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“My aim (and I believe I have to put it that way for the time being) is that as an industry, we would work on legal emulation that would allow modern
One of the Xbox platform's most compelling features is its backwards compatibility with older games. Both the Xbox Series X and Xbox One can play a select library of titles that first released on the original Xbox and Xbox 360. While there are a number of old discs that can be played in current [...]
Mon, Apr 5th 2021 7:51pm — Timothy Geigner If it seems like the topic of preserving antiquated video games as art keeps coming up, that's because it's very much starting to become a popular topic in the gaming industry and among the gaming public. The headwinds facing the proper preservation of this ever-growing subsect of culture are fairly clear. The very tools that have been used by fans to keep these older games alive and playable have too often been viewed as a threat to some gaming companies. As with all things in life, copyright is also getting in the way, as are some industry groups...
Microsoft is introducing FPS Boost, a feature that improves frame rates for older games without developer action. While some games will see twice the amount of frames...
A number of Xbox One games have been optimised for Xbox Series X, such as Watch Dogs Legion, Dirt 5, Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Gears 5. There are even some classic games that have received official upgrades, such as SSX 3 from the original Xbox. The popular snowboarding game from the early 2000s has been transformed with improved resolutions and a locked 60 frames-per-second gameplay. Microsoft will almost certainly optimise more Xbox One games for Xbox Series X, and hopefully a few more classic games from previous console generations. We'd also like to see more original Xbox games get th...