Microsoft dropped a bomb on the gaming industry earlier this year at E3, when it announced that Xbox 360 games would be backwards compatible (playable) on the Xbox One. In response, Sony could pretty much only reply, "The technology involved must be very challenging."
As Nathan reported earlier, Microsoft released the full list of Xbox 360 games that will be backwards compatible on your Xbox One, starting November 12. Xbox One Backward Compatibility launches hand in hand with the New Xbox One Experience rolling out the same day.
We're guessing that GameStop is going to enjoy a small spike in used 360 game sales. Also, that Twitch (etc.) will also spike in streaming and viewership of a few last-generation classics.
Here is the full list of 104 games coming this Thursday. And we've linked the ones we've reviewed (the ones in that lovely shade of orange).
A Kingdom for Keflings | Lode Runner |
A World of Keflings | LUMINES LIVE! |
Alien Hominid HD | Mass Effect |
Assassin’s Creed II | Metal Slug 3 |
Asteroids & Deluxe | Metal Slug XX |
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts | Might & Magic Clash of Heroes |
Banjo-Kazooie | Mirror’s Edge |
Banjo-Tooie | Missile Command |
BattleBlock Theater | Monday Night Combat |
Bejeweled 2 | Monkey Island: Special Edition |
Bellator: MMA Onslaught | Monkey Island 2: Special Edition |
Beyond Good & Evil HD | Ms. Splosion Man |
Blood of the Werewolf | Mutant Blobs Attack!!! |
BloodRayne: Betrayal | N+ |
Borderlands | NBA JAM: On Fire Edition |
Call of Juarez Gunslinger | NiGHTS into dreams… |
Castle Crashers | Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising |
CastleStorm | Pac-Man: Championship Edition |
Centipede & Millipede | Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX+ |
Condemned: Criminal Origins | Perfect Dark |
Crazy Taxi | Perfect Dark Zero |
Deadliest Warrior: Legends | Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds |
Defense Grid: The Awakening | Pinball FX |
DiRT 3 | Plants vs. Zombies |
DiRT Showdown | Prince of Persia |
Discs of Tron | Putty Squad |
Doom | Rayman 3 HD |
Doom II | R-Type Dimensions |
Dungeon Siege III | Sacred Citadel |
Earthworm Jim HD | Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. |
Fable II | Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe |
Fallout 3 | Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World |
Feeding Frenzy | Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage |
Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown | Shadow Complex |
Gears of War | Sonic CD |
Gears of War 2 | Sonic The Hedgehog |
Gears of War 3 | Sonic The Hedgehog 2 |
Gears of War: Judgment | Sonic The Hedgehog 3 |
Golden Axe | Super Meat Boy |
Halo: Spartan Assault | Supreme Commander 2 |
Hardwood Backgammon | Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas |
Hardwood Hearts | Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 |
Hardwood Spades | South Park: The Stick of Truth |
Heavy Weapon | Torchlight |
Hexic HD | Toy Soldiers |
Ikaruga | Toy Soldiers: Cold War |
Jetpac Refuelled | Tron: Evolution |
Joy Ride Turbo | Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon |
Just Cause 2 | Viva Piñata |
Kameo: Elements of Power | Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise |
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game | Wolfenstein 3D |
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga | Zuma |