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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.

Four classic Xbox games are heading to PC as part of a new program from Microsoft. These older titles, which are currently available on Xbox Game Pass, will now be playable on desktops, laptops and handhelds such as the ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X.

In the United States, video game sales have diminished by 20% over the past year, with figures suggesting a decline from $5.7 billion to $4.5 billion between June 2025 and June 2026.

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 •

Then you read the second paragraph of the announcement and find the number that actually defines this deal. Ten hours of cloud gaming per month.

Total video game sales in the US fell by a fifth year-on-year, with total projected video game sales estimated to have dropped from $5.7 billion to $4.5 billion between June 2025 and June 2026.

Xbox Backward Compatibility has long been the benchmark for backward compatibility on consoles, and rumors of it coming to PC rightly made more than a few players excited at the prospect of playing classic Xbox games which never received an official PC port. Today, Xbox Backward Compatibility was officially launched on PC with the first…

For years, there have been rumours that Microsoft is working on an official emulation tool to bring classic Xbox and Xbox 360 games to the PC platform. Now, Microsoft is making it official, with the first wave of original Xbox games becoming PC compatible for the first time.

When Microsoft assigned Asha Sharma as the new leader of the Xbox division in February, replacing the Phil Spencer regime, the executive brought along some of her former colleagues with her. Now, one of those recent hires is leaving.