During the celebration of 20 years of Xbox, Microsoft has revealed a slew of titles approaching backwards compatibility. As announced, more than 70 original Xbox and Xbox 360 games can now be viewed on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
Original Xbox games can be viewed in higher resolution by players, while games from 360 will have improvements with FPS Boost, which increases the frame rate per second of titles to 60 FPS.
Games from the Max Payne franchise appear as highlights among the new titles available in backward compatibility. In addition, heavy franchises started to have more FPS, like all Gears of War, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Dragon Age: Origins, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Dead Space 2 e 3 e Alan Wake.
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Celebrate 20 years of Xbox with the titles that defined it.
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End of backward compatibility
While the addition of several new titles is reason to celebrate, fans will also have to say goodbye to backwards compatibility. It is worth remembering that the games already added will continue to be available, but Xbox revealed that new titles will no longer be added.
Announced in 2015, the service is a great success and greatly pleases the platform's players. Now, after "reaching the limit", Xbox will not bring new games into backwards compatibility.
In a text published on its official website, the company explained the decision.
"While we continue to focus on preserving and improving the art form of games, we have reached the limit of our ability to bring new games into the backwards compatibility catalog due to licensing, legal and technical restrictions. Thank you for being a part of this journey with us."