Play T-shirt, too, but it doesn’t appear to have the logos on the back like the hoodie. Everything on Xbox Gear is available to pre-order now and is expected to ship in mid-October, so perfect Christmas gifts for the Xbox fans in your life. The 12 items will only be available for a limited time, from now until September 7, 2026. It’s unclear if Xbox Gear will return to its dormant state after that date, or if Xbox has other items it plans to replace the anniversary collection with. Brand Microsoft Original Release Date November 10, 2020 Original MSRP (USD) $499 Operating System Proprietary (Windows-based) Processor Custom AMD 8-core Zen 2 3.8 GHz Resolution 720p - 4K UHD