Microsoft announce that it is adding more than 70 games to its backward compatibility program. The announcement was made during the Xbox 20th anniversary event and mentions that Xbox and Xbox 360 titles will be backward compatible on the new Xbox Series S/X consoles as well as Xbox One and Xbox One X.
The backward compatibility will be available for the entire Max Payne series, F.E.A.R series, Skate series, and many Xbox original titles like Dead or Alive Ultimate, and Star Wars titles.
According to the announcement, 76 games are being added to Microsoft’s Xbox backward compatibility program.
All the games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 will also support Auto HDR on the latest generation of Xbox consoles Xbox Series S or Series X.
The Auto HDR will work only on supported displays.
The latest consoles will also be getting the benefit of FPS Boost and faster load times.
FPS Boost and Auto HDR can be control under the Manage Game section for any title.
Microsoft mentions that Xbox Series X and Xbox One X will render these games at 4 times the original resolution, whereas the Xbox Series S will render them at 3x.
The Xbox One S and the Xbox One will render the games at twice the original resolution.
The 26 games that are already part of the Xbox backward compatibility program will also be getting the FPS Boost feature.
The 76 games adds to the Xbox backward compatibility program became available to play from 15th November 2021, provided the players own the game physically or digitally.
Microsoft also said that a vast majority of the games are vailable to purchase via the Microsoft Store.
The Redmond has listed all the 76 games on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson blog.
Microsoft has also mentioned that the addition of the 76 games is the final update to the Xbox backward compatibility program.
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