E3 2015 was filled to the brim with outstanding announcements. A bevy of surprise game reveals made the whole event truly memorable, but the Xbox One getting backwards compatibility support was easily the most impactful announcement at the event. It instantly bolstered the One’s increasingly impressive catalogue of games and today, Microsoft finally confirmed which titles will be supported—and there are quite a few awesome franchises that made the first cut.
Here’s the massive list of 104 (!!) games that will be backwards compatible on the Xbox One come November 12 (via digital license or disc):
- A Kingdom for Keflings
- A World of Keflings
- Alien Hominid HD
- Assassin’s Creed II
- Asteroids & Deluxe
- Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & BoltsÂ
- 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
- South Park: 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: Trouble in Paradise
- Wolfenstein 3D
- Zuma
There’s a nice mix of games here—and a good chance there’s something on this list you’re interested in playing. I’ll be personally going through the Gears of War series once again, and South Park: Stick of Truth is worthy of a second play. Microsoft announced that regular updates to the list will start in December, with several Halo and Bioshock  games already planned to make an appearance. Also, remember that all future Xbox 360 Games with Gold releases will be compatible on the One, so you will now be getting 4 free games to play on the newest console every month. It’s an incredible deal that Sony currently can’t match with PS Plus. So it’ll be interesting to see if Microsoft sticks to their word and consistently adds more titles to the list that will be BC.
Will you guys be playing any of these games on November 12? Will you have enough time to play them with Fallout 4 being out in the wild? Do you think this means we will see fewer remasters hitting retailers shelves the next few years? Let us know in the comments below.
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