Microsoft announces first set of games supported by Xbox One backwards compatibility

Later this week the Xbox One will be seeing a large scale update, bringing a range of new features to the console, while improving overall speed and stability. The update is largely influenced by Windows 10 and will run on the same kernel used by many other existing versions of the operating system.

Arguably one of the biggest additions included with this update is the ability to play select Xbox 360 games on Xbox One hardware. Games supported by the program will run in an emulation of the Xbox 360 operating system, made possible with technologies offered by Windows 10. Today, it was announced via the Xbox Wire blog that 104 titles will be supported on November 12th, with a more titles arriving in December.

The following games are supported by backwards compatibility, and will be playable on November 12^th when the update arrives publicly:

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

It may be disappointing to see some classic titles absent from the list, however it has been confirmed that select games from the Call of Duty, Bioshock and Halo franchises will be arriving in the near future. The above list largely consists of games published by Microsoft Studios, therefore it is safe to assume that a wider range of titles will be supported in the coming months, as more publishers show their interest in the program.

Source: Xbox Wire