Two years ago, Microsoft announced that it was going to put a stop to its backward compatibility program. At the time, there were already a handful of OG Xbox games available to play for newer consoles. Fast forward to today and Microsoft surprised fans for the Xbox's 20th anniversary by announcing 76 more backward compatible games to its library, which will include the entire Max Payne trilogy, several Dead or Alive titles, Skate 2, and many more. Microsoft makes a final update to the backward compatibility program for Xbox Here is a list of all the new backwards compatible games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360.
In an earlier article, we discussed how important backwards compatibility is in video games. Unfortunately, of the three big players in the console market, only Microsoft has put in a large amount of effort towards updating older titles to make them compatible with newer consoles. Case in point, before today, there were already a handful of older Xbox titles that Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X owners could enjoy.
Now, 76 new games will be joining the already expansive list. Peggy Lo, who is the head of the entire program, said in the announcement that this was all made possible "through the passion and feedback from the community." She added that the "constant requests for specific titles and enhanced encouraged the backward compatibility team to partner with the original creators to preserve thousands of games from over four generations of Xbox."