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Microsoft Announces December Xbox One Backward Compatibility Games
Microsoft has announced another 16 games available via backward compatibility on Xbox One. Since the program’s launch in November, more than 9 million hours of Xbox 360 games have been played on Xbox One.
Including this month’s Games with Gold titles (Sacred 3, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, and CastleStorm), there are more than 125 games available via the program. The full list of new additions follows:
- Braid
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Doritos Crash Course
- Fable III
- Halo: Reach
- Hydro Thunder
- Iron Brigade
- Kane & Lynch 2
- Motocross Madness
- MS.PAC-MAN
- Peggle
- Portal: Still Alive
- Spelunky
- Splosion Man
- Ticket to Ride
- Zuma's Revenge!
Moving forward, Microsoft plans to update the backward compatibility list on a regular basis. Each month’s Xbox 360 Games with Gold offerings are automatically playable on Xbox One, also.
We are still waiting on a few confirmed titles. These include Call of Duty: Black Ops, BioShock, BioShock Infinite, and Halo Wars. Interested in voting for new backward compatibility games? You can do so right here.
[Source: Microsoft]
Our Take
Backward Compatibility was one of the biggest surprises Microsoft delivered at E3, and the company appears to be making a real go of building the library. My fingers are tightly crossed that they find the solution for the multi-disc game problem so we can start playing games like Mass Effect 3 on Xbox One.
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