In November last year, Microsoft gave the Xbox One the ability to play Xbox 360 games. Ever since then, the list of compatible games has grown: When the feature first appeared, 104 Xbox 360 titles were on the list. At the time of writing, this has swelled to over 120, with more to be added at frequent intervals. You can vote on your favourites here, though how much this will be paid attention to by Microsoft is anyone’s guess, given the most popular titles – Red Dead Redemption, Skyrim and Call of Duty: Black Ops II – remain incompatible for now.
If you’re an Xbox Live Gold subscriber, Microsoft has already announced that all future ‘Xbox 360 Games with Gold’ (the free games given each month) will be compatible with Xbox One, so you’re doubling your freebies even if you long since sold your 360.
What Xbox 360 games are backwards compatible with Xbox One?
Here’s the full list of Xbox 360 games that work on the Xbox One. Keep checking back, and we’ll update this page as new games are added.
| Title | Publisher |
| A Kingdom for Keflings | Microsoft Studios |
| A World of Keflings | Microsoft Studios |
| Aegis Wing | Microsoft Studios |
| Age of Booty | Capcom |
| Alien Hominid | Microsoft Studios |
| Assassin’s Creed II | Ubisoft |
| Asteroids & Deluxe | Atari |
| Banjo-Kazooie | Microsoft Studios |
| Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts | Microsoft Studios |
| Banjo-Tooie | Microsoft Studios |
| BattleBlock Theater | Microsoft Studios |
| Bejeweled 2 | Microsoft Studios |
| Bellator: MMA Onslaught | 345 Games |
| Beyond Good & Evil HD | Ubisoft |
| Blood of the Werewolf | Midnight City |
| BloodRayne: Betrayal | Majesco Entertainment |
| Borderlands | 2K Games |
| Braid | Microsoft Studios |
| Call of Juarez: Gunslinger | Ubisoft |
| Castle Crashers | Microsoft Studios |
| CastleStorm | Microsoft Studios |
| Centipede & Millipede | Atari |
| Condemned: Criminal Origins | Sega |
| Counter Strike: GO | Valve |
| Crazy Taxi | Sega |
| Deadliest Warrior: Legends | 345 Games Spike Games |
| Defense Grid: The Awakening | Microsoft Studios |
| Deus Ex: Human Revolution | Square Enix |
| DiRT 3 | Codemasters |
| DiRT Showdown | Codemasters |
| Discs of Tron | Disney Interactive Studios |
| Doom | Bethesda Softworks |
| Doom II: Hell on Earth | Bethesda Softworks |
| Doritos Crash Course | Microsoft Studios |
| Dungeon Siege III | Square Enix |
| Earthworm Jim HD | Microsoft Studios |
| Fable II | Microsoft Studios |
| Fable III | Microsoft Studios |
| Fallout 3 | Bethesda Softworks |
| Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown | PopCap Games |
| Gears of War | Microsoft Studios |
| Gears of War 2 | Microsoft Studios |
| Gears of War 3 | Microsoft Studios |
| Gears of War: Judgment | Microsoft Studios |
| Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved | |
| Golden Axe | Sega |
| Halo: Reach | Microsoft Studios |
| Halo: Spartan Assault | Microsoft Studios |
| Hardwood Backgammon | Microsoft Studios |
| Hardwood Hearts | Microsoft Studios |
| Hardwood Spades | Microsoft Studios |
| Heavy Weapon | Microsoft Studios |
| Hexic HD | Microsoft Studios |
| Hydro Thunder | Microsoft Studios |
| Ikaruga | Microsoft Studios |
| Iron Brigade | Microsoft Studios |
| Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad | D3 Publisher |
| Jetpac Refuelled | Microsoft Studios |
| Joy Ride Turbo | Microsoft Studios |
| Just Cause 2 | Square Enix |
| Kameo | Microsoft Studios |
| Kane & Lynch 2 | Square Enix |
| LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game | Disney Interactive Studios |
| LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga | Disney Interactive Studios |
| Lode Runner | Microsoft Studios |
| Lumines LIVE! | Microsoft Studios |
| Mass Effect | Microsoft Studios |
| Metal Slug 3 | SNK Playmore |
| Metal Slug XX | SNK Playmore |
| Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes | Ubisoft |
| Mirror’s Edge | Electronic Arts |
| Missile Command | Atari |
| Monday Night Combat | Microsoft Studios |
| Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge: Special Edition | Disney Interactive Studios |
| Motocross Madness | Microsoft Studios |
| Ms. Pac-Man | Bandai Namco Games |
| Ms. Splosion Man | Microsoft Studios |
| N+ | Microsoft Studios |
| NBA Jam: On Fire Edition | Electronic Arts |
| NiGHTS into Dreams… | Sega |
| Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising | Codemasters |
| Pac-Man Championship Edition | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| Pac-Man Championship Edition DX | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| Peggle | Popcap Games |
| Perfect Dark | Microsoft Studios |
| Perfect Dark Zero | Microsoft Studios |
| Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds | Mages. |
| Pinball FX | Microsoft Studios |
| Plants vs. Zombies | PopCap Games |
| Portal: Still Alive | Microsoft Studios |
| Prince of Persia Classic | Ubisoft |
| Putty Squad | System 3 Software Limited |
| R-Type Dimensions | Microsoft Studios |
| Rayman 3 HD | Ubisoft |
| Sacred 3 | Deep Silver |
| Sacred Citadel | Deep Silver |
| Sam & Max Save the World | Microsoft Studios |
| Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. (Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Super Hang-On, The Revenge of Shinobi) | Sega |
| Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe (Golden Axe, II, III) | Sega |
| Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World (Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy in Monster World, Monster World IV) | Sega |
| Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage (Streets of Rage, 2, 3) | Sega |
| Shadow Complex | Microsoft Studios |
| Skullgirls | MarvelousAQL |
| Small Arms | Microsoft Studios |
