Well, if you have been waiting for the good news, Xbox has over-delivered. There are now 76 new titles added to the backward compatible series. This news opens up more potential for many gamers to engage in the fun. What’s even better, the games will be playable on the current and last-gen consoles, so you don’t have to worry about being locked out.

Last of the games

Whereas this may be good news, Microsoft has made it clear that it has no plans whatsoever to make any more games backward compatible. There may be enhancements such as Auto HDR, higher resolutions, and more in the near future, but that’s just about it. This is a move in the right direction as it shows that Xbox is indeed listening to its fans and are working towards meeting their demands. 

Games included in the backward compatibility update

The list has variety in genre and playstayle making it advantageous to every gamer out there. 

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 Edition 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 Fear Fear 2: Project Origin Fear 3 Fear 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

If you were wallowing in the recent GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition news that it would only be available on Rockstar Games Launcher, you will be elated to know the list will have some of your favorites.

Omissions 

If you look closely, you will notice some games are conspicuously missing from the list. Spider-Man and Marvel properties. This is due to licensing issues that prevented them from being on the list. Since Xbox has no plans of availing more games to be backward compatible, the chances are that they will not be joining the list anytime soon. On the omissions, Microsoft had this to say; With this move, more gaming giants will likely follow suit in listening and responding to their customers’ needs.  What added games are you anticipating to play now that they have been made backward compatible? Let us know in the comment section below.

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