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If you’ve ever felt the urge to replay early Xbox titles like the Dark perfect series or The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on your phone, rejoice! Microsoft today announced that it is bringing 16 backward-compatible titles from the Xbox 360 and its original console to Xbox Cloud Gaming (the service we used to call xCloud). In many cases, you’ll even be able to continue playing games from your original saves, assuming you send them to the cloud as an Xbox Live Gold subscriber. As usual, you will need to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to access cloud games, and you will only be able to play these titles on Android phones and tablets at this time. (Microsoft is still working on supporting iOS cloud games.)
While the initial selection of older titles isn’t very large, I’m sure many gamers would appreciate being able to dive into the console versions of Fallout: New Vegas and Oversight Ready to go. Microsoft has also added touchscreen controls for Jetpac refueled, Viva Pinata, and TIP Viva Pinata, so they will feel more like real mobile games. It’s unclear how many Game Pass subscribers actually take advantage of cloud gaming, but adding more titles to the service certainly doesn’t hurt. It also puts Microsoft in a stronger position once Xbox cloud games become more widely available on iOS and other devices. In the near future, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Xbox was just another app on smart TVs and set-top boxes.
Here are the backward compatible games for Xbox cloud gaming:
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Banjo-Kazooie
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Banjo-Tooie
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Neon Double Dragon
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Fable II
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Fallout: New Vegas
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Gears of War 2
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Gears of War 3
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Gears of War: Judgment
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Jetpac refueled (touch controls enabled)
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Kameo
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Dark perfect
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Perfect Dark Zero
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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Long live the Piñata (touch controls enabled)
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Viva Piñata: ADVICE (touch controls enabled)
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