Fable just the first step in getting more Xbox One games on Windows Its easy to forget the Xboxs place inside the Windows empire. The bespoke platform is hinged on games and entertainment, looming over the console world but still living in its own fiefdom under Microsoft. The Xbox 360 and Xbox One are seen as instrumental to the software giants goals, but their reach is about a billion behind that of Windows. Microsoft wants to dismantle the barriers within itself now, unifying games, productivity and phones under the banner of Windows 10. The Xbox One will host new universal apps - programs designed to run on both Windows devices and Xbox architecture - alongside a Windows 10 update later this year, but thats a lesser gesture compared to what Microsoft announced on Wednesday during its Windows 10 event. Even having the Xbox and its games there, on stage, represents a change in the Windows message. Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, took that stage to announce a PC version of Fable Legends, the latest entry in developer Lionheads long-running and lovably lighthearted fantasy role-playing series. Not only is the game coming to Windows PC players, but its coming in a way that allows them to play and chat with Xbox One players through Xbox Live. According to Spencer, its the first game of several first-party Xbox games coming to PC. Continue reading Fable just the first step in getting more Xbox One games on Windows Fable just the first step in getting more Xbox One games on Windows originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments ift.tt/1n3pJGF
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