Xbox sets up a game preservation team and wants "the biggest technical leap ever" for its next-gen system

Xbox has established a brand new group devoted to online game preservation and ahead compatibility.

That is in response to Home windows Central, which right this moment printed a report stating that Xbox president Sarah Bond had just lately written to Xbox workers to reaffirm the corporate’s dedication to {hardware} growth – which can be welcomed information for a lot of Xbox followers – and a plan to “future-proof” Xbox’s digital libraries to “construct on Xbox’s sturdy historical past of delivering backward compatibility”.

“It has been almost six months since we got here collectively as an organisation,” Bond stated in an e-mail seen by Home windows Central. “Our collective achievements in that timeframe are great. Everybody ought to really feel extremely happy with what we have achieved and excited concerning the alternatives forward. We’re transferring full pace forward on our next-generation {hardware}, centered on delivering the most important technological leap ever in a technology.”

Bond additionally confirmed Xbox has “fashioned a brand new group devoted to recreation preservation, vital to all of us at Xbox and the trade itself”.

“We’re constructing on our sturdy historical past of delivering backwards compatibility to our gamers, and we stay dedicated to bringing ahead the superb library of Xbox video games for future generations of gamers to get pleasure from,” Bond stated, with sources telling Home windows Central that Microsoft “could have extra to share publicly” about this come its annual Xbox Showcase in June.

“At a time when the gaming trade’s progress is flattening, ours continues,” Bond reportedly stated. In January, the agency laid off virtually two thousand workers throughout its Xbox and Activision Blizzard manufacturers.

In different Xbox-flavoured information, earlier right this moment we discovered that Gears 6 will reportedly be introduced on ninth June 2024. In keeping with new studies, the fan-favourite shooter can be confirmed at an Xbox Showcase reportedly scheduled for that day.