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On Saturday, November 22nd, the Xbox One will have been on sale for a full calendar year. To celebrate, Microsoft is offering prize chances to early adopters who got on board with the system early.

An "Achievements Celebration" email will go out shortly, which will contain a personalised breakdown of what you have accomplished (in terms of achievements) on Xbox One since launch. You'll need to have logged 10 hours or more of Xbox One usage before October 1st, 2014 in order to get this.

Cooler than that, though, is the "Year One Celebration Gift Box Email." If you purchased the console in one of the 13 launch markets between the 22nd November 2013 and 11th November 2014, you'll get some awesome stuff, and the chance at winning some more awesome stuff on top of that.

Everyone who qualifies for the Year One Celebration Gift Box Email, will get:-

  • A Year One Gamer Picture
  • A Year One Xbox One Background (and and exclusive Day One background if you've unlocked the Day One achievement)
  • A Year One background image for your PC and social media channels.
  • A free rental of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
  • A free rental of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods movie and a sampler pack of DBZ TV episodes. (This one is only for US and Canada based gamers, though.)

At random, gamers who qualify for the Year One Celebration Gift Box email will be selected to win prizes. They include:-

  • Xbox One Limited Edition Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Bundle
  • Xbox One Special Edition Sunset Overdrive Bundle
  • One month of EA Access
  • Tiger Shark cash card for Grand Theft Auto V, worth $200,000 in-game GTA Online dollars
  • Forza gift pack with Forza RallyCross hat, Lamborghini Huracán 1/24 scale replica, and Xbox One Controller (launch team edition) signed by Tanner Foust, host of Top Gear America, Global RallyCross champion and professional stunt driver
  • Forza Horizon 2 Limited Edition Casio G-Shock Men’s Black Multi-Function Digital Sports Watch
  • Grand Theft Auto V gift pack with the Los Santos Sheriff Trucker cap, Michael, Franklin and Trevor Posters, and a Grand Theft Auto V sticker pack
  • Xbox Live Gold 12-month membership digital code
  • Killer Instinct Season 1 Combo Breaker Pack, the retail version of Killer Instinct Xbox One’s first season and includes all eight season one characters: Jago, Sabrewulf, Glacius, Thunder, Sadira, Orchid, and Spinal. Also includes Fulgore DLC character.
  • Special limited edition Nissan 370Z, featuring a custom Casio livery for Forza Horizon 2
  • Air Vehicle shortcut for Battlefield 4 for immediate access to all available unlocks for helicopters and jets available in the main Battlefield 4 game
  • Arno’s French Rapier for Assassin’s Creed Unity to improve your combat skills
  • 75 Platinum in Warframe
  • Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Costume Pack for Peggle 2
  • Epic Quest Table in Pinball FX2
  • Dance Central Spotlight (full game token)
  • Project Spark Premium – 15 days: Grants 2x gain of Spark XP, credits, and champion XP, as well as the ability to purchase new token-only content for earned in-game credits

So, keep your eyes on your email, and you could be a winner. Let us know if you win anything cool!