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1985–2001

Windows 1.0 and 2.0

1990–2001

Windows 3.0

1992–2010

Windows 3.1x, 95, 98, 2000 and ME

This icon is also used in Windows XP if Display Color quality is set to 16 colors or 256 colors.

2000–2010

Windows 2000 and ME

2001–2014

Windows XP

SVG NEEDED

2004–2005 (unused)

Windows Longhorn

BETTER LOGO NEEDED

2005–2025

Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10

This icon was first seen in build 5270.

2020–present

Windows 10, 10X and 11

This logo was originally designed for Insider Preview of Windows 10 (pre-release of 11) and Windows 10X, but was only used on Windows 11. The icon is also used on the newly redesigned version of Notepad, exclusively available for Windows 11 users.

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Microsoft Windows apps

Current:

¹ Spun off into a Microsoft Store app

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Microsoft

Apps, Software and Web Services

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MSN

A service of Microsoft

Apps
Dial-up | Money | News (MSN app) | The Zone | Weather

Notes:
¹App was discontinued but the section of the website still exists
²Rebranded under the Windows Live umbrella

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Microsoft 365

A product of Microsoft

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Windows

A product of Microsoft

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Microsoft Windows apps

Current:

¹ Spun off into a Microsoft Store app

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Windows Live

Web Services

Notes

¹	Later removed the Windows Live branding.

Notes

¹	Developed by Samsung Electronics

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Microsoft Windows apps

Current:

¹ Spun off into a Microsoft Store app

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Dynamics 365

Apps

Sub Apps
Project Timesheet | Return to School | Return to Work | Warehouse Management

Gaming
DirectX | Havok | Start.gg

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XBOX

Part of Microsoft

Consoles
Xbox (original) | Xbox 360 | Xbox One | Xbox Series X & S | Project Helix

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Xbox Game Studios

Part of XBOX

Publishers
Xbox Game Studios Publishing

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Age of Empires

Main Series

Spin-offs
Age of Mythology (The Titans) | Age of Empires: Castle Siege | Age of Empires Online

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Crackdown

Main Series

Crackdown | Crackdown 2 | Crackdown 3

Other
Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst

Developers
Reagent Games | Realtime Worlds | Ruffian Games

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Fable

Main series

Fable (2004) | Fable II | Fable III | Fable (2026)

Cancelled
Fable Legends

Other
Fable III Kingmaker | Fable Trilogy

Fictional entities
Reaver Industries

Developers
Lionhead Studios | Ideaworks Game Studio | Playground Games

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Forza

Motorsport
Forza Motorsport (2005) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 (Apex) | 7 | Forza Motorsport (2023)

Horizon
Forza Horizon | 2 (Presents Fast & Furious) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Spinoffs
Forza Customs | Forza Street

Developers
Turn 10 Studios | Playground Games | Electric Square

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Gears of War

Main Series

Spin-offs
Gears Tactics | Gears Pop!

Developers
The Coalition | Epic Games | Mediatonic

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Halo

Main Series

Other
Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Apps
Halo Waypoint | Halo Channel

Film & Television
Halo Legends | Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn | Halo: Nightfall | Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series | Halo (TV series)

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Microsoft Casual Games

Games

Other
Carbonated Games | The Zone

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Microsoft Flight Simulator

Games

1.0, 2.0, Macintosh | 3.0, 4.0 | 5.0, 5.1 | for Windows 95 | 98 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004: A Century of Flight | X | Flight Simulator (2020) | 2024

Related
Microsoft Flight

Developers
Sublogic | Bruce Artwick Organization | Aces Game Studio | Dovetail Games | Asobo Studio

Publishers
Microsoft | Dovetail Games | Xbox Game Studios Publishing

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Minecraft

Main Game Editions

Spin-offs
Dungeons (II) | Legends | Blast
Discontinued Spin-offs
Story Mode | Earth

Community-created
Websites and blogs
Planet Minecraft | Wiki

Defunct servers: Mineplex | InPvP | Pixel Paradise

Websites and blogs
Feedback | Forum | Help Center

V • T • E MineCon
MineCon 2010 (Bellevue, WA) \| 2011 (Las Vegas, NV) \| 2012 (Disneyland Resort Paris) \| 2013 (Orlando, FL) \| 2015 (London) \| 2016 (Anaheim, CA) \| 2017 (Georgia, USA) \| 2018 (London)

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Ori

Games

Ori and the Blind Forest | Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Developer
Moon Studios

