If Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, or Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void aren't what you're looking for this week, perhaps a trip to your back catalog is. Microsoft has announced the first slate of Xbox 360 titles that will be backward compatible on Xbox One.
The list includes a healthy rundown of Microsoft Studios games, but Square Enix, SNK, Disney, and Ubisoft have also contributed to the roster. Here's what you can play via digital license or disc on November 12:
- 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
Microsoft has also confirmed some titles due on the series in the coming months. Regular updates will start in December, and the list will eventually include Halo Reach, Halo Wars, Call of Duty: Black Ops, BioShock, BioShock 2, BioShock Infinite, and Skate 3. Further, all future Xbox 360 Games with Gold titles will be available for backward compatibility starting with this month.
In order to purchase Xbox 360 games or DLC, you'll need to use your Xbox 360 console or the Xbox website. For more details, check out our previous coverage.
[Source: Major Nelson]
Our Take
This is a hefty list, and it's good to see that Activision, 2K, Sega, Square Enix, Bethesda, and EA are going to be contributing in addition to the publishers mentioned above. Backward compatability gives Microsoft and partners an easy way to bundle in additional games to swing multi-platform gamers to Xbox One.