A few months ago I had the pleasure of attending PAX East 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts. While stumbling, near intoxication, through the surreal, neo-arcade wonderland that was the main presentation floor, I found myself in a booth belonging to Wizards of the Coast. In their booth, the Wizards had around a dozen Xbox 360s demoing Duel of the Planeswalkers 2012, the version of the game which was currently on the market. Now, the last time I had played a Magic: The Gathering video games was the 1997 version released by Atari for the PC, Windows 95 if my memory serves me. After a few minutes of having the controller in my hand, I was pleased to see that the series had progressed over the last decade, both in its interface and graphically. Naturally, when I heard that the 2013 version would also be released on iOS, I marked the release date on my calendar.
Carlos writes "2017 was a great year for the Xbox Backwards Compatibility program with many of our favourite 360 games made playable on Xbox One. That said, there are still a ton of highly requested games yet to arrive in the program and with 2018 set to see even more added, it makes sense that the first of the years new additions are now being given the treatment. This past week has seen six new games made backwards compatible, but which ones are worth returning to once more?"
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"Six new games arrive via Backwards Compatibility"
Does anyone not see the funny side to this statement? I do... lol
There's actually 6 shown, there's 3 Magic the gathering games + 3 other games.
Indeed... hahaha... it should be six old games coming to backwards comparability....
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I have one and around 100 og games, but I want to use my Elite controller and games look horrible on my tv with the og. Also streaming is easy and I have all the new features. Let Gamers focus on playing what they want and stop hating
@Unreal,
Are you saying the backwards compatibility team should make a new game? It’s silly to see people making these comments since one does not affect the other. 6 more games are now playable on Xbox One. This is a good thing especially if you are one of the rare individuals that haven’t played every single game that has been released in the past.
@Death
Every penny they spend on this is a penny they could spend on new games. Microsoft doesn't have any open checkbook for the division to waste just because the company is worth billions.
No point, Microsoft stripped the HD modes out of the original Xbox. The games look crap on it now. The backwards compatibility for them on Xbox one is very welcome. They look amazingly crisp.
I love backwards compatibility. Lately I've been playing through the Mass Effect Trilogy, and I've also been playing Burnout Paradise, which I love. I'm hoping that they make GRAW1 backwards compatible, since I never got to play the 360 version of the game, which was the only good version made. The PC and PS2 versions of GRAW1 sucked bad.
There are many younger gamers who have never experienced many of the older games from the last two generations, so it would be great for those people to experience some of the great games of the past. Personally, despite the graphics obviously not being as good a current gen games, I think the games from last gen were much better than what we've been getting this generation by far.
Don't get me wrong, there are some great games this gen, but there was just a lot more interesting things going on last gen. As an example, EA was actually making lots of great great games last gen, but this gen things have been disappointing with them to say the least.
Unreal..but does the OG Xbox play Ninja Gaiden Black at native 1080p on the XB1 or native 4k like on the X? 🤔
Let the man decides for himself just like Xbox fans don't go around and tell PS4 gamers to use their PS2 to play Shadow of Colossus instead of spending $40 on the 2nd HD remake on PS4.
I just love that I only need 1 box to rule them all. Get the X and play the best versions of all xbox generations of games. Its a nobrainer why people like BC
Nope! I wish they did.. I'm waiting for Dante's Inferno, Castlevania 1 & Max Payne 3 to be BC one day.
Ya me too, I just wish MS would add 4K support for other 360 BC games besides Halo 3, Mirrors Edge, Oblivion etc.
I love the Sniper elite series & V2 is a great game & as I still have my 360 copy I'm good to go. Great news & it's free for me too.
Games, escapism, and dealing with loss.
Examiner's David Leavitt writes: "A recent accident left me without the use of fingers in my right hand. An even more devastating consequence than the damage to my body was that done to my soul. I'd lost the most important person in my life. Marjorie was more than just a lover to me: She was my best friend, confidant, inspirational muse and other half."
Impulse Gamer - Well, another year has passed and another edition of Magic's Duels of the Planeswalkers franchise has appeared – a less tongue-twisting title is not among the updates and new additions. So what is new, you might ask? Well, the big news is the Sealed Mode... but we'll get to that. First, a rundown of Duels of the Planeswalkers (DotP from here on, to appease the gods of brevity) itself, and how it relates to the card game.
