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As July slowly comes to a close, culminating a month ofthousands of layoffscarried over by Microsoft across its Xbox studios, the company has shared some very different news, as it is slowly rolling out Xbox backward compatibility on PC.

A California man who bought an Xbox game console that was marked up amid President Donald Trump’s tariffs regime is suing Microsoft, claiming the company pocketed government refundsand never distributed them back to consumers.

You can now play these classic games on your XBOX console, in the cloud, on PC, and on handhelds. By •

A couple of months ago, Microsoft launched Game Pass Starter Edition, an even cheaper version of the Game Pass service intended to be bundled with other subscription services. Game Pass Starter Edition first became a free add-on for Discord Nitro subscribers but now, it is also being made available to Meta Quest VR players too. 

Both Sony Interactive Entertainment and Nintendo are being sued over consumer tariff refunds. Now, Microsoft will join them in court. Trevor Hastings, from California, purchased an Xbox console from a retail store after Microsoft increased the price of the console, according to a proposed class action lawsuit filed in June in Washington Superior Court and…