Microsoft's branding is intensely confusing. These are not backward compatible games. If you own it on Xbox, you CANNOT play it on PC.

These are PC ports for classic Xbox games that require a re-purchase.

Or just emulate them. Microsoft sucks.

This is absolutely huge. Ninja Gaiden Black and Ninja Gaiden 2 are finally released from the Xbox prison? It's enough to make a grown man weep. I know emulation exists but it has been very spotty for Xbox titles and marred with bugs and performance issues.

My XBOX backwards compatibility on PC is called Xemu. On Linux, not just Windows 11.

If they don't come to Steam then people will simply continue to emulate.

What’s a “Radeon RX 68005”

Did they just add the 5 for fun? Or is there some new model I’m not aware of?

Requires Windows 11

Bet my whole steam library that it doesn't

Players can jump into the following games on PC and supported handheld devices beginning today in supported regions:

• BLiNX: The Time Sweeper
• Conker: Live and Reloaded
• Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge
• Fuzion Frenzy®

Each of these games is now available for purchase on PC and also included with all XBOX Game Pass plans. If you already own a digital license for these games on console, that license now carries over to your PC or handheld.

When I saw the title I got excited for some kind of way you could actually use the old disks in your PC... but this is fine too I guess, if a lot less inspiring.

They are pleased to support these games from now until they fire the emulation team. (Sometime in the next month)

What's a bunch of horse shit. Sony did the same thinking awhile back.

The title reads like you get to play your old disks on PC.

What they're really saying is your can buy access to older Xbox games that are emulated.

Neat. I wonder how they're doing this though, because I'm assuming it's just an Xbox emulator adding the games on PC. Or are they proper PC ports?

"Backward compatibility"? So I can put my Xbox discs into my PC and run the games?

After the head of the BC program got sacked in the last round of layoffs, I lost all hope about it going anywhere in the near future. I'm happy I was proven wrong.

What's not clear in the linked article is how to access the BC games: do I need to buy them from the store, or is a disc allowed like on Xbox console?

A lot of BC games have been delisted over the years, so being able to access them via disc would be great. It's not an immediate concern as they only made four games available on PC, but I'm thinking ahead.

Crimson Skies on PC? :O

Which emulator did they fork?

Now they just need to get Blinx 2 on there and my life will be almost complete.

Blinx. Are you fucking kidding me.

This is a fantastic start.

If I can finally play Gears 2, 3, Judgment, and Skate 3 on PC, I may never turn my Xbox on again. Until GTA I guess.

Fuck MS, make that backwards compatible!

They should have had cross play with windows from the start. Fuck Microsoft.

Pretty interesting, love any effort in bringing older games to PC