From Alan Wake to Zuma’s Revenge
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Microsoft did what Sony didn’t this console generation — a wide push for backward compatibility (Nintendo deserves love for ringing it in though!). It doesn’t seem like the functionality is coming anytime soon on PS4 (in favor of renting via PS Now or re-buying games on the PSN), but for now, Xbox One owners can enjoy a ton of first and third party games.
The way it works is as simple as Sony’s “used game instructional video.” You either download the game if you own it digitally, or just put the disc in. That’s it.
We’ll keep this list updated as more titles arise.
- A Kingdom for Keflings
- A World of Keflings
- Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
- Aegis Wing
- Age of Booty
- Alien Hominid HD
- Assassin’s Creed II
- Asteroids & Deluxe
- Banjo Kazooie: N n B
- Banjo Tooie
- Banjo Kazooie
- BattleBlock Theater
- Bejeweled 2
- Bellator: MMA Onslaught
- Beyond Good & Evil HD
- Blood Knights
- Blood of the Werewolf
- BloodRayne: Betrayal
- Borderlands
- Braid
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Call of Juarez Gunslinger
- Castle Crashers
- Castlestorm
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Centipede & Millipede
- Condemned
- Counter-Strike: GO
- Crazy Taxi
- Comic Jumper
- Crystal Quest
- Dark Souls*
- Dead Space
- Deadliest Warrior: Legends
- Defense Grid
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- DiRT 3
- DiRT Showdown
- Discs of Tron
- Domino Master
- Doom
- Doom II
- Doom 3 BFG Edition
- Doritos Crash Course
- Ducktales: Remastered
- Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
- Dungeon Siege III
- Earthworm Jim HD
- Fable II
- Fable III
- Fallout 3
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Feeding Frenzy
- Feeding Frenzy 2
- Galaga
- Gears of War
- Gears of War 2
- Gears of War 3
- Gears of War: Judgment
- Golden Axe
- Gunstar Heroes
- Halo: Reach
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Halo Wars
- Hardwood Backgammon
- Hardwood Hearts
- Hardwood Spades
- Heavy Weapon
- Hexic HD
- Hexic 2
- Hydro Thunder
- I Am Alive
- Ikaruga
- Iron Brigade
- Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad
- Jetpac Refuelled
- Jet Set Radio
- Joe Danger
- Joy Ride Turbo
- Just Cause 2
- Kameo
- Kane & Lynch 2
- King of Fighters ’98
- Left 4 Dead 2
- LEGO Batman
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
- LEGO Star Wars: TCS
- Lode Runner
- LUMINES LIVE!
- Magic 2012
- Mass Effect
- Metal Slug 3
- Metal Slug XX
- Might & Magic Clash of Heroes
- Mirror’s Edge
- Missile Command
- Monaco
- Monday Night Combat
- Monkey Island: SE
- Monkey Island 2: SE
- Motocross Madness
- Ms. Splosion Man
- MS.PAC-MAN
- Mutant Blobs Attack
- MX vs. ATV Reflex
- N+
- NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
- NiGHTS into dreams…
- OF: Dragon Rising
- Outland
- Pac-Man C.E
- PAC-MAN CE DX+
- Peggle
- Perfect Dark
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds
- Pinball FX
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Portal: Still Alive
- Prince of Persia
- Putty Squad
- Rayman 3 HD
- Rayman Origins
- Red Dead Redemption
- Red Faction Battlegrounds
- R-Type Dimensions
- Sacred 3
- Sacred Citadel
- Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space
- Sam & Max Save the World
- Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
- Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World
- Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage
- Shadow Complex
- Skullgirls
- Small Arms
- Sonic CD
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2
- Sonic The Hedgehog 3
- Soulcalibur
- Soulcalibur II
- Space Giraffe
- Spelunky
- Splosion Man
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
- Super Meat Boy
- Supreme Commander 2
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
- Texas Hold ‘Em
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
- Ticket to Ride
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
- Torchlight
- Toy Soldiers
- Toy Soldiers Cold War
- Trials HD
- Tron: Evolution
- Unbound Saga
- Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon
- Viva Piñata
- Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
- Wolfenstein 3D
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Zuma
- Zuma’s Revenge!
*Confirmed, but not available yet