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Additional coverage of this story: Xbox Backward Compatibility Brings 4 Games to Windows 11 PCs The coverage specifies July 22, 2026 as the early-release date, confirms Game Pass access in supported regions, and lists minimum Windows 11 hardware requirements. It also clarifies that only digital...

Additional coverage of this story: Xbox Backward Compatibility Brings 4 Original Xbox Games to Windows 11 PC The coverage highlights that all four games are available for individual purchase or through Xbox Game Pass, and clarifies that only eligible digital licenses carry over—not physical...

Microsoft has taken one of the most consequential steps yet in its effort to make Xbox a platform that follows players rather than a box beneath the television. Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC is now launching in early release for Windows 11, bringing four original Xbox games to compatible PCs...

Xbox Cloud Gaming has crossed an important threshold in 2026: it is no longer best described as an experiment, yet it still cannot guarantee a console-quality experience for every player. Microsoft has improved image quality, expanded the range of compatible screens, brought the service out of...

Microsoft and Meta are deepening their unlikely but increasingly practical gaming alliance by adding a starter edition of Xbox Game Pass to Meta Horizon+, turning the Quest subscription into a combined catalog of more than 150 virtual-reality and conventional games. Beginning July 21, 2026...

Xbox has withdrawn Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 from its July Game Pass slate only days after listing the remastered collection for a July 21 release. The company has not provided a reason or a replacement date. Xbox Wire originally included the game in its July 7 Game Pass announcement for...

Microsoft has opened a dedicated Microsoft Rewards Feedback portal this week, giving users a formal place to suggest changes, vote on other proposals, and follow whether ideas are reviewed, planned, or declined by the company. The new portal, reported by Windows Central, follows the same broad...

Microsoft’s July 2026 Game Pass slate currently has a dozen confirmed additions, led by Halo: Campaign Evolved on July 28 and Palworld’s 1.0 launch on July 10 across the service’s higher-value tiers. The month is not merely busy; it is a clean illustration of what Game Pass has become after...

Halo: Campaign Evolved will launch July 28, 2026, for Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Steam, and PlayStation 5, remaking the original 2001 Halo campaign in Unreal Engine 5 with three new prequel missions, expanded co-op, Game Pass access, and no competitive multiplayer. That sentence would have...

Microsoft is positioning Windows 11 PCs as the broadest Xbox-connected gaming platform, combining PC Game Pass, Xbox Cloud Gaming, the Xbox PC app, the Microsoft Store, and third-party storefronts such as Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG into one flexible play-anywhere pitch. That sounds like a...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Canary build is pushing the Xbox full-screen experience far beyond the handheld niche, and that makes this one of the more interesting gaming UI moves the company has made in years. In build 29570.1000, Microsoft is officially testing an Xbox Mode-style interface on...

Microsoft began rolling out Xbox Mode on April 30, 2026, to Windows 11 PCs in select markets, bringing a controller-optimized, full-screen Xbox interface to laptops, desktops, tablets, and handhelds through a gradual Windows Update release. The important word is not “Xbox,” and it is not “mode.”...

Microsoft spent this week tightening its grip on the Windows and Xbox ecosystems, but the story is bigger than a routine batch of patches and feature tweaks. On the Windows side, the company continued refining Windows Update, preview builds, recovery behavior, and Insider channel changes while...

Xbox is quietly testing what could become one of the most consequential changes to Game Pass since Microsoft split the service into new tiers last year. A new codenamed plan, “Triton,” appears to be surfacing in Microsoft’s public Game Pass backend, and early evidence suggests it would include...

Microsoft’s reported interest in cheaper Xbox Game Pass tiers has reopened one of gaming’s most contentious pricing debates, and the timing could hardly be more sensitive. After a year of steep subscription hikes and a broader industry pullback on spending, Larian Studios publishing director...

Xbox Game Pass’s latest wink — a mock internal email from the fictional “Melissa McGamepass” — wasn’t subtle: the message bolded a single letter and captioned the post “Something v cool is coming soon…”, and within 24–48 hours the hint turned into confirmation. CD PROJEKT RED’s Cyberpunk 2077...

Playground Games’ next big open‑world racer arrives with a pair of non‑trivial caveats: the Japan‑set title is scheduled to debut in May and, for PC players, it requires an SSD to install and run — while also shipping with unusually deep technical tie‑ins to Intel’s latest graphics and upscaling...