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Microsoft has continued to roll out its new Xbox 360 emulation layer for the Xbox One, with support for another 16 games dropping today as an early on Christmas present. The new titles contains some significant hits and a few duds, but information technology's a solid expansion of the existing library. We've added average Metacritic scores for each championship. The list is every bit follows:

Braid (93)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (89)
Doritos Crash Class (74)
Fable III (fourscore)
Halo: Reach (91)
Hydro Thunder (75)
Atomic number 26 Brigade (82)
Kane & Lynch ii (63)
Motocross Madness (73)
MS.PAC-Human (unrated)
Peggle (89)
Portal: Still Alive (ninety)
Spelunky (87)
Splosion Human being (84)
Ticket to Ride (seventy)
Zuma'due south Revenge! (76)

Call up: You all the same need to ain any game you desire to play through emulation, either by downloading it from the Xbox One's digital marketplace, or by buying a concrete copy. The Xbox One tin can read Xbox 360 discs, then at that place's no problem with taking either approach.

Reports on game performance accept varied from title to title, simply the emulation layer is capable of delivering impressive results. Digital Foundry tested Fallout 3 on the Xbox One and reported that "there's really a adequately compelling argument that Fallout three could be one of those rare titles that produces an improved experience on Xbox Ane. We noted a number of instances of the Xbox 360 version stuttering equally we traversed the wasteland and roamed the town of Megaton, while in similar-for-like situations, the Xbox 1 game seemed unaffected."

Extending this emulation arroyo for the long term could solve the orphaned console problem, at to the lowest degree for Microsoft. The Xbox 360's backwards compatibility with the original Xbox was striking-and-miss and Sony has no plans to implement backwards compatibility with the PS3 as part of the PS4. (There are some significant technical reasons why this may not be possible, mostly related to the Cell processor'due south unusual architecture). Sony has brought some early PS2 emulation to the PS4, but hasn't promoted its efforts as aggressively as Microsoft.

The nearly mutual method of achieving backwards compatibility with new console hardware has been to integrate old hardware directly into a new chassis. By preserving purchases across a digital library, maintaining disc compatibility, and offer strong emulation back up, future Microsoft consoles could maintain significant library support from Day one — particularly if MS sticks with x86 processors and AMD-based hardware for futurity panel generations. The company besides claims to be listening to histrion feedback on which titles to emulate next, and then if you've got a particular favorite, visit XboxUserVoice and vote for information technology.