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[Craig of War]

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

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

 

[jshackles]

• 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

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

 

[DenchDeckard]

Killer. Gg Microsoft, keep em coming! Installing max Payne 3 On my new halo Xbox.

 

[Jibran#one]

Ooo my fucking lord max Payne 3 are these res and fps boosted ?

 

[Synless]

Hey this is good, they must have read my bitching in that other thread.

 

[jshackles]

Microsoft adds FPS Boost to 37 more games on Xbox Series X / S

Eleven games are new to the Xbox backward compatibility library.

www.theverge.com

They're also adding FPS boost to 37 games.

 

[SomeGit]

Holy Shit, FEAR, Max Payne, Gun Valkrye and fucking Otogi.

Based Phil, always believed.

 

[Classicrockfan]

Damn want lolipop chainsaw,but I’ll take the fear trilogy and max payne 3.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

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

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

OTAGI's

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Holy crap, they actually added Otogi.

 

[Chiggs]

Absolutely incredible!

 

[veterangamerUK]

No more to come in the future it says, but what a finale

 

[Nikana]

Time Splitters babbyyyy!

 

[Drizzlehell]

That almost makes me wanna sell my PoS5 and buy an Xbox.

 

[NeonGhost]

Any of the new games announced today disc only or can all be bought on the Xbox store ?

 

[Otherspacing]

TimeSplitters? Hell yeah.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Mini Ninjas! lol
Idk but I loved the demo of that game. Something about the atmosphere was so calming.

I don't see Max Payne 3 on the store.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

You can now play the best 3rd person action game ever made on Series consoles. How cool is that?

I'm talking about Max Payne 2, obviously.

 

[M1chl]

Not going to lie, this made me really emotional, not because of Microsoft, but because the wave of nostalgia hit me like a truck

Thank you, whoever is responsible for this beautiful thing

 

[It's all in the wrist]

Us the FPS boost also a resolution boost? I want to play Dead Space in 4K. :O

 

[Gameplaylover]

Holy shit, thank you MS! Manhunt, Manhunt, Manhunt!!!! And Max Payne 2!!

 

[Chukhopops]

Timesplitters 2 makes me really happy.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

You can now play the best 3rd person action game ever made on Series consoles. How cool is that?

I'm talking about Max Payne 2, obviously.

You prefer it to Max Payne 3?
For story? It seems the shooting mechanics only improved.

 

[jshackles]

Us the FPS boost also a resolution boost? I want to play Dead Space in 4K. :O

Unfortunately, no. For example, Watch_Dogs2 still runs at 900p on Series X, but at 60fps.

 

[Urban]

Wake me up when Def Jam Fight for New York is on that list

 

[GHG]

Still no PGR.

 

[Patrick S.]

Awesome! Makes me want to go out and buy a SXS, tbh. If they make Chronicles of Riddick backwards compatible, I'm in.

 

[SEGA_2012]

No Jet Set Radio Future

 

[alienator]

ctrl-f akai katana
ctrl-f dodonpachi
ctrl-f espgaluda
ctrl-f mushimisama futari

ctrl-del-alt cries ;/

 

[It's all in the wrist]

Unfortunately, no. For example, Watch_Dogs2 still runs at 900p on Series X, but at 60fps.

Aww. Bummer. Oh well.

 

[Sephimoth]

Tried my Future Perfect disc, says not playable yet

 

[spons]

That's it by the way.

This latest and final addition of 70+ titles to the backwards compatibility program was only possible through the passion and feedback from the community. Your constant requests for specific titles and enhancements encouraged the Backwards Compatibility team to partner with the original creators to preserve thousands of games from over four generations of Xbox. 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. Thank you for being part of this journey with us.

Celebrate 20 years of Xbox with over 70 new Backward Compatible Games - Xbox Wire

At Xbox, we believe in celebrating gaming and preserving its legacy. No other art form offers the opportunity to be immersed in expansive universes through the combination of stunning visuals, evocative music, emotion-driven storytelling and interactive, living worlds. Since 2015, the backward...

news.xbox.com

 

[Tazzu]

If this is the final one, then its a bit lame. Oh well, plenty of great titles still added. Lets hope the games already on the list will start getting FPS and res boosts.

 

[Kuranghi]

Give me Burnout Revenge you bastards.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

You prefer it to Max Payne 3?
For story? It seems the shooting mechanics only improved.

Shooting mechanics are better in 2. More responsive. 3 is clunky with super realistic "Rockstar style" animations. The addition of cover mechanic also hurt the game.

And yes, story is better in 2. Story, writing, atmosphere, gunplay. 2 is the perfect 3rd person action shooting game. A true masterpiece.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Will these be available digitally, too?

 

[spons]

Will these be available digitally, too?

most of them

the vast majority can be purchased digitally by new players in the Microsoft Store starting later today

 

[Mr.ODST]

Timesplittee oh my god yessss

 

[kingfey]

Real games are back. I am gonna buy max Payne

Now I just need xbox series console.

 

[Antwix]

Skate 2 finally

 

[TGO]

 

[LordCBH]

Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

Fuck it I’m in. Loved this hack n slash back in the day.

 

[R6Rider]

I need the list of games with FPS boost.

 

[xion4360]

Dead or alive 4 too!!??!! Yesss

 

[Sosokrates]

Xbox stays winning.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Someone here a few days ago was adamant that the BC team was disbanded lol

 

[ZehDon]

That's it by the way.

Celebrate 20 years of Xbox with over 70 new Backward Compatible Games - Xbox Wire

At Xbox, we believe in celebrating gaming and preserving its legacy. No other art form offers the opportunity to be immersed in expansive universes through the combination of stunning visuals, evocative music, emotion-driven storytelling and interactive, living worlds. Since 2015, the backward...

news.xbox.com

Yep. At least it's definitive - the program is over.

 

[Little Mac]

Viva Piñata ...

 

[SirKicksalot]

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

This game is awesome.

 

[Wonko_C]

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)