Xbox Added Over 70 New Backwards Compatible Games

To celebrate 20 years of Xbox, 70+ original Xbox and Xbox 360 games have been added to the backwards compatibility list for Xbox One and Xbox series X|S. This includes many top requested games such as the entire Max Payne series and the F.E.A.R. franchise. You can view a full list of the games added here. Sadly, this is the final batch of games that will be made backwards compatible. Here’s the official statement:

This latest and final addition of 70+ titles to the backwards compatibility program was only possible through the passion and feedback from the community. Your constant requests for specific titles and enhancements encouraged the Backwards Compatibility team to partner with the original creators to preserve thousands of games from over four generations of Xbox. While we continue to stay focused on preserving and enhancing the art form of games, we have reached the limit of our ability to bring new games to the catalog from the past due to licensing, legal and technical constraints. Thank you for being part of this journey with us.

All of the games you can now enjoy again will benefit from auto HDR and resolution enhancement, 11 titles added today and 26 titles already in the catalogue have been given FPS boost which will double the frame rate up to 60 FPS. You’ll also have the option to toggle these options on and off so you can choose how nostalgic you’re feeling. Also, FPS Boost has been rolled out to Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) for select titles like Fallout 76 and Fallout 4.

This is all really exciting, backwards compatibility is always a popular feature on consoles so it’s exciting to see Xbox doing more than just a basic port of their previous games onto the newer systems. You can read the full announcement about these exciting new additions here.