With backwards compatibility heading to Xbox One this Thursday, November 12th, Microsoft has revealed the list of which Xbox 360 games will be the first to be backwards compatible on the Xbox One.
A total of 104 games from the Xbox 360 days will be playable on the Xbox One, including the likes of Assassin’s Creed 2, Fable 2, Mirror’s Edge as well as Mass Effect. Other stand out games include Just Cause 2 and the Gears of War franchise. However there a number of big games missing from the list which were heavily requested from gamers in the run up to this update including Red Dead Redemption and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
New games which will be backwards compatible will be announced on a regular basis state Microsoft, with the next announcement coming in December. Some of the games which have been confirmed to be released on the Xbox One in the future include “Halo Reach,” “Halo Wars,” “Call of Duty®: Black Ops 1,” “Bioshock,” “Bioshock 2,” “Bioshock Infinite,” and “Skate 3.”
Here is the full list of Xbox 360 backwards compatible games:
- 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 Vegas2
- Torchlight
- Toy Soldiers
- Toy Soldiers: Cold War
- Tron: Evolution
- Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon
- Viva Piñata
- Viva Piñata: TIP
- Wolfenstein 3D
- Zuma