Xodus is reverse-engineering Xbox Game Pass to run natively on Linux

Xodus reverse-engineers the Xbox GDK software stack and the Xbox Game Runtime (xgameruntime.dll), implementing an open source version of that DLL for Wine/Proton. It handles Xbox authentication, game downloads, MSIXVC package decryption, and license acquisition natively. The remaining work is recreating enough of the Xbox Gaming Runtime that GDK-based titles can actually launch and run through Wine/Proton directly. Linux gamers tracking Game Pass compatibility progress follow projects like Xodus on daily.dev.

Xodus targets GDK and MSIXVC format titles only. Older UWP-based games such as Forza Horizon 4 and Gears of War 4 are explicitly out of scope, at least initially. No binaries are publicly available yet, and a full release is still months away, so no titles are runnable through Xodus at this stage. Developers building or watching Linux gaming compatibility tools keep up with developments like these on daily.dev.