Microsoft launched Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC, bringing four classic original Xbox games to Windows and handhelds for the first time, complete with upscaling, VSync, and achievements coming later this year.

Xbox executives have confirmed the company's return to console exclusives is only getting started, with more titles already in the works.

NVIDIA becomes the exclusive PC partner for Gears of War: E-Day, adding DLSS 4.5, ray tracing, and shader-stutter fixes ahead of its August beta and October release.

Microsoft may soon test Positron, a rumored Xbox feature that converts physical games into transferable digital licenses while preserving lending, resale, and ordinary disc access.