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Microsoft announces Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC — will let gamers play classic console games on PCs and handhelds

… "This marks the beginning of a broader effort to preserve XBOX games from the past and bring them to PC over time," the company said in a blog post authored by Xbox "VP next generation" Jason Ronald. Alongside backward compatibility, the company says games will also include new features. …

Jul 22, 2026 · Stephen Warwick

Xbox will pay five times more for memory and storage in 2027 than it did two years ago — CEO Asha Sharma admits there's an unsustainable hardware gap that 'cannot continue'

… Realities like those are what pushed the company to only have two exclusives for 2026 and 2027. …

Jun 12, 2026 · Hassam Nasir

Microsoft loses Brazilian court case after telling hacked Xbox user to re-purchase games — tech giant ordered to restore Xbox account with all games and pay $400 in damages

… The company treated the suspension as permanent and directed him to buy his games again rather than reinstating the ones already tied to the account. …

Jul 11, 2026 · Luke James

Microsoft 'resets' Xbox by cutting 3,200 jobs this year, divesting five game studios — firm cites 'margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses'

… The company is currently working on Marvel's Blade and previously worked on Redfall and Deathloop . …

Jul 6, 2026 · Andrew E. Freedman

Forza Horizon 6 boots up in just 4 seconds instead of 90 with new Advanced Shader Delivery tech and AMD GPUs — Microsoft claims 95% reduction in gaming load times

… The company worked closely with AMD to develop it, which is why it's limited to RDNA 3+ hardware for now, because otherwise, it's supposed to be a universal solution for all GPUs on Windows 11 going forward. …

May 17, 2026 · Hassam Nasir

Microsoft shipped a native Xbox 360 emulator with its new backwards-compatible releases on PC — modders quickly got 360 games running with minor tweaks

… To Xe03, it's just opening a standard Xbox 360 package, but the binary inside is coded to launch XeFu, which then takes over to run the original Xbox game When Microsoft released backwards compatible Xbox games on PC, people expected the company to have built an x86-native OG Xbox emulator from scr… …

Jul 25, 2026 · Hassam Nasir

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