We're going to have a lot of anniversaries to celebrate over the next 12 months as the original Xbox approaches its 25th ...

The original Xbox, released in 2001 by Microsoft, marked the start of our current era of gaming, which is defined by the big three console makers and Steam. The Xbox managed to gain enough of a ...

CES was a different show 17 years ago. In 2001, the Best of Show award went to the DataPlay disc, a postage-stamp-size memory card that held up to 500MB of data. If you can't remember it, don't worry ...

Monday marked the 20th anniversary of the original Xbox, a game system that birthed many game systems, a brand that rivals PlayStation while mostly letting Nintendo do their own thing. In reality, all ...

Microsoft has revealed the first 13 backwards-compatible original Xbox games for Xbox One to IGN – several of which we got to play. These first 13 will be available tomorrow, October 24. All are ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is reportedly developing an advanced emulation platform called "Xbox Classics" to bring original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles to PC with enhanced graphics and stability. Integrated with ...

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But, alas, its time has come. Microsoft has officially confirmed that it has discontinued its original Xbox One system model, in favor of the Xbox One S and the soon-to-be-released Xbox One X, which ...

The original Xbox was punching well above its weight class back in the day. Sure, it didn’t sell nearly as many consoles as Sony did with the PS2, but Microsoft created one helluva foundation for the ...