Microsoft announces over 70 new backwards compatible games on Xbox consoles, some with FPS Boost support

Laurent Giret

Microsoft is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Xbox today, and the company has a nice surprise for longtime Xbox fans. Indeed, the company has just announced a new selection of classic Xbox 360 and OG Xbox games that are now backwards compatible on Xbox One and Xbox Series X consoles.
The list of new backwards compatible games includes 76 new games including the Max Payne trilogy, the F.E.A.R. trilogy, the entire Skate franchise, Dead or Alive Ultimate, and more. “This latest and final addition of 70+ titles to the backwards compatibility program was only possible through the passion and feedback from the community,” explains Peggy Lo, compatibility program lead at Xbox.
This final selection of 76 Xbox 360 and OG Xbox games will all support Auto HDR on Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, and the OG Xbox games are also getting an up to 4x resolution boost depending on your console. Moreover, 11 games from the list are also getting FPS Boost support, increasing the framerate from 30FPS to 60FPS on games such as F.E.A.R., F.E.A.R. 3Binary Domainand NIER.

Here’s the full list of the 76 new Xbox backward compatible games Microsoft announced today:

  • 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 
  • TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
  • Toy Story Mania!
  • Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
  • Viva Piñata: Party Animals
  • Warlords

Last but not least, Microsoft has also enabled FPS Boost on 26 games from the existing backwards compatibility catalog, and the list includes the entire Gears of War franchise, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Dragon Age: Origins, Dead Space 2 & 3, Alan Wake and Sonic Generations. Starting today, FPS Boost is also supported on 33 cloud-enabled Xbox One games that were already enhanced on Xbox Series X|S, including Fallout 4, Fallout 76, and The Evil Within 2.