21 More Original Xbox Games Now Playable on PC, Including KOTOR, Morrowind and TimeSplitters 2

Happy 25th birthday, Xbox. Microsoft has added 21 more original Xbox games to Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC tonight, taking the library to 25 games, and four of them get achievements for the very first time.

The headliners are exactly the ones you would hope for: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, TimeSplitters 2 and Future Perfect, plus a whole shelf of LucasArts Star Wars games.

The full list

According to Xbox Wire, these 21 are available from today in supported countries:

• Armed and Dangerous
• Disney’s Chicken Little
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (also on Game Pass)
• Grabbed by the Ghoulies (also on Game Pass)
• Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb
• Red Faction II
• Secret Weapons Over Normandy
• Star Wars Battlefront and Battlefront II
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy and Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
• Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter and Starfighter: Special Edition
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and KOTOR II: The Sith Lords
• Star Wars: Republic Commando
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Thrillville
• TimeSplitters 2 and TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

They join the four that launched the programme back in July: BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge and Fuzion Frenzy.

Achievements for the first time

The bit long-time Xbox fans have been asking for: KOTOR, KOTOR II, BLiNX and Conker now have achievements. Xbox says they also pop when you play on Xbox One and Series consoles after the latest system update, and in some cases they may unlock based on progress you have already made. Xbox says it designed them with each game’s developers and publishers, and plans to add achievements to more original Xbox games over time.

The first four games have also had performance and stability fixes, and every game in the library now supports mouse and keyboard. Morrowind with a mouse, at last.

What you need

• Windows 11 and the Xbox app on PC (handhelds such as the ROG Xbox Ally family included)
• A purchase of the game, or Game Pass for the ones marked above
• Select markets only, and features vary from game to game

Xbox says more original Xbox games are coming to PC in the future, though it has not named any yet.

Our take

For years the only way to play most of these on a PC was emulation, and it is a long road from the days when we were celebrating the first working original Xbox emulation. Having KOTOR, Republic Commando and TimeSplitters 2 officially playable on a desktop or a handheld, with achievements on top, is a lovely way to mark 25 years. Now please, Xbox, the Panzer Dragoon Orta and Jet Set Radio Future fans are waiting. Which one are you booting up first?