Xbox Adds 21 More Original Xbox Games To Backwards Compatibility Program And Over Half Of Them Are Star Wars And Over Half Of Them Are Star Wars
Key Points:
- Xbox has released 21 additional original Xbox games for PC backward compatibility, celebrating the console’s 25th anniversary and increasing the total number of OG Xbox games on PC to 25.
- The new batch heavily features Star Wars titles, with 11 out of the 21 games being Star Wars-related, including classics like Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars Battlefront.
- Other notable games added include The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb, and TimeSplitters 2.
- Four of the original Xbox games on PC—Knights of the Old Republic, Knights of the Old Republic II, Blinx: The Time Sweeper, and Conker: Live and Reloaded—now support achievements, with plans to add achievements to more titles in the future.
- This release coincides with a current Outlook outage and follows internal discussions about integrating generative AI in development, providing gamers with new content to enjoy.