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Microsoft’s Xbox backward compatibility program returns with 76 new games

jshackles

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
R6Rider said:
I need the list of games with FPS boost.
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  • Alan Wake
  • Assassin’s Creed
  • Binary Domain
  • Black College Football Xperience: Doug Williams Ed
  • Darksiders
  • Dead Space 2
  • Dead Space 3
  • Disney’s Chicken Little
  • Dragon Age: Origins
  • Dragon Age II
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  • F.E.A.R.
  • F.E.A.R. 3
  • Fable Anniversary
  • Fable III
  • Fallout 3
  • Fallout: New Vegas
  • Far Cry 3
  • Final Fantasy XIII-2
  • Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
  • Gears of War
  • Gears of War 2
  • Gears of War 3
  • Gears of War: Judgment
  • Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
  • Kameo: Elements of Power
  • Lego The Lord of the Rings
  • Medal of Honor: Airborne
  • Mirror’s Edge
  • Nier
  • Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
  • Rock of Ages
  • Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
  • Sonic Generations
  • Sonic Unleashed
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars
  • Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
 
Bragr

Bragr

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Love it, kudos to Xbox for not just ignoring it. TimeSplitters hell yeah.

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fart town usa

fart town usa

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FEAR and Skate 2 is pretty damn awesome.

I'm guessing it has the 60fps treatment? That'd be amazing for both titles. Skate 2 was probably locked to 30 on the 360, framerate was rough as hell on the PS3. Playing the Skate games in 60fps would be absolute God-tier.
 
Kacho

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Member
fart town usa said:
FEAR and Skate 2 is pretty damn awesome.

I'm guessing it has the 60fps treatment? That'd be amazing for both titles. Skate 2 was probably locked to 30 on the 360, framerate was rough as hell on the PS3. Playing the Skate games in 60fps would be absolute God-tier.
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These are FPS boosted


  • Battlefield 4
  • Beholder Complete Edition
  • Dishonored Definitive Edition
  • Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition
  • Dragon Age: Origins
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  • The Evil Within 2
  • Fable Anniversary
  • Fable III
  • Fallout 3
  • Fallout 4
  • Fallout 76
  • Fallout: New Vegas
  • The Gardens Between
  • Gears of War 2
  • Gears of War 3
  • Gears of War 4
  • Gears of War: Judgment
  • Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
  • Halo Wars 2
  • Kameo: Elements of Power
  • MotoGP 20
  • My Friend Pedro
  • My Time at Portia
  • Prey
  • ReCore
  • Shadow Warrior 2
  • Steep
  • Titanfall 2
  • Two Point Hospital
  • Wasteland 3
  • Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
 
BigLee74

BigLee74

Member
Quake arena, and Max Payne 1, 2 and 3. My final BC wishes have come true.

Almost as good is the FPS boost to 60 on the Dead Space and Gears games.

Love it!
 
saintjules

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Wonko_C said:
I'm glad they're continuing to add more BC titles. Hoping they someday finally add my whopping three game collection. (Akai Katana, Otomedius Excellent, DoDonPachi saidaioujou)
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Unfortunately it's the last of it.

“While we continue to stay focused on preserving and enhancing the art form of games, we have reached the limit of our ability to bring new games to the catalog from the past due to licensing, legal and technical constraints,” explains Peggy Lo.
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www.theverge.com

Microsoft’s Xbox backward compatibility program returns with 76 new games

This is the final addition of games to mark 20 years of Xbox.
www.theverge.com www.theverge.com
 
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Ristifer

Ristifer

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Balls. Was hoping for the Transformers Cybertron games. Those are the only ones I want.

Glad to see Max Payne 3, though.
 
Dural

Dural

Member
Kagoshima_Luke

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Gold Member
Craig of War said:
www.theverge.com

Microsoft’s Xbox backward compatibility program returns with 76 new games

This is the final addition of games to mark 20 years of Xbox.
www.theverge.com www.theverge.com


Here’s the full list of 76 new Xbox backward compatible games arriving today:

