Dataminers Find XeO3 Xbox 360 Emulator in 4 Windows 11 Xbox Games
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Updated · Wccftech · Jul 24
Dataminers Find XeO3 Xbox 360 Emulator in 4 Windows 11 Xbox Games
3 articles · Updated · Wccftech · Jul 24
Summary
Four original Xbox games released in Microsoft's Windows 11 backward-compatibility preview contain XeO3, an Xbox 360 emulator dataminers say is repackaged from Xbox One and Series systems.
Security researcher Milenko said the binaries emulate the 360's Xenon CPU, hypervisor and Xenos GPU on Direct3D, creating a nested setup in which 360 emulation then runs original Xbox software.
XWine1 developers went further by wiring XeO3 into their PC compatibility layer, getting additional original Xbox titles and at least one Xbox 360 game—Plants vs. Zombies—to run.
That makes future official PC support for Xbox 360 games look increasingly likely as Microsoft expands the early-access program, which launched July 22 with four titles and plans to add achievements.