Xbox adds 21 classics to PC and will make Halo's Firefight free
The original Xbox library on PC reaches 25 games, and Halo: Campaign Evolved gets its cooperative mode this winter at no cost.
Xbox brought 21 games from its original console to Windows 11 PCs on Thursday, lifting the library of original Xbox titles on PC to 25. The launch is part of the announcements for the brand's 25th anniversary. Its first console arrived on Nov. 15, 2001.
Eleven are Star Wars licenses, among them Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel, Battlefront I and II, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy and Republic Commando. The rest include both TimeSplitters games, Red Faction II, Armed and Dangerous, Thrillville, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
There are conditions. All require Windows 11 and a download, and they are available only in select markets the announcement does not name, so it is not confirmed that Mexico is one of them. Xbox says a game purchase or a Game Pass subscription may be required. Among the new titles, Morrowind and Grabbed by the Ghoulies are in the subscription, as are four that were already on PC: BLiNX, Conker, Fuzion Frenzy and Crimson Skies. All support keyboard and mouse.
Four of them, both Knights of the Old Republic games, BLiNX and Conker, have achievements that also count on Xbox One and Series consoles after the latest system update. More titles are planned "over time," Xbox says, with no list or dates.
The other announcement is for Halo. Firefight, a four-player cooperative mode against computer-controlled enemies, with new maps and a broad arsenal, will arrive free in Halo: Campaign Evolved "this winter." It has no exact date and no confirmed platforms. FanFest attendees played it that same night.
Xbox promises more details at Halo Fest, set for Dec. 12 and 13 in Seattle.
