Xbox One

Enjoy the Xbox One X Opening Animation

Enjoy the Xbox One X Startup Animation

When you fire up your new Xbox One X, you're greeted by the best startup…

Xbox One X First Impressions: The 4K Era Arrives

Unlike its erstwhile competition, the Xbox One X actually delivers on its 4K gaming promises.…

Xbox One X Supports Native 1440p Output Too

Xbox One X (Will Soon) Support Native 1440p Output Too (Updated)

Microsoft continues its proud tradition of making product announcements via its employees' personal Twitter accounts

Race Into the Holiday Season with Games with Gold

Race Into the Holiday Season with Games with Gold

Here are the Games with Gold freebies that Microsoft is providing to Xbox Live Gold…

PUBG is Coming to Xbox One on December 12

PUBG is Coming to Xbox One on December 12

The eagerly-awaited shooter PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) is coming soon to Xbox One as a console…

Microsoft Announces New Mixer App for Android, iOS

Microsoft Announces New Mixer App for Android, iOS

Microsoft has announced a brand-new Mixer app for Android and iOS. It is available now…

PlayStation 4 Sales Hit 67.5 Million Units

As part of its quarterly earnings report this week, Sony revealed that sales of its…

Game Gifting, Much More is Coming to Xbox One

Game Gifting, Much More is Coming to Xbox One

Xbox Insiders in the Alpha ring now have early access to some cool new features…

Seven New Titles are Coming to Xbox Game Pass on November 1

Seven New Titles are Coming to Xbox Game Pass on November 1

Xbox Game Pass subscribers have a lot to look forward to on November 1, when…

Xbox One X Unboxing

My Xbox One X has arrived, and while I can't really write any first impressions…

Mixer Now Supports 21 Languages

Microsoft's game broadcasting service, Mixer, has been updated to support 21 languages on the eve…

Original Xbox Games Arrive on Xbox One

Original Xbox Games Arrive on Xbox One

As promised, you can now access the first 13 original Xbox titles to be added…

Microsoft Holds a Halloween Games Sale

Microsoft Holds a Halloween Games Sale

In celebration of Halloween, Microsoft's annual "Xbox Shocktober" sale is back.

Microsoft Announces a Global Launch for Xbox One X

Microsoft will launch the Xbox One X globally with both live and virtual events on…

Microsoft is Integrating Mixer Broadcasting into Minecraft

Microsoft is Integrating Mixer Broadcasting into Minecraft

Minecraft is being updated to include integrated Mixer game broadcasting capabilities, first on Windows 10…

It's finally happening: The first 13 original Xbox games will be made available on Xbox One via Backward Compatibility starting tomorrow. Instead of just announcing the news, Microsoft instead allowed a single video game publication, IGN, to reveal the information exclusively, which I feel is unfair. But here are the details: 13 games. Microsoft is releasing 13 original Xbox games to Xbox One Backward Compatibility: BLACK, BloodRayne 2, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, Dead to Rights, Fuzion Frenzy, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, The King of Fighters Neowave, Ninja Gaiden Black, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Psychonauts, Red Faction II, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I actually owned at least half of those back in the day. Enhanced for Xbox One. Each of these games is "enhanced for Xbox One" (not to be confused for "Enhanced for Xbox One X"), meaning that each plays in 1080p and offers higher and/or smoother frame rates than was the case on the original console. Your discs will still work. If you still have any of these games on disc, you can insert them into your Xbox One and it will just work. Ditto for digital purchases. Multiplayer works across platforms. You can play multiplayer games with these titles across console types, but only in System Link mode. The online multiplayer servers for original Xbox games were shut down long ago, apparently. You can buy them all now. Each of the games is available for purchase now from the Microsoft Store digitally for $9.99. I actually purchased Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge over the weekend in anticipation of this move. (You can use the links above.) You can start playing tomorrow. The first original Xbox games arrive via Xbox One Backward Compatibility tomorrow, October 24. Good stuff.

First Original Xbox Games for Xbox One Arrive Tomorrow

The first 13 original Xbox games will be made available on Xbox One via Backward…

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