Assassins Creed III And More Joining Xbox One Backwards Compatibility
Today, Microsoft’s Larry Hyrb revealed some new games that will be joining Xbox Live’s Backwards Compatibility List.
Specifically, one new Xbox 360 game and four new Xbox Live Arcade titles will be available to play on the Xbox One. The most notable title is Assassin’s Creed III, however, you can find the full list below, as well as the price for each title:
Assassin’s Creed III ($19.99)
ilomilo ($4.99)
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond ($9.99)
Shadow Assault/Tenchu ($9.99)
Shinobi ($4.99)
The news came via the following tweet:
Also, Assassin’s Creed III and Matt Hazard: BBB are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today
— Larry Hryb 💬 (@majornelson) May 23, 2017
For those that don’t know: Assassin’s Creed III was released on October 30th, 2012, ilomilo on November 3rd, 2010, Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond on January 6th, 2010, Shadow Assault/Tenchu was released on October 8th, 2008, and Shinobi on June 10th, 2009.
Assassin’s Creed III is a part of Xbox’s Games With Gold this month, so Xbox Live Gold members should be able to download the title for free when it goes live on June 1st, 2017. It will remain free until June 15th, 2017. If you want to check out the full list of Games With Gold for the month of June, you can do so by clicking here.
Currently Xbox One’s Backwards Compatibility List has over 300 titles. You can check out which Xbox 360 titles are available to play on Xbox One, you can do so by clicking here.
