The Backward Compatibility list for Xbox 360 started out with just 104 games back in November last year. Now it is currently standing at 210, with eight games added just a few days ago. However, there are a few more that gamers are asking for, and "Call of Duty Black Ops II" is at the top of the list.
Xbox One and Xbox 360 fans can play eight more games that were recently added to the Backward Compatibility list, namely "Fallout: New Vegas," "Comic Jumper," "Crystal Quest," "Joe Danger Special Edition," "Blood Knights," "Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara," "I Am Alive" and "Red Faction: Battlegrounds."
Meanwhile, according to a poll on Xbox Feedback, the top three most requested games that fans want to be included on the list are "Call of Duty Black Ops II," with a total of 177,442 votes; "Skyrim" with 161,667; and "Red Dead Redemption" with 145,853. Now, even if a game has a lot of requests, it doesn't necessarily mean that it will be available. Game publishers do have the final word since it is their game. The poll is simply a guide for Microsoft on which Xbox 360 games to pursue since there are a lot of them out there
"Call of Duty: Black Ops" is now on the Backward Compatibility list, so there is a big chance that fans might get the second game of the series. Microsoft and Activision might already be on the table discussing things, though, no specifics are available for the time being. With regards to "Skyrim," there is a slim chance that the game will be included on the roster as Bethesda announced a special edition of it coming to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One during the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016.
Fans hoping for "Red Dead Redemption" may never get their hands on it because of licensing issues. Game Rant reported previously that Richard Irving, Microsoft's group program manager, explained the reason behind the game not making it to the list.
He said, "After the technological breakthrough that got backwards compatibility working, the next step was to figure out how to license all this content, originally released on Xbox 360, for Xbox One. Publishers have cut very specific deals on some of that content."
Fans can expect more games to join the list in the months to come.
