Ahead of the Xbox Games Showcase at Summer Game Fest 2025, a range of Xbox games have begun appearing in Microsoft's Xbox app on PC. While not currently playable, this could be the first look at Microsoft's attempt to unify its PC and Xbox platforms by providing a single library for all of your purchases.
This approach would align with some peculiar marketing that started appearing when Microsoft announced Gears of War: Reloaded earlier this year. The Xbox Wire announcement noted that the game was due to release on Xbox PC, the first time Microsoft has referred to the PC platform with the Xbox moniker in the name. This followed as a logo in the trailer for MIO: Memories in Orbit, as noted by The Verge, which listed "Xbox PC" as a release platform.
Right now, a random assortment of Xbox games has started appearing on the Xbox app on PC, from current Xbox Series X|S releases and down to Xbox 360 games. None of them are playable, however, outside of existing games that have released across both platforms already. It's unclear right now if Microsoft is simply trying to centralize your Xbox library across all platforms, or whether some unannounced plans for streaming or emulation of these titles is imminent.
Microsoft has put effort into improving its app on PC in a race to catch up to Valve's SteamOS. With hardware manufacturers such as Lenovo releasing devices with Valve's version of Linux instead of Windows, Microsoft has made it clear that it is accelerating efforts to streamline gaming on Windows, both on desktop and handhelds, ahead of its collaboration with Asus on an Xbox-branded gaming handheld. These enhancements might include integration with Steam and the Epic Games Store to centralize your entire gaming library in one app, something which is still a bit painful to do via SteamOS.
Microsoft has numerous titles expected to appear at the Xbox Games Showcase during Summer Game Fest, with hopes for showings of State of Decay 3, Perfect Dark, Fable, Gears of War: E-Day, Everwild, and, of course, Hollow Knight Silksong. You can watch the entire conference as well as the post-show for The Outer Worlds 2 from 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on Sunday, June 8.
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This approach would align with some peculiar marketing that started appearing when Microsoft announced Gears of War: Reloaded earlier this year. The Xbox Wire announcement noted that the game was due to release on Xbox PC, the first time Microsoft has referred to the PC platform with the Xbox moniker in the name. This followed as a logo in the trailer for MIO: Memories in Orbit, as noted by The Verge, which listed "Xbox PC" as a release platform.
Right now, a random assortment of Xbox games has started appearing on the Xbox app on PC, from current Xbox Series X|S releases and down to Xbox 360 games. None of them are playable, however, outside of existing games that have released across both platforms already. It's unclear right now if Microsoft is simply trying to centralize your Xbox library across all platforms, or whether some unannounced plans for streaming or emulation of these titles is imminent.
Microsoft has put effort into improving its app on PC in a race to catch up to Valve's SteamOS. With hardware manufacturers such as Lenovo releasing devices with Valve's version of Linux instead of Windows, Microsoft has made it clear that it is accelerating efforts to streamline gaming on Windows, both on desktop and handhelds, ahead of its collaboration with Asus on an Xbox-branded gaming handheld. These enhancements might include integration with Steam and the Epic Games Store to centralize your entire gaming library in one app, something which is still a bit painful to do via SteamOS.
Microsoft has numerous titles expected to appear at the Xbox Games Showcase during Summer Game Fest, with hopes for showings of State of Decay 3, Perfect Dark, Fable, Gears of War: E-Day, Everwild, and, of course, Hollow Knight Silksong. You can watch the entire conference as well as the post-show for The Outer Worlds 2 from 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on Sunday, June 8.
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