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Three New Xbox One Backwards Compatible Games Are Out Now

You can now enjoy Far Cry 2 right on your Xbox One.

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It's been a quiet period for new additions to the Xbox One's backwards compatibility library. Following a number of additions in November, Microsoft's BC team took a break for the holidays, leaving us without any new titles for several weeks. Now, the first new releases of the year have arrived, with several more Xbox 360 games now being playable on Xbox One.

There are three new arrivals in all. The most noteworthy of the bunch is Far Cry 2, the excellent open-world first-person shooter. It's joined by another shooter, Sniper Elite V2, and racing game Driver: San Francisco, which is the most recent entry in the Driver series.

All three are now playable on Xbox One. If you own a physical disc, you can simply pop that into the system to begin playing. Digital copies can be found in the Ready to Download area of the My Games and Apps section on the console, or you can buy the games directly through the Xbox Store. As it happens, Far Cry 2 is among the Xbox games on sale this week.

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Nearly 150 games were added to the backwards compatibility list last year, including the first original Xbox games. Those are not expected to be added as frequently as Xbox 360 games; the next batch is due out sometime this spring. There's no set schedule for new Xbox 360 games, but in the past we've typically seen additions come no more than a week apart. For a look at what's already playable, check out our list of all the Xbox One backwards compatible games.

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EA needs to bring the Fight Night games over. Either that or make a current gen Fight Night already!

On a side note...what happened to EA? I actually liked them previous generations. Fight Night, SSX, Def Jam V/FFNY, Burnout, Dead Space, NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, NBA/NFL Street etc.

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@romeothebeast: I agree, they tried to hard to cater to the bro dude UFC meathead crowd.

all the UFC games are flops thus far

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@romeothebeast: man fight night champions was awesome and def jam icon man the memories

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@goku_black96666: You know...I never played Icon. Read bad things about it at the time and had other games to play I guess. Is it worth checking out all these years later? I loved Vendetta and FFNY.

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@romeothebeast: yeah it is definitely worth it in fact i have a sealed copy of def jam fight for newyork and icon

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@romeothebeast: THIS! I am dying for some Fight Night already. Screw all these UFC games!

I don't even care if it's an older game that is BC, just give...me...some...fight...night!!!

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@aross2004: I know right. Fight Night is leagues better than UFC games.

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@legendaryh1tman: I never played it beyond the demo but i do remember it was excellent.

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Keep em comin'!

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NFL BLITZ!!!!!!!!! Come on!!!!!!

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@superklyph: EA has the NFL license dude wtf?

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@legendaryh1tman: EA made the last NFL Blitz game. What are you trying to say?

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@superklyph: LOL yeah sorry about that I was off my meds on that one. 2012 I was in the middle of divorce, my mother died from cancer and I was deploying to Afghanistan. Totally missed that EA bought the franchise and made only one game from it. My bad, had to delete that spastic rant after I did my research on it.

Was hoping I deleted in time because I was soooo sure I was right. Guess even Legends make mistakes.

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about time

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Here's hoping there will be some FC Games with Gold in the future.

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@lionheartssj1: its how I got farcry 2 a few years ago.

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@locke90: Far Cry 2 was never a Games with Gold title.

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@lionheartssj1: I'll toast to that. ?

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Give me Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Jade Empire from the OG Xbox and I'll be one happy bunny!

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@graffitiheart: lol i have both of those too . Buffy was such a cool game. However it plays fine on my 360's so not that worried.

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@graffitiheart: damn buffy the vampire slayer dude you are legand

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