Classic Xbox titles appear and vanish from the store, sparking speculation about backward compatibility plans.

Leigh looks over at fellow consultant Pete M., “if this is true, buddy, we’re going to be RICH! RICH beyond our wildest dreams…” Fake Steve, in a recent story, referred to an article by Dev Corvin, ...

The specific games they've found are Armed and Dangerous, Aegis Wing and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — all of which ...

The titles had already been delisted, but for a brief moment they were back online.

While Microsoft is making it difficult to run modern Windows on old hardware, the backward compatibility story of the software side can be a bit different as a fun experiment shows. Whether you like ...

Microsoft this week explained what hoops IT pros must jump through if they plan to use Group Policy with administrative template (ADMX) files to set policies for both Windows 10 and Windows 11 clients ...

During its GDC keynote, Microsoft and Xbox announced that the Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program is returning in some ...

One of the banes of my existence is maintaining backward compatibility to versions of Windows from 15 years ago while supporting new features of Windows Vista. It's quite a juggling act. I use three ...

Microsoft is "moving full speed ahead" on its "next-generation hardware," Xbox President Sarah Bond says in a leaked email. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr ...

Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has shared another nugget of Windows lore – what Windows 95 did when installers stomped on its ...

There's been a lot of chatter lately about how Microsoft needs to start over with Windows. Many point to the (NT) code base's 16-year history and how the need to maintain backward compatibility is ...

Maybe this is what Sarah Bond’s forward compatibility program is. There’s a really interesting new rumor, that could upend not only the console business, but the entire conversation about emulation.