Xbox One Backwards Compatibility: First 104 Games Announced

The New Xbox One Experience will be with us on November 12, and with it comes the highly-anticipated backwards compatibility update. Come the service's release, 104 games from the Xbox 360's vast back catalogue will be available to play on the Xbox One, says Mike Ybarra, Director Of Program Management for Xbox.

Published: Nov 9, 2015 10:24 am

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The New Xbox One Experience will be with us on November 12, and with it comes the highly-anticipated backwards compatibility update. Come the service’s release, 104 games from the Xbox 360’s vast back catalogue will be available to play on the Xbox One, says Mike Ybarra, Director Of Program Management for Xbox.

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Today, I’m happy to unveil to you the first 104 Xbox One Backward Compatibility games. Some of my favorites are included, like the complete “Gears of War” catalog, “Assassin’s Creed II,” “Fallout 3,” “Borderlands,” and “Castle Crashers.” The full list of the first 104 games is below and can also be found on Xbox.com/BackCompat. And, as I shared at Gamescom, going forward, all Xbox 360 games available through Games with Gold after Nov. 12 will be playable on Xbox One.

You can peruse the full list of games to be available on day 1 below:

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 RainbowSix Vegas
Hardwood Hearts®	Tom Clancy’s RainbowSix 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

As an added bonus, all future Games With Gold titles for the Xbox 360 will also be available for Xbox One owners.

The New Xbox One Experience and backwards compatibility updates will be available at no additional cost.

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