| Sonic CD | Sega |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Sega |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Sega |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Sega |
| Soulcalibur | Namco |
| South Park: The Stick of Truth | Ubisoft |
| Space Giraffe | Microsoft Studios |
| Spelunky | Microsoft Studios |
| Splosion Man | Microsoft Studios |
| Super Meat Boy | Microsoft Studios |
| Supreme Commander 2 | Square Enix |
| Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack | Midnight City |
| The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition | Disney Interactive Studios |
| The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings | CD Projekt RED |
| Ticket to Ride | Microsoft Studios |
| Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas | Ubisoft |
| Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 | Ubisoft |
| Torchlight | Microsoft Studios |
| Toy Soldiers | Microsoft Studios |
| Toy Soldiers: Cold War | Microsoft Studios |
| Tron: Evolution | Disney Interactive Studios |
| Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon | 345 Games Comedy Central |
| Viva Piñata | Microsoft Studios |
| Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise | Microsoft Studios |
| Wolfenstein 3D | Bethesda Softworks |
| Worms 2: Armageddon | Team17 |
| Zuma | Microsoft Studios |
| Zuma’s Revenge | Popcap Games |
December’s Xbox One backwards compatibility highlights
December’s Xbox One backwards compatibility update brings some truly excellent titles to the mix, but here are our favourites from the 16.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The steampunk first person RPG returns with pretty much everything that made the PC original great back in 2000. It’s got a terrific story, a fantastic setting and you can approach the game with all guns blazing or like a stealthy steampunk ninja. Definitely worth playing if you haven’t already.
Spelunky
Science Editor Alan’s favourite game of the past two years, Spelunky is a roguelike platform adventure that’s brutally difficult. There’s an achievement for beating the game in under eight minutes, so in theory it shouldn’t take you too long, except you will die. A lot. Over time, you slowly learn the ‘grammar’ of the game and become better, even though no level is ever identical.
Braid
Another XBLA indie platformer, Braid sees you bending time to change the way each level works to collect all the pieces. Beautiful and thought provoking, if you haven’t sampled Braid’s charms, then now is definitely the time to do so.
What other games join Xbox One’s backwards compatibility in December?
– Doritos Crash Course
– Fable III
– Halo: Reach
– Hydro Thunder
– Kane & Lynch 2
– Motocross Madness
– MS. PAC-MAN
– Peggle
– Portal: Still Alive
– Splosion Man
– Ticket to Ride
– Zuma’s Revenge!
After months of trailers and teasers, Microsoft has rolled out its Windows 10 update for Xbox One. The New Xbox One experience or NXOE was released on 12th November .
Microsoft has tinkered with the Xbox One’s dashboard ever since its release in 2013, but this update represented the biggest change yet. Featuring an all-new look, as well as new functionalities such as the ability to play certain Xbox 360 games, it looks leagues ahead of the OS on the PS4.
How to update your Xbox One dashboard
If you’ve enabled your Xbox One’s Instant-on power mode, it should begin downloading the update automatically – as soon as it’s available. Those using energy-saving mode will need to manually trigger the download process. To do this, simply head to Settings | System | Update now.
Windows 10 on Xbox One
Mimicking the look and feel of Microsoft’s best OS ever, the new dashboard is designed to make navigation faster and slicker when using a controller.
As you’d expect, every single area of the Xbox One experience benefits from the new UI. The Xbox One store looks to be easier to use, and new community features and Game Hubs mean you can see what other players are doing. If you’re not up for playing games, you’ll find that the OneGuide has been overhauled too.
Alongside its new-look menus, Windows 10 for the Xbox One will also allow gamers to access more systems functions without leaving their game. That means it’ll be possible to view notifications and chat to friends, right next to your current session of Gears of War or Forza 6.
If that’s not enough, Microsoft also says the Xbox One will be backwards-compatible with certain Xbox 360 games.
Where’s Cortana?
Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be the most co-operative console yet, so it’s baking Cortana directly into the console’s new OS. Instead of a cut-down version of the digital-assistant, Xbox One’s Cortana looks to be just as intelligent as the one on a PC or Windows Phone.
Early footage of the feature in action shows it answering complex, context-related questions. Want to know which of your friends are online, or even the next quest you have to do? Just ask Cortana. The only catch? Microsoft planned to bundle Cortana with the first version of the new OS, but we’ll have to wait until 2016 before Microsoft’s helper is on the Xbox One.
Although Microsoft’s Xbox One has lagged behind in sales, the console’s new OS should have Sony worried. The PlayStation 4 may be far more popular, with arguably the better game library and a seemingly unbeatable lead, but the Xbox One will soon offer the better user experience. With the release of Windows 10 for Xbox One, the onus will be on Sony to massively overhaul the PS4’s outdated UI.
It appears that, after a number of setbacks, Microsoft has started from scratch and delivered what could well be the benchmark for console operating systems.
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