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State of Decay

Games

State of Decay | State of Decay 2 | State of Decay 3

Developers
Undead Labs

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Zoo Tycoon

Main Games

Other Games
Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game (New Shores) | Zoo Tycoon DS | Zoo Tycoon 2 DS | Friends

Notes:
¹ Became independent from 2007–2022, later becoming a Sony Interactive Entertainment subsidiary in 2022
² Were moved to work on other Microsoft Software departments
³ consolidated
⁴ Sold to Take-Two Interactive, later being defunct

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ZeniMax Media

Part of XBOX

Publishers
Bethesda Softworks (ZeniMax Europe | ZeniMax Asia)

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Doom

A Bethesda Softworks (Microsoft Gaming) franchise

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Fallout

A Bethesda Softworks franchise

Main
Fallout | Fallout 2 | Fallout 3 | Fallout: New Vegas | Fallout 4 (VR)

Other
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel | Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel | Fallout Shelter | Fallout 76

Cancelled
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2 | Fallout Extreme

Television series
Fallout (TV series)

Developers
Black Isle Studios | Interplay Entertainment | 14 Degrees East | Bethesda Game Studios | Obsidian Entertainment

Publishers
Interplay Entertainment | Bethesda Softworks

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The Elder Scrolls

A Bethesda Softworks (Microsoft Gaming) franchise

Upcoming
The Elder Scrolls VI

Notes:
¹ Consolidated into ZeniMax Online Studios
² Acquired by Krafton Inc.

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Activision Blizzard

Part of XBOX

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Activision

Part of Activision Blizzard, a subsidiary of Microsoft Gaming

Franchises

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Call of Duty

Main

Defunct video games
DMZ | Heroes | Online (China only) | Warzone Caldera | Warzone Mobile

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Crash Bandicoot

Racing:
Crash Team Racing | Crash Nitro Kart | Crash Tag Team Racing | Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled

Party:
Crash Bash | Crash Boom Bang! | Crash Team Rumble

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Guitar Hero

Main

Developers and Publishers
Activision | FreeStyleGames | Harmonix | Neversoft | Vicarious Visions

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Skylanders

Main

Developers
Activision | Beenox | Toys For Bob | Vicarious Visions

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Spyro

Main Games

Handheld Games
Season of Ice | Season of Flame | Attack of the Rhynocs | The Cortex Conspiracy | Shadow Legacy

Mobile Games
Spyro | Ripto Quest | Spyro the Dragon

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Tony Hawk's Franchise

Main

¹ Now published by Bungie

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King

Part of Activision Blizzard, a subsidiary of Microsoft Gaming

Stores
Candy Crush Store

Film, television production and distribution company
Activision Blizzard Studios

Other
Activision Blizzard Consumer Products | Activision Blizzard Media | Activision Blizzard eSports | Major League Gaming

Other
ID@Xbox | Xbox app (Game Bar)

Notes:
¹Later reintroduced as a Microsoft Azure product.
²Folded into Microsoft Store

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Xbox Game Studios

Part of XBOX

Publishers
Xbox Game Studios Publishing

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Age of Empires

Main Series

Spin-offs
Age of Mythology (The Titans) | Age of Empires: Castle Siege | Age of Empires Online

V • T • E

Crackdown

Main Series

Crackdown | Crackdown 2 | Crackdown 3

Other
Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst

Developers
Reagent Games | Realtime Worlds | Ruffian Games

V • T • E

Fable

Main series

Fable (2004) | Fable II | Fable III | Fable (2026)

Cancelled
Fable Legends

Other
Fable III Kingmaker | Fable Trilogy

Fictional entities
Reaver Industries

Developers
Lionhead Studios | Ideaworks Game Studio | Playground Games

V • T • E

Forza

Motorsport
Forza Motorsport (2005) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 (Apex) | 7 | Forza Motorsport (2023)

Horizon
Forza Horizon | 2 (Presents Fast & Furious) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Spinoffs
Forza Customs | Forza Street

Developers
Turn 10 Studios | Playground Games | Electric Square

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Gears of War

Main Series

Spin-offs
Gears Tactics | Gears Pop!

