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Forward-looking: Since Microsoft began expanding some Xbox console features to Windows 11, many users have wondered whether the company would eventually include compatibility with older Xbox games. Microsoft has now confirmed this to be the case with a small pilot program set to expand in the coming months.
Four games from the original Xbox are now available on PC for the first time via the Xbox app on Windows 11. More titles are on the horizon, but Microsoft has not specified which games will be added or when they will arrive.
The initial releases – BliNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and Fusion Frenzy – were previously available on Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles via Microsoft's backward compatibility initiative. They will likely be followed by other games from the program, which includes hundreds of original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles, some of which never received PC versions.
