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Xbox Backward Compatibility Is Back at the Center of Microsoft's Plan

Xbox backward compatibility has long been framed as a way to bridge console generations, letting players bring libraries from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 forward to newer machines. In 2026, that framing is changing. At the Game Developers Conference on March 11, during a keynote titled...

LoVeRSaMaMar 11, 2026

Xbox's "Art Made by People" Pledge Meets Xbox Labs: What the New Leadership's AI Comments Really Mean

When Asha Sharma and Matt Booty sat down with Windows Central in February 2026, they offered a reassurance the Xbox games community badly wanted to hear. AI was "just a tool," there were "no directives on AI," and Xbox was "committed to art made by people." Eight months later, the same CEO...

LoVeRSaMaFeb 25, 2026