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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.

 

[Marc_LFD]

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

They got really greedy there. Instead of allowing users to insert a PS2 disc and play, no.. they demand we buy it again.

Microsoft doesn't have great exclusive games, but they have a solid library of games.

 

[Marc_LFD]

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!!
Riiiiiiiiiiiidge raaaaacer

That game had a shit-ton of DLCs though I think you could just unlock by playing it.

 

[BigOnYa]

I was hoping for any of the old NCAA football games, pref the last one -2014, I hate pulling out my 360 just to play some college football. I have orig 360 Disc but won't play in the xbox one, booo!

 

[kevin corms]

They got really greedy there. Instead of allowing users to insert a PS2 disc and play, no.. they demand we buy it again.

Microsoft doesn't have great exclusive games, but they have a solid library of games.

I think they do have great exclusive games, maybe not as many compared to Sony and Nintendo but still very good games.

 

[Marc_LFD]

I think they do have great exclusive games, maybe not as many compared to Sony and Nintendo but still very good games.

Gears, Forza MotorSport, Forza Horizon, Halo, and that pirates game? I don't care too much about exclusives, I prefer the games.

 

[eriol33]

That's cool, although it's not enough to make me buy an Xbox console.

 

[the_randomizer]

They got really greedy there. Instead of allowing users to insert a PS2 disc and play, no.. they demand we buy it again.

Microsoft doesn't have great exclusive games, but they have a solid library of games.

And the PS2 emulation quality is subpar at best, a lot of games like Jak and Dexter have slowdown and audio crackling issues.

 

[godreborn]

And the PS2 emulation quality is subpar at best, a lot of games like Jak and Dexter have slowdown and audio crackling issues.

The ps3 or ps4? The ps3 uses a stand alone emulator on the system while the ps4 uses an emulator that comes with the game itself.

 

[Marc_LFD]

And the PS2 emulation quality is subpar at best, a lot of games like Jak and Dexter have slowdown and audio crackling issues.

And PS2 demo discs don't work either.

 

[godreborn]

And PS2 demo discs don't work either.

There's a way to make them work, using a patch, but I'm not sure if it's cfw only or not.

 

[the_randomizer]

The ps3 or ps4? The ps3 uses a stand alone emulator on the system while the ps4 uses an emulator that comes with the game itself.

PS4, emulating PS2 games, not that great IMO

 

[DudderButter]

Things would be even better if this anniversary included Driver: San Fransisco back on the Xbox Store.

 

[Ace_Axel]

Aw, nutbunnies. JSRF is not on the list. Gonna have to look into emulating my copy then.

 

[godreborn]

PS4, emulating PS2 games, not that great IMO

Yes, emulation on both systems is very game specific.

 

[theeternal92]

God I miss the old Xbox menu. I have a bunch of modded Xboxes and I wish I remembered if there was a custom main menu that was like the original.

 

[godreborn]

God I miss the old Xbox menu. I have a bunch of modded Xboxes and I wish I remembered if there was a custom main menu that was like the original.

If you mean the blades, fsd1 and a custom theme will bring them back on the 360.

 

[theeternal92]

If you mean the blades, fsd1 and a custom theme will bring them back on the 360.

I mean the old green alien goop menu from the OG xboxes

 

[Samus_Disciple]

They didnt fix anything from the unoptimized unplayable lag fest of the flighting in october.

Halo infinite runs like dogshit on anything less than a 3080. Lucky to hit 30 Fps on anything lower.

Its so bad that Real life feels like a 200+ fps game after 10 minutes trying to play that piece of shit shovelware.

 

[BigOnYa]

I mean the old green alien goop menu from the OG xboxes

Yep, but you can also run a custom firmware on X360 system , like FSD, and have it boot up the orig xbox "green alien goop" video on boot also, if that's your sweet stick....

edit: yea like @godreborn mentioned

 

[theeternal92]

Yep, but you can also run a custom firmware on X360 system , like FSD, and have it boot up the orig xbox "green alien goop" video on boot also, if that's your sweet stick....

edit: yea like @godreborn mentioned

Ah didn't know about that. I haven't had a modded 360 in ages so I'm out of the loop. I need to get my hands on another one some day.