The next Xbox could play every Xbox game ever made

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales " data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/akrales_180817_2578_0055.webp?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The next Xbox, Project Helix, could theoretically have the largest library of any home console. Not only <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/890194/microsoft-teases-its-next-xbox-says-project-helix-will-play-pc-games-too">will it play PC games</a>, we now know, courtesy of a leaked memo obtained by <em>The Verge</em>'s Tom Warren, that it will run games from every generation of Xbox: the original 2001 Xbox, the 2005 Xbox 360, the 2013 Xbox One, and the 2020 Xbox Series, as well as any new Helix titles.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We already knew that Microsoft was bringing a limited sample of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/969117/microsoft-xbox-games-pc-backward-compatibility">original Xbox games to PC</a>, and we already knew it was prepping a way <a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/960173/microsoft-xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-physical-game-collection">to digitize your Xbox One and Xbox Series discs</a>. The leak fills in the missing puzzle pieces. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Microsoft is <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/974544/microsoft-xbox-360-games-pc-disc-digital-program">bringing Xbox 360 games to P …</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/974773/xbox-helix-disc-digital-backwards-compatibility-leaked-memo-opt-in">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>