  • 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
  • Aces of the Galaxy
  • Advent Rising
  • Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom
  • Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Make the Grade
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth
  • Bankshot Billiards 2
  • Beautiful Katamari
  • Binary Domain
  • Black College Football Xperience: Doug Williams Ed
  • Cloning Clyde
  • Conan
  • Darwinia+
  • Dead or Alive Ultimate
  • Dead or Alive 3
  • Dead or Alive 4
  • Death by Cube
  • Disney Universe
  • Disney’s Chicken Little
  • Elements of Destruction
  • F.E.A.R.
  • F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
  • F.E.A.R. 3
  • F.E.A.R. Files
  • The First Templar
  • Gladius
  • Gunvalkyrie
  • Islands of Wakfu
  • Lego The Lord of the Rings
  • Manhunt
  • Max Payne
  • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
  • Max Payne 3
  • Mini Ninjas
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
  • MX vs. ATV Alive
  • MX vs. ATV Untamed
  • NIER
  • Novadrome
  • Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee
  • Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
  • Otogi: Myth of Demons
  • Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
  • The Outfit
  • Outpost Kaloki X
  • Quake Arena Arcade
  • R.A.W. - Realms of Ancient War
  • Red Dead Revolver
  • Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
  • Ridge Racer 6
  • Rio
  • Risen
  • Risen 2: Dark Waters
  • Rock of Ages
  • Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
  • Scramble
  • Screwjumper!
  • Secret Weapons Over Normandy
  • Skate 2
  • SpongeBob SquarePants Underpants Slam!
  • SpongeBob’s Truth or Square
  • Star Wars Starfighter: Special Edition
  • Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
  • Switchball
  • Thrillville
  • Thrillville: Off the Rails
  • Time Pilot
  • TimeSplitters 2
  • TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
  • Toy Story Mania!
  • Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
  • Viva Piñata: Party Animals
  • Warlords
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76 games???

EDIT: OTOGI 1 and 2??? There is a god!
 
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T-Cake

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Goddamn, I forgotten I can use my MS Reward points to you know, actually buy games instead of hardware! Max Payne 1+2 insta purchase.
 
Dural

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jshackles said:
PGR games had TONS of licensed music though. No way they were ever going to come back, unless Microsoft decided to remove it all and replace it with some sort of orchestrated soundtrack.
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Couldn't they just be BC without reselling them? Just being BC shouldn't affect the licensing agreements should it?
 
Lone Wolf

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There are a few select titles I would have liked, but this is still a fantastic way to end it, I’ll be playing Max Payne 3 and Binary Domain for sure.
 
lachesis

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Member
Definitely getting Gun Valkyrie for sure. I did finish the game and trying to keep myself afloat in the air - I remember being in some sort of mental trans or sort.
I remember playing it on Duke controller... and it was pretty rough. Hopefully the newer generations would aleve the pain. :D

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad lol... I never had chance to play it (along with some other ones like Earth Defense Force, or Disaster Report series) - I may check it out on a deep deep discount someday. :)
 
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jshackles

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Dural said:
Couldn't they just be BC without reselling them? Just being BC shouldn't affect the licensing agreements should it?
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Depends on the licensing agreement, I suppose. Could also just be an overabundance of legal caution.

It would also completely remove Microsoft's financial incentive to do so, since the only way they make money on any of these games is through digital sales. The discs are LONG out of print, meaning the only way to obtain them would be second hand, which means Microsoft wouldn't get a cut.
 
thicc_girls_are_teh_best

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Gold Member
TBH Series X might just be the best option for OG Xbox play, last I checked OG Xbox emulation on PC wasn't that great. It's basically where Saturn emulation was 15 years ago.

Lot of great picks in there; I'd love to play GunValkryie and the Otogi games right off the bat.
 
Anime-Vix

Anime-Vix

Member
No Lost Oddysey or Blue Dragon. I really wanted fps and resolution boost for both of those games. I don't understand. These are first-party titles. MS better be working on a remaster for these games. These games were highly requsted.
 
01011001

01011001

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(COPY PASTE FROM THE STREAM THREAD)

even tho no JSRF, this list is better than I expected... I mean OTOGI!!! FINALLY!!!
and Max Payne, although no FPS boost sadly :(

Manhunt is very nice because the Xbox version is simply by far the best one
and of course RIIIIIIIDGE RACEEEERRR!

Darsxx82 said:
Sonic Generation 4K 60fps .... 😍
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is this confirmed? or is it turning off the X enhancements when FPS boost is on? I really hope it is 4K60 (or 1440p60 on Series S)
 
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CatLady

CatLady

Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
Slow the fuck down Xbox! You just released the highest scoring new game of the generation, announced access to the Heroes of Reach starting today and now giving 76 new back compatible games.

This is really awesome but us green rats are going to have absolutely NO LIFE for the next several months.
 
StreetsofBeige

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Gold Member
First Templar!

That have has to be dirt cheap at $5 or less.

If anyone wasnt to play b-tier action game, give it a whirl. It was that bad when I played through the demo.
 
bronk

bronk

Banned
What if Advent Rising plays smooth? 😯

I really want to play Time Splitters Future Perfect again. That game is so fucking good.
 
fatmarco

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Member
I assume we could still see additional enhancements further down the line, but only to what we have currently available.

Also no Fable 2 FPS boost :messenger_neutral:
 
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