WorthPlaying writes, "At a Square Enix media event in San Francisco last month we had the opportunity to check out the new Hitman Intro Pack, but that wasn’t the only bit of Hitman news to drop.
When asked about backwards compatibility support for previous Hitman games, both Square Enix’s senior director of PR, Reilly Brennan, and Io-Interactive studio head, Hannes Seifert confirmed that the Xbox 360 version of Hitman: Absolution is coming to Xbox One via the backwards compatibility feature."
When Hitman 3 recently changed its name to Hitman World of Assassination, fans had no idea how meaningful the moment was. On the outside it looked like a simple thing: Hitman 3 would now be known by this name and include levels from Hitman 2 and 3 - the trilogy would all be in one place. But on the inside, at IO Interactive, much more was going on.
You mean destroyed it with this tethered single-player campaign BS... And only the first few levels of the third modern game were on the disc! I'll never support this crap at any price-point! They've lost me as a customer.
The last 10 years of Hitman have been full of highs and lows. And David Bateson and Jane Perry have been there with the series through this eventful decade.
Hitman is, and has been, a remarkable series developed by some of the best. Some are better than others, but every Hitman is challenging and fun.
Sure, there have been some stumbles and fumbles, but always in pursuit of the perfect Hitman game. The most recent trilogy is a masterclass in level design.
We recently came across some strange store activity that could suggest Microsoft is making more games backwards compatible. Now, we've spotted another two Xbox 360 titles on the Microsoft Store with the backwards compatible ID.
I hope to see the Timesplitters series get added to the current backwards compatibility catalogue. Goldeneye -Esque shooters aren’t made anymore.
Silent Hill 2 and 4 would be better titles to add to the BC list the a then Are You Smarter then a 5th Grader First Templar I have never heard of. I am not going out of my way to buy these two titles kind of lazy to add these two titles when all Microsoft has to do is bang on Konami's door to add SH2 and 4. Downpour and Homecoming work so why not add 2 and 4 to the list.
It's too bad we have OG titles like Deathrow and others that haven't been made compatible yet. MS has made a great effort bringing over the majority of their library but 1st gen XBOX titles have fallen through the cracks.
the moral of the story here folks is they brought bc back! yes these titles suck but atleast we know now they are back at it again after alittle hiatus!
Exellent news, wonderful resource. Well done MS.
Always good to know the library is growing.
Man, this year alone we already have Deus Ex, Witcher 2, and leaked RDR, L4D2, Alan Wake American Nightmare, Tekken Tag 2, and now another great X360 games will be coming to BC on XB1.
This is great news and BC is such a great feature to provide gamers with more games and ways to play and adding value to the GwG subscription service. Well done Phil and team.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
Great news even though I already got this game on Steam Cloud.