The official title was such marketing speak that I hope no one blames me for changing it. Seemingly this only means the Xbox app on PC and not stores like Steam.
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Fuck MS, make that backwards compatible!
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.
They should have had cross play with windows from the start. Fuck Microsoft.
Lol… Look at you all… These corporations can do heinous shit and then toss you a treat and you come running back. Pathetic.
You’re not wrong, most folks have a memory span of about 5 minutes apparently.
Thank you Asha Shawarma, forgive our gaming sins!
Blinx. Are you fucking kidding me.
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.
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.
Not sure if you’ve seen but Gears 2 got some sort of recomp/port about a week ago. I haven’t had a chance to play it too much yet but the tutorial with Carmine worked without a hitch. https://www.moddb.com/mods/gears-of-war-2-hollow
That is also pretty great. I know Gears 3 also has a working PC port that’s been getting content not even in the actual game. I need to try and get all of that running while I wait for E-Day. Similarly, Internet Archive has a great version of the GFWL Gears 1 with added Horde mode and bot multiplayer. Runs on basically any PC too.
Judgment and the sequel are on Steam, btw.
I know 4 and 5 are natively on PC, along with UE and Reloaded, but I don’t think Judgment is on PC.
Oh, I was talking about Judgment the Yakuza spin-off. My bad.
Ahhh, no you’re good. I should check that out too actually.
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?
Probably someone saw the RX 6800S and misread the S as a 5.
Maybe it’s 6800.5, halfway between 6800 and 6801?
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.
I seem to remember needing a special drive to read the x-box discs. But i might be wrong.
Most early disc consoles had nonstandard discs in some way. Even if they are readable with a standard drive I doubt MS will support it. (They’ve surprised me with this announcement though, so who knows)
Now they just need to get Blinx 2 on there and my life will be almost complete.
“Backward compatibility”? So I can put my Xbox discs into my PC and run the games?
I only read the headline but I’m 100% sure they mean you can purchase your games again at full price
For an original Xbox, you’ll need to soft mod the Xbox (you need a game controller to USB adapter cable to connect your PC into your Xbox) Then you can ftp the game files off the dvd drive.
