Microsoft made a stellar announcement this week about a new feature for the Xbox One that will bring Xbox 360 games to the newest system. A major complaint to console consumers (including myself) has been the lack of incorporating previous generation games after investing time and money into various games – that ultimately become difficult to play after a few years. The Xbox Director of Program Management, Mike Ybarra, shared news that steps will be taken to bring over a batch of 360 games to the Xbox One. Ybarra says in a statement, “Today, I’m happy to unveil to you the first 104 Xbox One Backward Compatibly games. Some of my favorites are included, like the complete Gears of War catalog, Assassin’s Creed II, Fallout 3, Borderlands, and Castle Crashers. The full list of the first 104 games is below and can be found at the Backward Compatibility page at Xbox.com. And, as I said at gamescom, going forward, all Xbox 360 games available through Games With Gold after Nov. 12 will be playable on Xbox One.”
This is extremely promising news for gamers, and hopefully this will cause Sony to rethink the concept of backwards compatibility so we can enjoy our favorites for both consoles on their newest platforms. The complete list of titles expected to make the transition include the following games:
-A Kingdom for Keflings
-A World of Keflings
-Alien Hominid HD
-Assassin’s Creed II
-Asteroids & Deluxe
-Banjo Kazooie: N n B
-Banjo-Kazooie
-Banjo-Tooie
-BattleBlock Theater
-Bejeweled 2
-Bellator: MMA Onslaught
-Beyond Good & Evil HD
-Blood of the Werewolf
-BloodRayne: Betrayal
-Borderlands
-Call of Juarez Gunslinger
-Castle Crashers
-Castlestorm
-Centipede & Millipede
-Condemned
-Crazy Taxi
-Deadliest Warrior: Legends
-Defense Grid
-DiRT 3
-DiRT Showdown
-Discs of Tron
-Doom
-Doom II
-Dungeon Siege III
-Earthworm Jim HD
-Fable II
-Fallout 3
-Feeding Frenzy 2
-Gears of War
-Gears of War 2
-Gears of War 3
-Gears of War: Judgment
-Golden Axe
-Halo: Spartan Assault
-Hardwood Backgammon
-Hardwood Hearts
-Hardwood Spades
-Heavy Weapon
-Hexic HD
-Ikaruga
-Jetpac Refuelled
-Joy Ride Turbo
-Just Cause 2
-Kameo
-LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
-LEGO Star Wars: TCS
-Lode Runner
-LUMINES LIVE!
-Mass Effect
-Metal Slug 3
-Metal Slug XX
-Might & Magic Clash of Heroes
-Mirror’s Edge
-Missile Command
-Monday Night Combat
-Monkey Island 2: SE
-Monkey Island: SE
-Ms. Splosion Man
-Mutant Blobs Attack
-N+
-NBA JAM: On Fire Edition
-NiGHTS into dreams…
-OF: Dragon Rising
-Pac-Man C.E.
-PAC-MAN CE DX+
-Perfect Dark
-Perfect Dark Zero
-Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds
-Pinball FX
-Plants vs. Zombies
-Prince of Persia
-Putty Squad
-R-Type Dimensions
-Rayman 3 HD
-Sacred Citadel
-Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
-Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe
-Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World
-Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage
-Shadow Complex
-Sonic CD
-Sonic The Hedgehog
-Sonic The Hedgehog 2
-Sonic The Hedgehog 3
-Super Meat Boy
-Supreme Commander 2
-The Stick of Truth
-Tom Clancy’s RainbowSix Vegas
-Tom Clancy’s RainbowSix Vegas 2
-Torchlight
-Toy Soldiers
-Toy Soldiers: Cold War
-Tron: Evolution
-Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon
-Viva Piñata
-Viva Piñata: TIP
-Wolfenstein 3D
-Zuma
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