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Backwards compatibility announced on Xbox One; dig out those Xbox 360 games

16 Jun 2015
Steve Wright

At Microsoft’s press conference, Xbox head Phil Spencer confirmed that the Xbox One will now be backwards compatible.

The Xbox One will now play Xbox 360 games natively – and without extra cost, Spencer said to loud cheers from the Prosumers in the audience.

Mass Effect was shown with Xbox One integration – screenshots, broadcasting and game DVR – built in.

An initial set of backwards compatible titles are now available to Xbox One Preview Program members, while every Xbox One user will have the functionality by this Christmas.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.