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    Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that have been approved to run on the Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature.

    These 104 Xbox 360 games will be playable on Xbox One starting this Thursday

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    Microsoft have finally announced the first batch of backwards compatible 360 games coming to Xbox One later this week. The first batch of games reads as follows:

    A Kingdom for KeflingsLode Runner™
    A World of KeflingsLUMINES LIVE!
    Alien Hominid HDMass Effect™
    Assassin’s Creed IIMetal Slug 3
    Asteroids & DeluxeMetal Slug XX
    Banjo Kazooie®: Nuts & BoltsMight & Magic Clash of Heroes™
    Banjo-Kazooie®Mirror’s Edge™
    Banjo-Tooie®Missile Command
    BattleBlock TheaterMonday Night Combat
    Bejeweled 2Monkey Island: Special Edition
    Bellator: MMA OnslaughtMonkey Island 2: Special Edition
    Beyond Good & Evil HDMs. Splosion Man™
    Blood of the WerewolfMutant Blobs Attack!!!
    BloodRayne: BetrayalN+
    BorderlandsNBA JAM: On Fire Edition
    Call of Juarez® GunslingerNiGHTS into dreams…
    Castle CrashersOperation Flashpoint™: Dragon Rising
    CastleStormPac-Man: Championship Edition™
    Centipede & MillipedePac-Man: Championship Edition DX+
    Condemned: Criminal OriginsPerfect Dark
    Crazy Taxi™Perfect Dark Zero
    Deadliest Warrior: LegendsPhantom Breaker:Battle Grounds
    Defense Grid: The AwakeningPinball FX™
    DiRT 3Plants vs. Zombies
    DiRT ShowdownPrince of Persia
    Discs of TronPutty Squad
    DoomRayman 3 HD
    Doom IIR-Type Dimensions™
    Dungeon Siege IIISacred Citadel
    Earthworm Jim HDSega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
    Fable IISega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe
    Fallout 3Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World
    Feeding FrenzySega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage
    Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck ShowdownShadow Complex
    Gears of WarSonic CD
    Gears of War 2Sonic The Hedgehog
    Gears of War 3Sonic The Hedgehog 2
    Gears of War: JudgmentSonic The Hedgehog 3
    Golden Axe™Super Meat Boy
    Halo: Spartan AssaultSupreme 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 WeaponTorchlight
    Hexic HDToy Soldiers
    IkarugaToy Soldiers: Cold War
    Jetpac RefuelledTron: Evolution
    Joy Ride TurboUgly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon
    Just Cause 2Viva Piñata
    Kameo™: Elements of PowerViva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise
    LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video GameWolfenstein 3D
    LEGO Star Wars: The Complete SagaZuma

    More titles like Halo Reach, Halo Wars, Black Ops 1, Skate 3 and all the Bioshock games are promised to arrive in the near future.

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    s'all I need.

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    None of those are Lost Odyssey.

    I will continue to not use my Xbox One.

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    Hopefully Fable 3 and Mass Effect 3 get added, I really want to play through those games again and no longer have a 360.

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    #5  Edited By huntad

    Some of these are very questionable. I want to meet the group of people who thought it would be great to be able to play Bellator MMA Onslaught on the Xbox One.

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    Deadliest Warrior: Legends, fuck yeah.

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    You'd have thought the majority of Microsoft exclusives would have been set for backwards compatibility by default.

    Looks like the 360 will still be hooked up for a while then...

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    Lego Star Wars and my 6 year old nephew will be spending a ton of time together.

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    #9  Edited By Cameron

    @huntad said:

    Some of these are very questionable. I want to meet the group of people who thought it would be great to be able to play Bellator MMA Onslaught on the Xbox One.

    It's probably like PS2 BC was on the software emulated PS3s. You get something important working, and hey, Barbie Horse Adventure happens to work too. I'm sure no one went out of their way to get Bellator MMA Onslaught working (at least I sure hope not). That or the fine publisher of Bellator was very, very happy to do whatever work it takes to package these old games to work on the Xbox One.

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    @cameron: So you're response was very sensible and understanding. Let me rephrase what I said. What I wanted to say was "Bellator MMA Onslaught is a stupid choice for Xbox One BC", and I think most people could live without it entirely.

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    ctrl+f burnout

    :'(

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    @yummylee: LOCUS HOARD ATTAAAAAAACK

    The real question is what's better, this or that Megadeth song?

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    @wampa1 said:

    @yummylee: LOCUS HOARD ATTAAAAAAACK

    The real question is what's better, this or that Megadeth song?

    Cole Rap beats all. Cole Rap OP.

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    Literally noneof the games I was vying for made it, outside of Rare Replay games.

