Xbox One Backwards Compatibility List News Update: 3 More Xbox 360 Games Added

October 5th, 2016 Phil Williams Gaming, Microsoft, News 2 comments

The lineup of Xbox 360 games playable on Xbox One by way of backwards compatibility continues to grow. Microsoft today released three new games into the catalog.

As announced on Twitter by Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, new additions to the program today include Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed,Puzzle Quest Galactrix, and Puzzle Quest 2.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Puzzle Quest Galactrix & PQ 2
are coming to Xbox One Back Compat today https://t.co/qPMRNs2ZLo pic.twitter.com/RYD0A467cm
— Larry Hryb @ E3 (@majornelson) October 4, 2016

If you already own (or decide to buy) these games, they’ll show up in the Ready to Download area of the My Games and Apps section on your Xbox One. You can download and play them like any other game.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed was voted to be included in the Backwards Compatibility by over 5,000 gamers, while Puzzle Quest Galactrix received just under 500 and Puzzle Quest 2 1,200.

The original Xbox 360 description of the game from SEGA reads: “Race as Sonic and a host of legendary All-Stars and prepare to transform.“Speed across land, sea and air in a high velocity battle to the finish line, as your amazing transformable vehicle changes from car to boat to plane mid-race.”

As for file sizes for these games, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed takes up 4.64 GB, Puzzle Quest Galactrix takes up 287.42 MB and Puzzle Quest 2 takes up 410.57 MB.

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