E3 2015: Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Announced!

Surely, this announcement made a huge splash this morning at Microsoft’s keynote, so we’ll get straight to the point. First, you must know that to be able to use the backwards compatiblity, you must be an Xbox Live Preview member.

Below is a list of Xbox 360 games ready to be played starting today:

Banjo Kazooie: N n B

Banjo-Kazooie

Banjo-Tooie

BattleBlock Theater

Defense Grid

Geometry Wars Evolved

Hexic HD

Jetpac Refuelled

Kameo

Mass Effect

Perfect Dark

Perfect Dark Zero

Small Arms

Super Meat Boy

Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers: Cold War

Viva Piñata

Viva Piñata: TIP

With the promise that 100 would be playable soon with 300 available before the end of the year, the list is sure to grow. Here’s the word from Microsoft:

The Xbox One Backward Compatibility Beta is available starting June 15 for Xbox preview members. The program will launch broadly in fall 2015.

 

The digital titles that you own and are part of the Back Compat game catalog will automatically show up in the “Ready to Install” section on your Xbox One. For disc-based games that are a part of the Back Compat game catalog, simply insert the disc and the console will begin downloading the game to your hard drive. After the game has finished downloading, you will still need to keep the game disc in the drive to play.

So there you have it! Which title are you looking forward to revisiting?