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    This is disappointingly small :(

    Oh well, we went and bought all those remasters, didn't we?

    XBONE is continually the Destiny machine on my second monitor next to my PC.

    I got value out of it, but there are so many 360 games I'd love to go back to at a slot of the disc.

    Actually, just rerelease Burnout 3: Takedown. No changes, just put it out EA.

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    Let me play Rumble Roses XX and I might actually have a reason to get a Xbox One.

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    This is disappointingly small :(

    Oh well, we went and bought all those remasters, didn't we?

    XBONE is continually the Destiny machine on my second monitor next to my PC.

    I got value out of it, but there are so many 360 games I'd love to go back to at a slot of the disc.

    Actually, just rerelease Burnout 3: Takedown. No changes, just put it out EA.

    How is this disappointingly small? From the outset they were saying it was going to be roughly 100 games. They never said they would all be full retail releases.

    I'm happy I got a decent amount of games that I own that will work, along with the knowledge that Skate 3 will be here soon enough.

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    #18  Edited By fram

    Gears 3 baby. Time for some more horde war stories!

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    One day, Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury...

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    Symphony of the Night and Mega Man 9 aren't on it yet? Man... was hoping those XBLA games would be there on the first pass. Good to see Castle Crashers and Shadow Complex are there though.

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    #22  Edited By GERALTITUDE

    That's not a bad start really, not at all. Curious where they take this from here. Frankly I never thought the 360 really had that many great games, but I'll admit I forgot many of these even existed and they ain't half bad.

    Publisher spread here is the most fascinating part.

    Look at all that SEGA!

    edited for language holy shit I butchered pass #1

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    #23  Edited By rkofan87

    tmnt arcade then will talk and i know its not on xbla any more i can only play the demo i have the full game but my 360 is not on the net and you can only play the full game on the net.

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    All I need are all the Gears games so I'm good to go. Nice to also see Fable 2. Only other game that comes to mind is Halo Reach which I've been wanting to replay but that'll only be a matter of time for it to be added. Xbox One has been having a great year.

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    #25 sgtsphynx  Moderator

    I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but no Forza 3, 4, or Horizon 1 on the list makes me sad.

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    #26  Edited By notnert427

    This is disappointing. No Red Dead, no Burnout, no Forza, no PGR, no Hitman. Sigh. The only games I'm excited about replaying are the RB6: Vegas games, ACII, and Black Ops 1 (soon?). Most of the rest are crappy arcade titles or games that were already remasters on the 360.

    I still love my Xbox One, but this feature sure isn't living up to its potential yet. Having BC doesn't mean much if the 360's best games aren't on it. It's a good thing we've got Halo 5, Forza 6, and Rise of the Tomb Raider to keep us happy for a while, because this list needs to improve by the time we get done with those games, IMO.

    It's worth mentioning that they're probably limited by the publishers on some games (e.g. the rumored Modern Warfare games HD re-release, R*'s reticence to do anything with RDR, etc.), but this list is still pretty lacking. I mean, the Forza series is an in-house product. Microsoft sure as shit should be able to "approve" a Microsoft title, right? I guess I just hoped for too much with this.

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    Gears 3 is the big one for me, but I'm still a little disappointed by the lack of games that were on the fake list posted the other day. Ikaruga is fine, but I'd love Radiant Silvergun and Guardian Heroes too.

    I wonder how often they'll add new games to the list.

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    I just wonder how many absent games are due to emulation issues and how many are due to their publishers refusing to let them be emulated.

    I can't wait for someone to crack the in-system emulator and see how many games could work on it.

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    Boy do people sure like to complain. This is not a bad start really.

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    I think that's a pretty good start, though I'm more interested to see what they have this time next year. I just wonder how much support this is going to past this initial push.

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    It's an alright list, but it is kind of a bummer that things like the original Banjo Kazooie or Doom made it in before some games that originally came out on the 360. There's probably a good reason for it.

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    There are some surprisingly vitriolic responses here. This is just pass #1. They've put too much importance on this feature to just let it sit now. Just because your favourite big release isn't on here, doesn't mean it's dead in the water. Wait. Be patient. It'll all be okay.

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    I actually hate the drip feeding of backwards compatible games. Real backwards compatibility means any of my games should work. This just feels lame, and Microsoft should have had a better strategy to secure more games. 100 is a fraction, and yes more will come, but sitting and waiting and hoping my games might work just sucks.

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    Lets see, no Red Dead Redemption, Dead Rising, Bayonetta, Trials... OK, I hope that this is just a weak start and they get this thing going for real.

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    Is there any way to import your save files from the 360?

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