The New Xbox One Experience is arriving sooner than expected. On November 12, 2015, Microsoft will update its latest home console with new visual and mechanical upgrades via a new user interface. One of the most standout features for this new experience is Xbox 360 backward compatibility.
This morning, Microsoft unveiled the initial listing of games that will be available through this much-requested feature. Several big time publishers, such as 2K Games, Sega, Electronic Arts and Microsoft Studios themselves have ported over a bunch of big name titles.
You’ll have the ability to play these titles on your Xbox One through a physical disc or through a digital license on November 12. We have the full list below, so see if your favorite Xbox 360 games are now playable on the Xbox One:
– A Kingdom for Keflings
– A World of Keflings
– Alien Hominid HD
– Assassin’s Creed II
– Asteroids & Deluxe
– Banjo-Kazooie
– Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
– 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: The Complete Saga
– 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: Special Edition
– Monkey Island 2: Special Edition
– Ms. Splosion Man
– Mutant Blobs Attack
– N+
– NBA JAM: On Fire Edition
– NiGHTS into dreams…
– Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
– PAC-MAN Championship Edition
– PAC-MAN Championship Edition 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 Rainbow Six Vegas
– Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
– Torchlight
– Toy Soldiers
– Toy Soldiers: Cold War
– Tron: Evolution
– Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon
– Viva Piñata
– Viva Piñata: TIP
– Wolfenstein 3D
– Zuma
If you’re concerned about your DLC for any of these backward compatible Xbox 360 games, don’t worry. You’ll be able to re-install all of it for a specific game. All you have to do is select the “My Games and Apps” tile. Then select any of your Xbox 360 games, open up its menu options and click on “Manage Game.” The image placed above should be what you see next.
Microsoft went on to announce some additional titles that will arrive at a later date. Starting in December 2015, more backwards compatible Xbox 360 games will join this list. The extra games that have been confirmed thus far includes Halo Reach, Halo Wars, Call of Duty: Black Ops, BioShock, BioShock 2, BioShock Infinite and Skate 3. From this point forward, all Xbox 360 Games with Gold titles will become backward compatible as well.
