Xbox added 70 backward compatible games, and a lot of favorites are here

Beautiful Katamari, F.E.A.R., Dead or Alive Ultimate, Max Payne, NieR, Skate 2, Jedi Outcast, Otogi, and TimeSplitters 2, among many others

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One of the best parts of modern-day Xbox gaming has been the commitment to legacy games, and today, we’ve got a ton of new (old!) games to revisit from the Xbox and Xbox 360 days. Announced during the laid-back Xbox 20th anniversary stream, Microsoft is rolling out over 70 backward-compatible games on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

Fans were hoping for some more movement in Xbox’s backward compatibility program, and I’d say this is it. It really felt like they were saving ’em up for one final wave.

Courtesy of The Verge, here’s the list of backward compatible games coming to Xbox platforms today. You just need your original disc or a digital copy to play them.

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
Aces of the Galaxy
Advent Rising
Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Make the Grade
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth

Bankshot Billiards 2
Beautiful Katamari
Binary Domain
Black College Football Xperience: Doug Williams Ed
Cloning Clyde
Conan
Darwinia+
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead or Alive 3
Dead or Alive 4
Death by Cube
Disney Universe

Disney’s Chicken Little
Elements of Destruction
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 3
F.E.A.R. Files
The First Templar
Gladius
Gunvalkyrie
Islands of Wakfu
Lego The Lord of the Rings
Manhunt

Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Max Payne 3
Mini Ninjas
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
MX vs. ATV Alive
MX vs. ATV Untamed
NieR
Novadrome
Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee
Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad

Otogi: Myth of Demons
Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
The Outfit
Outpost Kaloki X
Quake Arena Arcade
R.A.W. – Realms of Ancient War
Red Dead Revolver
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Ridge Racer 6
Rio
Risen
Risen 2: Dark Waters

Rock of Ages
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
Scramble
Screwjumper!
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Skate 2
SpongeBob SquarePants Underpants Slam!
SpongeBob’s Truth or Square
Star Wars Starfighter: Special Edition
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Switchball
Thrillville
Thrillville: Off the Rails
Time Pilot
TimeSplitters 2
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Toy Story Mania!
Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
Viva Piñata: Party Animals
Warlords

Everything on the list today supports optional Auto HDR on Xbox Series X/S, some of the “new” games like NieR, Binary Domain, and F.E.A.R. have FPS Boost, and 26 games from the existing lineup are also getting FPS Boost — Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Dead Space 2, Sonic Generations, and Dragon Age: Origins among them.

As a reminder, original Xbox games will have a resolution bump: a 2x increase on Xbox One S and Xbox One, 3x on Xbox Series S, and 4x on Xbox One X and Xbox Series X.

“Your constant requests for specific titles and enhancements encouraged the Backwards Compatibility team to partner with the original creators to preserve thousands of games from over four generations of Xbox,” said compatibility program lead Peggy Lo. “While we continue to stay focused on preserving and enhancing the art form of games, we have reached the limit of our ability to bring new games to the catalog from the past due to licensing, legal and technical constraints. Thank you for being part of this journey with us.”

So, it’s a bit of a bittersweet note. I’m stoked to see a lot of these fan-favorite names — for my part, it doesn’t get much better than TimeSplitters 2 and Future Perfect— and I hope Microsoft was able to check off a few of your wishlist items too with this last batch.

As for the games getting FPS Boost today, I’m excited about Kameo, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (the GOAT), and the Gears of War series. I want to replay them all.

Here’s the list of backward-compatible games getting a higher frame rate on Xbox Series X/S today (via The Verge), and a reminder: you can toggle FPS Boost by selecting “Manage Game” (with the Menu button) on an individual title to find its compatibility options.