If you have a keen gamer in your life, Microsoft may have just the thing for them, having launched a new ‘ugly Christmas sweater’ What is Minesweeper? Priced at £57.95, it’s certainly not cheap, although £75,000 ($100,000) of the proceeds will be donated to the AbleGamers charity.
The jumper is themed around the famous Windows game Minesweeper, and features a Christmas-tree shaped version of the game. If you have a keen gamer in your life, Microsoft may have just the thing for them, having launched a new ‘ugly Christmas sweater.’
With Christmas just over three weeks away now, you may be frantically racking your brain for gift ideas for your loved ones. Priced at £57.95, it’s certainly not cheap, although £75,000 ($100,000) of the proceeds will be donated to the AbleGamers charity.It has a Christmas-tree shaped version of the game against a sky of snowflakes.The ‘ugly Christmas jumper’ is themed around the Windows game Minesweeper.The Redmond firm has also decided to pay $ 100,000 to AbleGamers, an American nonprofit organization that improves accessibility in video games for people with disabilities.The ultimate festive gift for gamers? Microsoft launches a £58 Minesweeper-themed ‘ugly Christmas jumper’ Best of all, you can play original Minesweeper emulated on GitHub. Solitaire postcards are also available for download.
You can download ugly virtual backgrounds to use in video call. It gives it an impression of movement.įinally, Microsoft has also prepared other surprises on the same theme. Appeared with Windows 3.1 in 1992, the logo is shown with a trail of pixels. Microsoft’s sweater wouldn’t have been complete if it hadn’t been for the famous Windows logo from the 90s. On the right, “2021” has also replaced the traditional timer. The number “1990” displayed in the screen to the left of the sweater is not the number of mines remaining, but a nod to the origins of the Minesweeper. We also find the three classic buttons to minimize the window, maximize it and close the game. Ugly Minesweeper-themed Christmas sweater – Credit: Microsoft It sports a Minesweeper level in the shape of a Christmas tree with snowflakes representing mines. The sweater is certainly ugly, but it must be recognized that its design is particularly well thought out. Six sizes are available: SM, M, L, XL, 2XL and 3XL (this one is already out of stock). The Ugly Minesweeper sweater is available on the Xbox Gear Shop with international delivery planned. Read also> Xbox gamers receive surprise packages from Microsoft to celebrate the console’s 20th anniversary Part of Minesweeper in the shape of a Christmas tree with the old Windows logo, this sweater is a real reference of the 90s On the other hand, its price of 74,99 $ could put off more than one. This sweater is therefore an ideal gift for geeks and those nostalgic for the first Windows games. The cult game of the 90s supplied with Windows operating system among other games like Solitaire and Pinball has accompanied several generations. This year the he ugly sweater is inspired by the Minesweeper.
Last year, the famous Paint software was honored by the ugly Christmas sweater made by Microsoft. In 2018, we were notably entitled to a very ugly sweater with the Windows 95 logo. Microsoft has launched an ugly Christmas sweater that you can don for the holidays to wow, or not, your family and friends.