Seemingly out of nowhere, a backwards compatibility update has been unleashed for the Xbox 360. While there are over 80 new games on the list, the ones that catch our eyes are the numerous sports titles and a few of the Xbox's better dungeon crawlers. These include Dungeon & Dragons Heroes, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Hunter: The Reckoning, and The Bard's Tale. Honestly, we could recommend any of those titles for hours of excellent hack and slash action. You can even find quite a few laughs in The Bard's Tale, which stars Cary Elwes and is narrated by the late, great Tony Jay. Another title that has finally made the list is Breakdown, Namco's bold first person experiment. Check out the full list of new titles after the break.
2006 Fifa World Cup Germany
25 to Life
AMF Bowling 2004
Apex
Arena Football
Armed and Dangerous
Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance
Batman Rise of Sin Tzu
Bionicle
Blade II
Blinx: The Timesweeper
Blitz The League
Blood Omen 2
Blowout
Breakdown
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Cabelas Dangerous Hunts 2
Championship Manager 2006
Colin Mcrae Rally 2005
Crime Life: Gang Wars
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
Dungeons& Dragons Heroes
ESPN College Hoops 2k5
ESPN NFL 2k5
Fantastic 4
FIFA 06 Soccer
Fight Night: Round 3
Final Fight: Streetwise
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Freedom Fighters
Freestyle Street Soccer
Future Tactics: The Uprising
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee
Godzilla Save the Earth
Goldeneye Rogue Agent
Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Max'd
High Heat MLB 2004
Hunter: The Reckoning
Indiana Jones And The Emperors Tomb
MLB Slugfest Loaded
MVP Baseball 2003
MVP Baseball 2004
MVP Baseball 2005
Nascar Thunder 2002
Nascar Thunder 2003
NBA 2k3
NBA Ballers
NBA Inside Drive 2002
NBA Street V3
NCAA College Basketball 2k3
NCAA March Madness 2005
NCAA March Madness 2006
NFL 2k2
NFL 2k3
NHL 2005
NHL 2K3
NHL Hitz Pro
Nightcaster: Defeat The Darkness
NTRA Breeders Cup: World Thoroughbred Championships
Playboy The Mansion
RLH Hunt or be Hunted
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
Rocky
Rugby 2006
Shattered Union
Shrek Super Party
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
Starsky & Hutch
Syberia II
Techmo Classic Arcade
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Test Drive
The Bard's Tale
The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
The Guy Game
The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age
Thousand Land
Thrillville
Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers
Turok: Evolution
Van Helsing
WarPath
Worms 3D
Zathura
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
11-27-2007 @ 3:05PM
dvdguy said...
NFL 2K5 ftw!
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11-27-2007 @ 3:06PM
Matt said...
STILL no SSX Tricky?
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11-27-2007 @ 3:06PM
sumsumma said...
no Capcom v. SNK 2 EO, i am inconsolable
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11-27-2007 @ 3:09PM
jkdoug said...
I still haven't been able to play my Destroy All Humans 2 that I got for Christmas... the same one I got my Xbox 360 for and then gave up the old Xbox. I feel guilty about my friend giving me a game I asked for and then me not even being able to play it. Silly me assumed that the backwards compatibility was at least 98%, though!
Hey, I'm just glad to see that they're still working on this!
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11-27-2007 @ 3:09PM
mnemo said...
This is surely in preparation for all these titles being available for download on the Fall Update firmware.
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11-27-2007 @ 3:16PM
mike said...
first off, its a software update not a firmware update second, these will nopt be available to purchase. Theres only around 5 games first available already announced.
11-27-2007 @ 3:12PM
Mitch said...
No "Stranger", no sale!
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11-27-2007 @ 3:14PM
Chase said...
Wow, I never would've thought that The Hunter: Reckoning would be made backwards compatible before X-Men Legends I & II. Oh well, at least I get to add another great X-Box game to my 360 playable list.
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11-27-2007 @ 3:15PM
Matthew Falk said...
wtf?? no chronicles of riddick but i can play nhl 2k3?
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11-27-2007 @ 6:23PM
Blisteringherb said...
Yeah, still no Chronicles of Riddick. WTF is the point if they're not gonna update that one? And yeah, yeah, I know they're coming out with an updated version, but I'll still buy the new one even if they offer updated compatibility with the old one.
11-28-2007 @ 3:17AM
colin said...
pssst.
if it's popular and has online play, it's not a priority. they don't want to put any money into something that draws away from new games' sales and is tapped out as far as profits go.
11-28-2007 @ 3:20AM
colin said...
good to see FNR3 on there though. that may be the first game released on both 360 and xbox thats compatible.
11-27-2007 @ 3:15PM
Urza said...
How ca you guys mention D&D Heroes (terrible), then mention Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance (not bad), but ignore Forgotten Realms Demonstone (better then both!) Tsk tsk tsk. And here I thought Richard new is old games.
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11-27-2007 @ 3:20PM
Tony said...
Come on, add Rallisport Challenge 2 already.
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11-27-2007 @ 3:22PM
Cabal said...
Breakdown has been on the BC since at least the last update...
At least three more of my games will work now since I just sold my old Xbox to a friend.
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11-27-2007 @ 3:26PM
VOS said...
Fuck still no NFS: Hot Pursuit 2!!!
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11-27-2007 @ 3:41PM
Jedijoe9 said...
So I bought Freedom Fighters not too long ago and was disappointed that it was not on the BC list...
Lo and behold, though, my wish has been granted! W00t! Time to shoot me some commies
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11-27-2007 @ 3:43PM
Gamer said...
What?! No capcom vs Snk 2, Marvel vs capcom 2, jedi academy, Omg they are crazy!!! these games alone will get them over half or over more than half a million most likely on the first day of realease.
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11-27-2007 @ 3:44PM
mnemo said...
mike, I didn't want to imply all these titles will be immediately available for download, but if it wasn't for the new firmware with download option, I bet that Microsoft wouldn't bother with backcompat anymore. The firmware will only enable the menus and download stuff. But this way, MS has the backcompat in hand and can select titles for download from a larger catalog.
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11-27-2007 @ 3:45PM
xenocidic said...
what's with the giant photo? lol
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