January’s Xbox One backward compatible games to be announced soon

As we approach the mid-way point of January, fans are wondering when we can expect this month's batch of new Xbox One backward compatible games to arrive. If a tweet by Xbox boss Phil Spencer is any indication, soon.

Answering a fan on social media, Phil Spencer said Xbox engineers are making the final pass on a few of the Xbox 360 games, and that the full list of backward compatible games will arrive shortly.

Backward compatibility functionality arrived on the Xbox One back in November alongside the New Xbox One Experience. 104 Xbox 360 games were initially made available for free, with 16 additional titels added in December, including Fable III and Halo: Reach.

Of course, there's still a huge backlog of Xbox 360 games, Xbox One system owners want to play on their new console. The top-five most requested games are Call of Duty: Black Ops II (141,048 votes), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (128,444) votes, Red Dead Redemption (123,264 votes), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (113,175 votes), and Call of Duty: Black Ops (94,630). Of the top five games mentioned, only Black Ops has been officially announced as an upcoming title for Xbox One backward compatibility.