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alanjg007
16-06-2015, 12:15 PM
No need to hang onto that ageing old console anymore – the Xbox One will soon play Xbox 360 games, Microsoft has announced. The games will run natively on the console, and you won't have to pay for the games again if you already own them.

The feature will launch this Christmas. Around 100 games will be available at first, with "hundreds" more coming soon after.

Here's how it works. If you bought the Xbox 360 game online, the version for Xbox One will download as soon as it's available. Then you just start playing. If you bought the physical copy of the game, put the disc into the machine and it'll download to the console so you can get gaming.

You'll also be able to take advantage of new features like the Game DVR, screenshots and game streaming. Bonus!

You can see more info on the Xbox website, (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. and click here (http://compass.xbox.com/assets/c6/4e/c64e1401-e3ed-4e5a-9810-3d0e94e12e7e.pdf?n=xbox-one-backward-compatability-available-games-june-15.pdf) to see a full list of compatible titles. They include Banjo Kazooie, Perfect Dark and Mass Effect, with more coming soon. Developers don't have to do any extra work, just approve their games, so expect a glut of titles coming our way.

The list so far:

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 War

Viva Pi?ata

Viva Pi?ata: TIP

Zuma

EDIT: you can only get play the above games if you already own them and are in the preview program!