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Happy 20th birthday, Xbox! It's been two decades since the Xbox launched, and Microsoft will be celebrating the milestone with an anniversary livestream. The event will be a look back at all the accomplishments the brand has made throughout the years, but with some mysterious patches arriving for some older Xbox 360 titles, there might be some surprises in store. We'll be covering the event, which goes live in 5, so stay tuned to the live coverage!

It begins with the reveal of a six-part documentary series about how the Xbox came to be. It goes on to the launch of the 360 and the impact of the RROD.

More 70 original Xbox and 360 games are being added to Series X|S backwards compatibility.

These include Otogi, the FEAR franchise, Max Payne, NIER, and more.

Original Xbox games get 4x resolution on Series X, 3x on the Series S, and 2x on the One.

FPS Boost has been added to 11 newly added games, which now play 60fps. 26 existing games also get better framerates, with Fallout New Vegas, Alan Wake, and Sonic Generations and more.

New is the Paramount+ exclusive Halo TV show. Launches next year.

Halo Infinite's online multiplayer is launching today ahead of its launch on December 8th.

Here is a list of the games.

 

[RyRyIV]

God, seeing any type of teaser for the Halo series is so surreal to me. Just the fact that it's finally going to happen. I'm equally excited and terrified.

Now just don't suck.

 

[ZeroFX]

You make backwards compatibility sound unimportant. Odd website to express that.

And on behalf of MSFT, I sincerely apologize for not exceeding your expectations for the 20th Anniversary event.

you interpreted that way ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[NumberXIIIEdwin]

Seeing Sonic Unleashed running at 60fps actually makes me jealous so props to Microsoft/Xbox.

 

[eyeliner]

I'm so happy Risen gets added to the Back/Compat even though like 99% of all people probably don't care about it. It's one of my favorite RPG's of that console generation.

Risen is yes.

 

[sith]

microsoft is killing it this gen. really sucks timesplitters franchise will never happen

 

[GenNaz]

microsoft is killing it this gen. really sucks timesplitters franchise will never happen

Timesplitters 2 and Future Perfect were part of this announcement!

 

[sith]

whatT!!T!t1T!!!!! are you serious.. i didnt read the whole list but you think they would mention that!!!! by the grace of the gods it happened!! oh man i just read the whole list and there is everything i could have asked for... i assumed it was gonna be filler other than the titles they mentioned in the announcement but not at all!

 

[Donnie-Burger]

MS killing it!

 

[the_randomizer]

See, Nintendo? This is how we celebrate anniversaries. Heh.

 

[Marc_LFD]

That's an awesome list, but no Red Dead Revolver.

 

[Marc_LFD]

This is good, but what 11 year old kid who plays Fortnite all day would want to play 20 year old games?

Most Xbox consumers are in their 20's, 30's, and 40's so Fortnite isn't relevant.

 

[godreborn]

Most Xbox consumers are in their 20's, 30's, and 40's so Fortnite isn't relevant.

I would agree to an extent. fanboys in general a lot of the time has to do with age. I guess I'm a Nintendo fanboy, because I grew up with the NES. I'm 40 now.

 

[kevin corms]

meanwhile sony is like we dont care a single bit about BC games becuase we are selling more and that is the end of the story for them...

seriously making a ps1/ps2 emulator would be preety easy to get it to run on a ps5, a ps3 emulator is more complicated but nothing that would be impossible either, but ps1 and ps2 should exist by default.

If people can make a working ps3 emulator as a hobby with no driver support at all, I’m sure Sony could make a really good one.

 

[kevin corms]

This is good, but what 11 year old kid who plays Fortnite all day would want to play 20 year old games?

The average gamer is in their 30s.

 

[Marc_LFD]

If people can make a working ps3 emulator as a hobby with no driver support at all, I’m sure Sony could make a really good one.

SONY's like: "You want those old games? Pay for PS Now."

They ought to combine PS Plus with Now like Microsoft did with XBL Gold and GamePass.

 

[BigOnYa]

That's an awesome list, but no Red Dead Revolver.

Red Dead Revolver is on the list!

 

[kevin corms]

SONY's like: "You want those old games? Pay for PS Now."

They ought to combine PS Plus with Now like Microsoft did with XBL Gold and GamePass.

The worst is when they have a fully functioning ps2 emulator that you can’t use without re purchasing every game one by one.

 

[godreborn]

The worst is when they have a fully functioning ps2 emulator that you can’t use without re purchasing every game one by one.

that is true. originally, sony developed the softemu for ps2 emulation on the ps3, but then they got greedy and made it into netemu. you can still play the softemu on lower firmware, like 3.55, either with factory service mode or through cobra, but it's a disaster and incomplete. the netemu is much better, but they decided to charge people for bc. very stupid move on their part.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Red Dead Revolver is on the list!

Holy shit, I didn't see it next to RDR so I assumed it wasn't.

That's brilliant news! I now want to get an Xbox just to play it and well, it's the closest we'll get to a remaster. Red Dead Redemption on Xbox is also the best way.

 

[adamsef]

RIDGE RACER 6 !!!!!
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Ive waited and waited for this day for years
I bought it from CEX minutes after the announcement and there all out of stock now!!
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