Microsoft has released an overview of the exclusive games arriving this year on Xbox One and Windows 10.

Xbox marketing executive Mike Nichols confirmed on XboxWire that "ReCore" will in fact come to PC while "Gears of War Ultimate Edition" can be played with a mouse and keyboard starting March 2016. He also confirmed that the company will be releasing more updates for all versions of "Minecraft," but no specific details were provided.

It's worth mentioning that the games list may grow as more titles are announced throughout the year. On the other hand, some games might get delayed. For instance, "Scalebound" is now set to release sometime in 2017 on Xbox One. The game was initially slated for a Fall 2016 release, Engadget reported.

Barring any sudden changes, Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusives for 2016 include the following:

  •  Gears of War 4 (Xbox One) - Multiplayer beta in Spring 2016/Launch in Fall 2016
  •  Quantum Break (Xbox One) - April 5, 2016
  •  Halo Wars 2 (Xbox One & Windows 10) - Fall 2016
  •  Crackdown 3 (Xbox One) - Multiplayer in Summer 2016
  •  Fable Legends Open Beta (Xbox One & Windows 10) - Spring 2016
  •  ReCore (Xbox One & Windows 10) - 2016
  •  Sea of Thieves (Xbox One & Windows 10) - 2016
  •  Gigantic (Xbox One & Windows 10) - 2016
  •  Killer Instinct: Season 3 (Xbox One & Windows 10) - March 2016
  •  Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Windows 10) - Spring 2016
  •  Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (Xbox One & Windows 10) - Spring 2016
  •  Cobalt (Xbox One, Xbox 360 & Steam) - Feb. 2, 2016

In addition to the aforementioned games, Microsoft will add more Xbox 360 games to the Xbox One backwards compatibility roster. Xbox One owners can look forward to new system features like support for Cortana and a new background music functionality, which you can know more about here.

Microsoft also announced that Xbox Live broke records in 2015. On Dec. 28, more users logged into the online service compared to any other day in the history of Xbox. Additionally, hours spent playing Xbox 360 and Xbox One during the holiday break rose compared to last year.

Xbox strategy and marketing boss Yusuf Mehdi shared on WindowsBlog that the company has seen strong engagement with the Xbox App on desktop computers. Approximately 6.6 million hours of Xbox One games have been streamed on Windows 10 PCs.

For its part, Sony said PlayStation aficionados can look forward to an unprecedented rush of big games for the PlayStation 4 in 2016, per DualShockers. Meanwhile, Nintendo plans to talk more openly about its new NX console this year.