June 20th/2015
Microsoft officially announced at E3 that certain Xbox 360 titles will be backwards-compatible with the Xbox One.
Members of the Xbox Review Program are currently testing all backward-compatible Xbox 360 games.
The backwards compatibility function will be released in future Xbox Ones, starting this year.
The 22 Games currently compatible include:
– A Kingdom for Keflings
– A World of Keflings
– Alien Hominid HD
– Banjo-Kazooie
– Banjo-Tooie
– BattleBlock Theater
– Defense Grid
– Geometry Wars Evolved
– Hexic HD
– Jetpac Refuelled
– Kameo
– Mass Effect
– N+
– Perfect Dark
– Perfect Dark Zero
– Small Arms
– Super Meat Boy
– Toy Soldiers
– Toy Soldiers: Cold WarViva
– PiñataViva Piñata: TIP
– Zuma
The tech-behemoth also added a section called “backwards compatibility” to their Xbox feedback page. This page allows you to vote on which game(s) you may want added to the list. (Although this does not gurentee they will be added).
Its also important to note that the 360 discs do not play natively on the Xbox One; The disc triggers the download of a compatible file that lets you play the game, next gen.
Vote for the game(s) you want added to the ”backwards compatibility” list here: http://xbox.uservoice.com/forums/298503-backwards-compatibility
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