The latest batch of Xbox One backward compatible became available today, and as a pleasant surprise Microsoft announced The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings will not only be available, but free to Xbox One and 360 owners in select regions (until Feb. 5).
But that's not the only exciting news that was announced today. Microsoft frontman Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb also revealed Microsoft will be changing the way in which backward compatible games are released for Xbox One.
Rather than waiting until a set monthly launch date to reveal and release a fresh batch of titles, Microsoft will instead release backward compatible games as they become ready and available.
"What this means for you is that you won’t have to wait to find out the latest titles; we’ll release whatever is available, when they’re available, once each title has received the engineering and publisher stamp of approval," Larry Hryb said.
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.
