A new batch of games have been added to the Xbox One’s backward compatibility catalog including Escape Dead Island and Dead Space Ignition. The announcement was made earlier this week by Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb in a Twitter post.
Escape Dead Island is an adventure survival horror game developed by Fat Shark, originally released in 2014 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Dead Space Ignition is an action puzzle game developed by Megatube and Sumo Digital, released in 2010 and launched on the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.
Dead Space Ignition and Escape Dead Island are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today https://t.co/qPMRNs2ZLo pic.twitter.com/A3vV6c32yb
— / Larry Hryb / + 1m (@majornelson) November 15, 2016
In addition, turn-based strategy game Military Madness: Nectaris and side-scrolling shooter Omega Five were also added to the list of backwards compatible games. Military Madness: Nectaris was released in 2009 for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Omega Five debuted in 2008 for the Xbox Live arcade.
Omega Five and Military Madness are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today https://t.co/qPMRNs2ZLo pic.twitter.com/XeW4T1Ol0I
— / Larry Hryb / + 1m (@majornelson) November 17, 2016
In other related news, Skate 3 is also backward compatible as of last week. Currently, the most requested games to be added to the backwards compatibility library include Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Skyrim, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Stay tuned for more games on their way to the Xbox One backward compatibility program. Let us know in the comments what games you’d like to see next.