Original Halo Gets an Unofficial Port, Batman Arkham Asylum Runs Natively on PC

Fan-made Halo port, Batman: Arkham Asylum running natively on Windows, RPCS3 fixing Ratchet & Clank, and more small news from the scene.

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A ports day. Old console games kept turning up on PC and Android, and the PS5 jailbreak scene got a new tool.

  • Original Halo. Fans made an unofficial port for Windows, Linux, PS5 and Android. It’s unofficial, and the fans did it. Read on XDA

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360). It now runs natively on Windows, no emulator. It uses static recomp and a Vulkan renderer, and Android is next. Reddit thread

  • XPSemu. A modder brought original Xbox emulation to jailbroken PS5. It plays Halo 2 and Forza. Tom’s Hardware’s headline says PS5 emulators outnumber its 15 exclusives. Read on Tom’s Hardware

  • RPCS3 and Ratchet & Clank. All the PS3 Ratchet & Clank games now run on PC without crashes. That covers Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, A Crack in Time, All 4 One, QForce and Into the Nexus. Credit goes to RPCS3 lead dev elad335 for better RSX FIFO GET accuracy. Read on X

  • The Simpsons Game. Nineteen years later, it finally runs natively on PC. Read on TechEBlog