Last month, the Xbox One Backward Compatibility catalog reached a new milestone with more than 300 Xbox 360 games becoming playable on the Xbox one, but the Xbox team will continue to add more backward compatible games this year. Indeed, Xbox’s Major Nelson has just announced that seven more games have just been added to the list including: Strania: The Stella Machina, The Splatters, Scrap Metal, Ghostbusters, Dragon Age Origins, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3.
Strania, The Splatters, Scrap Metal and Ghostbusters are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today https://t.co/qPMRNrLoTQ pic.twitter.com/EWXYgIfYzJ
— Larry Hryb ????✨ (@majornelson) January 10, 2017
If you’re not familiar with these games, we’ve added the official descriptions below, though please note that Battlefield 3 is not available to purchase on the Xbox Store as of today.
Strania: The Stella Machina ($9.99)
Reminiscent of nostalgic arcade games from the 1980s, XBox LIVE Arcade delivers an authentic robot shoot’em up with Strania. Incorporating strategic decision-making with the exhilarating action that defines the genre, Strania offers a dynamic game system and features dramatic effects plus a catchy soundtrack. Get ready for some hot arcade action as we’re bringing back true hardcore arcade gameplay!
The Splatters ($9.99)
The Splatters are acrobatic masters with a unique death wish – to blow themselves up with style! In this award winning action-puzzler, you will unlock and master a variety of stunts to clear out each stage in the most show-stopping way possible. It’s a messy, vibrant show of skill and splattery destruction. Life’s short. DIE WITH STYLE.”
Scrap Metal ($14.99)
Drift around corners with guns blazing and take out legendary competitors in this fast-paced, top-down racing game. Fight your way through explosive, action-packed missions and defeat cunning bosses to add their vehicles to your garage. Customize your newly-acquired cars and then return to the track to blast through more enemies. Jump online with Xbox LIVE to race against your friends and crush their cars with the wheels of your monster truck in pulse-pounding online multiplayer matches.
Ghostbusters ($14.99)
Join the Ghostbusters in an all new adventure penned by the film’s original creators. The classic cast is back in the newest installment of the Ghostbusters saga. Strap on your proton pack and get ready for action, the Ghostbusters are back! A mysterious force is opening cross dimensional portals into a terrifying alternate dimension, and an all new a horde of supernatural terrors is pouring through to unleash their wrath on the big apple. It’s up to the Ghostbusters to drive this threat back, and follow this evil to its extra-dimensional source deep in the Ghost World. As the Ghostbusters new “experimental equipment technician” you will equip a variety of new weapons and gadgets, from the explosive Shock Blaster to the sneaky Slime Tether. It will take brains, quick reflexes and guts to track, wrangle and trap the toughest ghosts in the underworld. When there’s something strange in your neighborhood … Who you gonna Call?”
Dragon Age Origins ($14.99)
From the makers of Mass Effect comes the dark fantasy epic: You are a Grey Warden, one of the last of a legendary order of guardians. With the return of mankind’s ancient foe and the kingdom engulfed in civil war, you have been chosen by fate to unite the shattered lands and slay the archdemon once and for all. Immerse yourself in a shattered world on the brink of annihilation; Experience complex moral decisions that have game-changing consequences; Sculpt your hero in your own image or fantasy; Engage in bone-crushing, visceral combat against massive and terrifying creatures.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ($19.99)
Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2 brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of Xbox 360 console with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected “Battlefield moments.” New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics on the Battlefield. With the Frostbite-enabled Destruction 2.0 system, you can take down entire buildings and create your own fire points by blasting holes through cover. You can also compete in four-player teams in two squad-only game modes, fighting together to unlock exclusive awards and achievements. Battles are set across expansive maps, each with a different tactical focus. The game also sees the return of the B Company squad in a more mature single-player campaign.
Battlefield 3
Battlefield 3 leaps ahead of the competition with the power of Frostbite™ 2, the next installment of DICE’s cutting-edge game engine. This state-of-the-art technology is the foundation on which Battlefield 3 is built, delivering superior visual quality, a grand sense of scale, massive destruction, dynamic audio and incredibly lifelike character animations. As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before. In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer actions ranging across diverse locations from around the globe including Paris, Tehran and New York.
Are you happy to see those games being added to the growing Xbox One Backward Compatibility catalog? Let us know what do you think of these latest additions in the comments below.
