Backwards compatible means a new console can play games made for an older one. Here is exactly what plays on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2 in 2026.
XBOX 360
Quick Take: Xbox Game Pass
Early yesterday Microsoft announced their new subscription initiative, the Xbox Game Pass, to the horror of Gamestop investors everywhere. It’s an interesting move for the company, and is clearly building off the wildly successful EA Access program offered on PCs and Xbox Ones. Many are quick to call this program the “Netflix of Gaming”, which is fairly accurate considering the ease of use and the rotating library of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games they plan to...
Preview: Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility on Xbox One
It seems like a lifetime ago when Microsoft announced at E3 2015 that they intended to bring Xbox 360 backwards compatibility to the Xbox One. In reality, it has only been around four months. Since then we’ve seen a multitude of fan excitement around the feature. This should come as no surprise for a nearly 10-year-old console,which has sold 78.2 million consoles to date world-wide. A lot of 360 owners have huge libraries and/or backlogs that may have made the upgrade...
Xbox Ultimate Game Sale Is Live
In more consumer-friendly fashion for the budget conscious, Microsoft, via Major Nelson has announced the “Xbox Ultimate Game Sale” for both Xbox One and Xbox 360 Gold members. The list of items up for grabs range from Destiny DLC to getting Dragon Age Inquisition for 50% off. And while this appears to be geared more to appeal to the Xbox One owners,especially in terms of more recently released titles, 360 users also get a few newer games they can add to their...
Wanna Party Chat With Your 360 Friends? There’s an app, err… emulator, for that.
Following Microsoft’s announcement [during E3] regarding the new and more efficient Xbox One dashboard, many Xbox Preview Members have reported the ability to party chat with their Xbox 360 comrades through the Xbox backwards compatibility feature. User, oraine16 on YouTube posted this video of themselves conducting the party action on the emulator. This comes at no great surprise though as Xbox’s MajorNelson hinted at full Xbox 360 feature support. We...
Microsoft announces Xbox 360 compatibility on Xbox One
Phil Spencer has just blown us all away. Announcing at Microsoft’s E3 conference that you will now be able to natively play any xbox 360 title on the Xbox One. Just put your disc in, download, and play. This is monumental.
Rise of the Tomb Raider gets an E3 Preview
Just a few days ahead of E3 2015, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics has graced us with another preview for their upcoming title “Rise of the Tomb Raider”, sequel to the 2013 franchise reboot. The CGI trailer showcases series protagonist Lara Croft scaling an icy mountain as it shakes apart, only to reach the entrance to a tomb in the rock. She lights a flare, and prepares to continue onward. Narrated by Camilla Luddington, who will reprise her voice acting role...
Major Nelson Confirms: Screenshots Are Not Coming to Xbox 360
With the Xbox One getting droves of new features through the consoles Preview Program, fans are of course left to wonder what to expect now that the Xbox 360 has been given the same program. After going so far as to completely reinvent itself to the world multiples times – from blades, to NXE, to the current “metro” style dashboard – Microsoft has truly evolved the Xbox 360 as well as anyone would of liked. Yet, there’s always more to be wanted...
MUT is Madden
Feat. MUT10 VETS EJnfl24, DJ Mateo, Medusa, MrNICEGUY and Proxytron. Madden Ultimate Team was first available on January 7th 2010 as an update to Madden 10 which came out the previous August. Before EA [Electronic Arts] released MUT on Madden they first tested Ultimate Team on FIFA09, five months after releasing FIFA— similar to the Madden drop mid cycle. Reasoning behind this mid cycle drop was by then players had already started drifting away from the game, as...
Second Titanfall Patch Nerfs Gooser, Players Rejoice
The second Titanfall patch went live today with a ton of fixes, updates and most importantly, the nerfing of the Gooser regen requirement. In case you don’t know, you must complete specific challenges in order to regen in Titanfall (which is much like prestige in CoD). One of the challenges for the level 5 regen was called Gooser. You were expected to kill 50 ejecting pilots in order to proceed to the next gen. This is a difficult task and the community let Respawn...