Modders Are Trying to Bring Game Pass and Xbox Games to Mac and Linux
The open-source tool has already cleared Xbox account login and game decryption hurdles as developers work toward local play on non-Windows devices.
- On Monday, developers launched Project Xodus to bring Game Pass support to Linux and Mac, aiming to enable native local gaming beyond current cloud-only options.
- Steam Deck and Linux owners currently rely on Xbox Cloud Gaming for Game Pass access, which requires a $22.99 monthly subscription and stable internet connection, adding streaming latency.
- Lead developer Pawel Lidwin and contributors reverse-engineered the Microsoft authentication and packaging pipeline using Rust-based code, enabling Xbox account logins and game downloads on Linux.
- Despite this progress, the project does not support Older Universal Windows Platform titles like Gears of War, as documentation states: "The considerably more difficult task of actually getting those games to run is an entirely different milestone."
- Developers plan to target Minecraft Bedrock Edition and backward-compatible Xbox titles in the future, though no public release timeline exists as the team solves runtime emulation challenges.
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Modders are trying to bring Game Pass and Xbox games to Mac and Linux
An unofficial project to make games purchased through the Microsoft Store or downloaded via Game Pass playable outside Windows has recently made notable progress. While a release date remains elusive, the developers have already overcome many of the project's core technical challenges.Read Entire Article
The team behind the Heroic Games Launcher is working on a new project called Xodus, which will bring Microsoft's PC Game Pass natively to macOS, Linux, and... Read the article: Xodus: Heroic team working on native Game Pass for Linux, macOS, and Steam Deck Where to follow us: Facebook, Reddit, Google News, X, Threads Want to stay up to date? Add us to your favorite sources on Google!
A new open source project gives Linux gamers hope. Developers are working to make Xbox games and Xbox Game Pass natively playable on systems such as Steam Deck. First technical hurdles are already mastered. (Continue reading)
With the open source project Xodus, a significant limitation for players could fall under Linux.
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