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Back in 2020, we announced a Kickstarter for a book. At first, a simple venture into book publishing, ended up turning in a 2+ year saga as we dealt with pandemics, global conflicts and on a personal level, massive life changing upheavals. Now, five years later, the book is heading to retail – Xbox: The Console & The Games is available – right now!
We’d seen the constant demands for an opportunity to get hold of a copy of our first ever Kickstarter, Celebrating 20 Years of Xbox, and we felt awful that we don’t have the means to bring it to people on a large scale – even our ill-fated “second-print run” was a unsuccessful – people just don’t like the extra barrier of creating a Kickstarter account. We get it.
Now, thanks to the very cool folks at Book Publisher Pen & Sword/White Owl, a new, retail release of our book is available for preorder. Renamed to “Xbox: The Console and The Games“, this new version contains all the contents of the original, with a brand new cover from our amazing art and design lead, Predrag.
You can also pick it up here via Amazon UK or here via Amazon US.
“The original Xbox console changed the console industry forever and in the ORIGINAL XBOX: THE CONSOLE AND THE GAMES, the team at XboxEra got the community to rally together for this book, to celebrate twenty years since the original Xbox came to be.
Originally funded by the community and produced exclusively for Kickstarter, this new version has been tweaked to bring this work of passion to more Xbox fans around the world. Featuring exclusive interviews, features and retrospectives on some of the best games to release on the platform, this is one book about the original Xbox that fans won’t want to miss.
With 360 Full Colour pages, we’ve detailed over 790+ games – from Fable to MechAssault, Halo: Combat Evolved to the very first Forza Motorsport, this book is a celebration of the console that started it all.“
- Includes exclusive interview with Xbox Founding Father, Ed Fries
- Features retrospectives from notable community members
- A detailed listing of every game released on the Original Xbox
- Detailed retrospectives on notable and cult classic releases
- A look back at how the Original Xbox came to be
We’re no strangers to doing crazy things. If you missed it, we recently released our own Card Game, “Console Wars” – which is now available on Amazon.
You can grab ‘Original Xbox: The Console & The Games‘ by heading here, or by heading to Amazon. To all our original backers, community and incredible Patreon supporters – thanks for making it possible!
You guys think we should try and make an Xbox 360 Anniversary book or….?
Xbox is doing a great job with their games and stuff
Damn I thought it was a mini console like the psx that woulda been epic
I thought the same exact thing lol
I thought it was a Xbox laptop or Xbox notebook . I actually could go for something like that with the controller.
A book? Really a book!
A book . What a fck joke
As you seemingly don’t know how to read, I suspect it’s not for you.
Hello, Jon.
This is incredible news and a massive win for game preservation. The original Xbox library is filled with so many unique and foundational titles that have been stuck on aging hardware for too long. Seeing Jet Set Radio Future and the Project Gotham Racing series get a new lease on life is a dream come true.
My question: Are these releases straight emulation, or have there been any enhancements for modern hardware, like higher resolutions, improved frame rates, or achievements? Specifically, how are they handling the licensed soundtracks for games like JSRF and SSX 3 which have been a major hurdle in the past?
I thought they was re-releasing the original Xbox console with all games built in..That would be excellent..💯