Original Xbox titles will soon be backwards compatible on Xbox One

12 Jun 2017

Steve Wright

Original Xbox titles will soon be backwards compatible on Xbox One, Microsoft today revealed in its E3 press conference.

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer made the announcement today, saying his team is hard at work on the feature now.

It’s not every single title, however — like Xbox 360 backwards compatibility, the program will be game to game. Spencer specifically pointed to Crimson Skies, though we’re hopeful that Buffy the Vampire Slayer will also be included.

Original Xbox backwards compatibility will launch within the year.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.