Microsoft confirms it’s updating Xbox Series X game packaging

Microsoft has confirmed plans to update Xbox Series X‘s game packaging.

After Best Buy began carrying listings for upcoming Xbox games featuring new box art, the company told VGC on Thursday that the updated designs will be rolled out later this year.

The new game boxes remove ‘XBOX’ from the top centre of the existing template and relocate the Xbox logo from the top middle of the box to the top left. The game’s platforms are also listed on a white background rather than on a black one.

Microsoft said the new packaging had been designed to allow the game art to take centre stage, while also providing more clarity on things like platforms and features supported by each title.

Microsoft’s game boxes have been criticised in the recent past for their busy design, which includes multiple logos and call outs for 4K, Smart Delivery, Xbox Series X enhancements and more.

Before Series X’s launch last November, the platform holder tweaked the box designs based on fan feedback, removing an overly large badge for Series X enhancements.

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