It's the end of an era, folks. Microsoft's excellent Backward Compatible program has come to a close. The last 23 games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 to be made backward compatible on the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Microsoft just announced they will be bringing backwards compatibility for some of the original 2001 Xbox games to the Xbox One later this year. This puts it ahead ...

This includes games, trials, add-ons, avatar items ... That said, Microsoft noted: Hundreds of Xbox 360 and Original Xbox backward compatible games and add-ons can still be purchased directly ...

So, only games unavailable via backwards compatibility on Xbox One / Series and Xbox 360-era content such as avatars, icons, and themes are gone forever. Alas, digital preservation evangelists are ...