Candy Crush Saga Adds Halo, Fallout, DOOM in Xbox 25th Anniversary Event
Candy Crush Saga has launched its Game On! Season, a four-week event for XBOX's 25th anniversary. It brings Halo, Fallout, DOOM and five other franchises into the game through collectible pins and six remixed themes recorded with an orchestra, a choir and an accordion.
Candy Crush Saga gives Halo, Fallout, DOOM and five other XBOX franchises a candy-themed makeover in the Game On! Season, a four-week event marking XBOX's 25th anniversary. The season is out now.
It also covers Sea of Thieves, Forza, Banjo-Kazooie, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro. Eight franchises in all.
Pins to collect
The centerpiece is an XBOX 25 pin collection. Players earn pins as they progress through Candy Crush Saga levels, collecting characters and moments from across the eight franchises.
Examples include Master Chief's helmet, DOOM's Cacodemon and Crash Bandicoot's Dr. Neo Cortex. Candy Crush characters also show up in costume. The teams behind each world worked with King on the designs.
What the studios said
Corrine Robinson, Sr. Halo Franchise Manager, described the Halo approach as starting with the Candy Crush characters and adding recognizable Halo elements. The result was Tiffi in pink Mjolnir armor, topped off with her signature bow.
Dachs also appears in Grunt armor. "Quickly became my personal favorite," Robinson said. She said seeing Halo's music reworked was "a lot of fun."
Fallout takes the costume changes in another direction. Vault Boy makes an appearance, Dachs borrows Dogmeat's armor, and Bubblegum Troll gets a Vault Suit.
Daniel Lee, Associate Art Director at Bethesda Game Studios, said "the Wasteland is certainly no stranger to sweet treats." He pointed to Sugar Bombs, Fancy Lad Snack Cakes and Radioactive Gumdrops.
For Rare, the collaboration brings its characters and music to a new audience. Adam Park, Head of Brand and Licensing at Rare, said Banjo, Kazooie and Pendragon now join the Candy Crush universe. He said the opportunity "was just too good to pass up."
Remixed music
Six themes, drawn from Halo, Fallout, Sea of Thieves, Forza, DOOM and Banjo-Kazooie, have been reworked in a Candy Crush style. They are woven into gameplay throughout the season.
The recordings bring together an orchestra, the Bulgarian Voices Berlin choir and an accordion. Composer Federico Truzzi worked on the arrangements.
King's Head of Audio Dominique Devoucoux and Audio Lead Sebastian Aav explain the thinking behind the project in a behind-the-scenes video.
Players do not need to open the game to hear the music. The six tracks will also be available across streaming platforms and participating studio channels.
