Xbox is officially embracing the chaos of AI-powered game ports

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Microsoft" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/xboxlabshed.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Retro gaming is going through a wild time at the moment, thanks to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/1004869/reverse-engineered-games-all-the-news-on-video-game-decomps-recomps-vr-and-web-and-3d-ports">decompilations and recompilations</a> that are letting gamers port classic titles to new devices, or merge code from two different games into a single new experience. Microsoft has witnessed <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-modders-add-skateboarding-and-minecraft-to-modern-warfare-2/">skateboarding being modded</a> into <em>Call of Duty</em> and <em>Halo </em>being <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/1004952/open-halo-ce-web">played in a web browser</a>, and the company is now officially embracing the chaos of this new AI-powered era of game modding.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Microsoft is putting together a new <a href="https://labs.xbox.com/">Xbox Labs group</a> to explore the rapid emergence of these mods, many of which use AI models to help modders remix games in ways we've rarely seen before. Xbox Labs will be a "sm …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/1010406/xbox-labs-game-decompiling-emulation-exploration">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>