{"id":1115577,"date":"2026-07-28T05:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1115577\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T05:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:54:35","slug":"10-games-wed-love-to-see-added-to-xbox-backwards-compatibility-on-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1115577\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Games We’d Love To See Added To Xbox Backwards Compatibility On PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’re still feeling the hype of the Xbox backwards compatibility announcement for PC<\/a> earlier this week, and it’s got us thinking about all the games we’d love to play on PC natively from Xbox’s back catalogue in the future!<\/p>\n

It’s not just us, either – the folks over at Xbox Game Preservation<\/a> have added a new way to vote on PC games for backwards compatibility, and Xbox fans appear to be favouring certain titles and franchises in particular so far.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at how the voting stands on there right now:<\/p>\n

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  1. Fable 2<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Banjo-Kazooie<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Banjo-Tooie<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Fable 3<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Sonic Unleashed<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Gears of War 2<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. Gears of War 3<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Lost Odyssey<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Ninja Gaiden Black<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It goes without saying that we’re desperate to see games like Fable 2<\/a>, Fable 3<\/a>, Banjo-Kazooie<\/a>, Gears of War 2<\/a> and Gears 3<\/a> on PC – all of which have never received a native PC port. It’s surely going to happen!<\/p>\n

    For the purposes of the following list though, we’re going to highlight just gone game from each franchise that we’d love to see added to Xbox backwards compatibility on PC, and we’re only going to restrict this to games that already have backwards compatibility support on consoles – they just seem the most likely candidates as things stand.<\/p>\n

    Let’s take a closer look at 10 of our most wishlisted PC titles for back compat!<\/p>\n

    \"Fable\"Fable<\/a><\/p>\n

    Publisher: Microsoft<\/strong> \/ Developer: Lionhead Studios<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Release Date: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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    Download Fable II, the best-selling action role-playing game, in which you take on the role of a Hero in the fully realised land of Albion. Play through an epic story, become the world\u2019s greatest fighter, gunslinger or mage. Explore dozens of open, unique environments with your faithful dog. Make friends, fall in love and start a family. Meet hundreds of characters and face some very tough decisions. In Fable II, everything you do has a consequence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    \"Gears\"Gears<\/a><\/p>\n

    Publisher: Xbox Game Studios<\/strong> \/ Developer: Epic Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Release Date: 7th Nov 2008 (USA)<\/strong>Available On: Xbox Game Pass<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Winter approaches. War rages on. Entire cities are sinking, swallowed by a new threat from below. Soon humanity will have nothing left to defend. Only one option remains: an all-out attack on the Locust Horde.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    \"Skate\"Skate<\/a><\/p>\n

    Publisher: Electronic Arts<\/strong> \/ Developer: EA Black Box<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Release Date: 11th May 2010 (USA)<\/strong> \/ 14th May 2010 (UK\/EU)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Get ready to team up and throw down as you build your own customized dream team to shred the streets, parks, and plazas and change the face of the city. New tricks, improved off-board actions, and gnarly Hall of Meat carnage mixed with exciting new team-based game modes take SKATE 3 to a new level of skateboarding fun.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    \"Lost\"Lost<\/a><\/p>\n

    Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios<\/strong> \/ Developer: Mistwalker<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Release Date: 1st Jan 2008 (USA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Hironobu Sakaguchi of Mistwalker brings together the talents of Takehiko Inoue, Kiyoshi Shigematsu, and Nobuo Uematsu to present the next generation RPG, Lost Odyssey.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    \"TimeSplitters\"TimeSplitters<\/a><\/p>\n

    Publisher: Eidos Interactive<\/strong> \/ Developer: Free Radical Design<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Release Date: 9th Oct 2002 (USA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    TimeSplitters 2 is an adrenalised race through time to save man’s future from the grasp of a hideous alien race. In control of a space marine who has infiltrated their ship on the edge of space and time, leap into periods of past and future history, track down and eliminate the TimeSplitters and their diabolical attempts to enslave humankind!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    \"Banjo-Kazooie\"Banjo-Kazooie<\/a><\/p>\n

    Publisher: Microsoft Studios<\/strong> \/ Developer: 4J Studios<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Release Date: 11th Jan 2010 (USA)<\/strong> \/ 11th Jan 2010 (UK\/EU)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    The bear and bird’s first ever outing available in full. Loads of rollicking fun to be had here and with the legendary Stop N Swop feature reinstated. You\u2019ll never look the same again at a jigsaw.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    \"Burnout\"Burnout<\/a><\/p>\n

    Publisher: EA<\/strong> \/ Developer: Criterion Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Release Date: 7th Mar 2006 (USA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    This time it\u2019s not about winning. It\u2019s about total domination and an utter disregard for the rules of the road. Burnout\u2122 Revenge launches you into the fastest, most dangerous racer on the road. Exact revenge on rush hour traffic, vindictive rival racers, and everything else that gets between you and the finish line. This time it\u2019s personal. This time it\u2019s about revenge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    \"Ninja\"Ninja<\/a><\/p>\n

    Publisher: Tecmo<\/strong> \/ Developer: Team Ninja<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Release Date: 20th Sep 2005 (USA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Ninja Gaiden, the critically acclaimed cut-and-slash action game, took the action genre by storm with its unique and innovative gameplay, killer story, and mind-blowing graphics.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    \"Blue\"Blue<\/a><\/p>\n

    Publisher: Microsoft<\/strong> \/ Developer: Mistwalker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Hironobu Sakaguchi, the Father of the Final Fantasy series, and Artoon present the world of Blue Dragon on Xbox 360. Featuring the character design of Akira Toriyama, the Father of “Dragon Ball Z”, and music by Nobuo Uematsu, the composer for Final Fantasy, Blue Dragon is an epic role-playing game (RPG) centered on five youngsters who possess miraculous strength and magical power to control shadow creatures that mirror the actions of their masters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    \"SSX\"SSX<\/a><\/p>\n

    Publisher: EA Sports BIG<\/strong> \/ Developer: EA Vancouver<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Release Date: 20th Oct 2003 (USA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Life begins at the summit of the first peak, where a daunting mountain awaits you\u2014ride it \u2026 explore it \u2026 beat it! Featuring all-new freestyle events and racecourses, jaw-dropping tricks, and a cast of cool customizable characters, SSX 3 is yours to conquer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    There are obviously tons of potential candidates for Xbox backwards compatibility on PC, and we’d love to hear about your wishlist down below. Is there anything you’re desperate to play this way? Let us know in the comments section!<\/p>\n

    What do you think is coming next to PC back compat? Give us your predictions below.<\/p>\n

    \"Fraser<\/p>\n

    Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We’re still feeling the hype of the Xbox backwards compatibility announcement for PC earlier this week, and it’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1115578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[17537,126,546,53,16,15,289],"class_list":["post-1115577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-backwards-compatibility","tag-features","tag-pc","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-xbox"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1115578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}