Xbox has revealed that backwards compatibility will be available to use on PC, starting with four classic Xbox games. Each are available for purchase on PC, included with all XBOX Game Pass plans, or playable if If you already own a digital license for these games on console.
The four games that are playable now via backwards compatibility on PC are as follows:
In an Xbox Wire post, Xbox outlines the new initiative:
Your library is more than just a collection of games. It is your personal history of epic stories and treasured memories from the past. And as players, we don’t want to leave our gaming legacy behind even as technology continues to evolve and advance. We expect our library of games to move forward with us and to be able to play them in entirely new ways.
Rolling out today, XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC launches in early release, starting with four classic original XBOX games, now playable on PC and handhelds for the first time ever. This marks the beginning of a broader effort to preserve XBOX games from the past and bring them to PC over time. And we are not just enabling you to play them on PC. We are also adding new features to make your gaming experience better than ever.
Lastly, after a slew of recent layoffs at Xbox, Bethesda revealed that both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas remasters are in development. In addition, it revealed that The Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout 5 are its biggest priority at the moment, and that Obsidian is working with them on a new Fallout game.
