Xbox 20th anniversary: Start time, how to watch Microsoft’s livestream celebration

Xbox will celebrate a milestone next Monday, Nov. 15, with a livestream marking 20 years since the launch of Microsoft’s first console and the debut of the beloved first-person shooter Halo. The anniversaries come as fans gear up for the Dec. 8 launch of Halo Infinite on Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One and PC. 

When does it start?

The Xbox anniversary celebration will air at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET, which converts to 6 p.m. GMT  and 5 a.m. Tuesday AEST (maybe one for Australian Xbox fans to watch over breakfast).

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How to watch

The event will be streaming from Xbox’s YouTube, Twitch and Facebook channels. We’ll also embed the YouTube link above when it’s available, so you can watch right here.

Subtitles will be available in multiple languages, and the YouTube channel’s stream will include American Sign Language (ASL) and Audio Descriptions (AD) in English.

What should we expect?

Microsoft promised to “celebrate some of our favorite moments from the past 20 years of Xbox.” The company previously said it won’t announce any new games.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hinted that he’ll have some role in the livestream, likely related to his just-released Netflix movie, Red Notice.

“I need your help like never before,” he said in a video inviting people to the livestream. 

Johnson’s association with the Xbox goes back to its earliest days, when he appeared with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for the original console’s Jan. 6, 2001, announcement at that year’s CES trade show.