Developers
The Coalition | Epic Games | Mediatonic

V • T • E

Halo

Main Series

Other
Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Apps
Halo Waypoint | Halo Channel

Film & Television
Halo Legends | Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn | Halo: Nightfall | Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series | Halo (TV series)

V • T • E

Microsoft Casual Games

Games

Other
Carbonated Games | The Zone

V • T • E

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Games

1.0, 2.0, Macintosh | 3.0, 4.0 | 5.0, 5.1 | for Windows 95 | 98 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004: A Century of Flight | X | Flight Simulator (2020) | 2024

Related
Microsoft Flight

Developers
Sublogic | Bruce Artwick Organization | Aces Game Studio | Dovetail Games | Asobo Studio

Publishers
Microsoft | Dovetail Games | Xbox Game Studios Publishing

V • T • E

Minecraft

Main Game Editions

Spin-offs
Dungeons (II) | Legends | Blast
Discontinued Spin-offs
Story Mode | Earth

Community-created
Websites and blogs
Planet Minecraft | Wiki

Defunct servers: Mineplex | InPvP | Pixel Paradise

Websites and blogs
Feedback | Forum | Help Center

V • T • E MineCon
MineCon 2010 (Bellevue, WA) \| 2011 (Las Vegas, NV) \| 2012 (Disneyland Resort Paris) \| 2013 (Orlando, FL) \| 2015 (London) \| 2016 (Anaheim, CA) \| 2017 (Georgia, USA) \| 2018 (London)

V • T • E

Ori

Games

Ori and the Blind Forest | Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Developer
Moon Studios

V • T • E

State of Decay

Games

State of Decay | State of Decay 2 | State of Decay 3

Developers
Undead Labs

V • T • E

Zoo Tycoon

Main Games

Other Games
Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game (New Shores) | Zoo Tycoon DS | Zoo Tycoon 2 DS | Friends

V • T • E

ZeniMax Media

Part of XBOX

Publishers
Bethesda Softworks (ZeniMax Europe | ZeniMax Asia)

V • T • E

Doom

A Bethesda Softworks (Microsoft Gaming) franchise

V • T • E

Fallout

A Bethesda Softworks franchise

Main
Fallout | Fallout 2 | Fallout 3 | Fallout: New Vegas | Fallout 4 (VR)

Other
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel | Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel | Fallout Shelter | Fallout 76

Cancelled
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2 | Fallout Extreme

Television series
Fallout (TV series)

Developers
Black Isle Studios | Interplay Entertainment | 14 Degrees East | Bethesda Game Studios | Obsidian Entertainment

Publishers
Interplay Entertainment | Bethesda Softworks

V • T • E

The Elder Scrolls

A Bethesda Softworks (Microsoft Gaming) franchise

Upcoming
The Elder Scrolls VI

Notes:
¹ Consolidated into ZeniMax Online Studios
² Acquired by Krafton Inc.

V • T • E

Activision Blizzard

Part of XBOX

V • T • E

Activision

Part of Activision Blizzard, a subsidiary of Microsoft Gaming

Franchises

V • T • E

Call of Duty

Main

Defunct video games
DMZ | Heroes | Online (China only) | Warzone Caldera | Warzone Mobile

V • T • E

Crash Bandicoot

Racing:
Crash Team Racing | Crash Nitro Kart | Crash Tag Team Racing | Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled

Party:
Crash Bash | Crash Boom Bang! | Crash Team Rumble

V • T • E

Guitar Hero

Main

Developers and Publishers
Activision | FreeStyleGames | Harmonix | Neversoft | Vicarious Visions

V • T • E

Skylanders

Main

Developers
Activision | Beenox | Toys For Bob | Vicarious Visions

V • T • E

Spyro

Main Games

Handheld Games
Season of Ice | Season of Flame | Attack of the Rhynocs | The Cortex Conspiracy | Shadow Legacy

Mobile Games
Spyro | Ripto Quest | Spyro the Dragon

V • T • E

Tony Hawk's Franchise

Main

¹ Now published by Bungie

V • T • E

King

Part of Activision Blizzard, a subsidiary of Microsoft Gaming

Stores
Candy Crush Store

Film, television production and distribution company
Activision Blizzard Studios

Other
Activision Blizzard Consumer Products | Activision Blizzard Media | Activision Blizzard eSports | Major League Gaming

Conventions
Build

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Microsoft Garage

Graduated Projects

Arrow Launcher | Journal | Kaizala | Mouse Without Borders

Divisions
Microsoft AI

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Windows Live

Web Services

Notes

¹	Later removed the Windows Live branding.

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Microsoft Live Labs

Products

Successor
Microsoft Research

Notes:
¹Nokia phone brand licensing was sold to Human Mobile Devices in 2016. The original Nokia company continues to exist.
²Developer Kit hardware was discontinued in 2023. Azure Kinect technologies continued to be licensed to its partners.