Halo Infinite Multiplayer Available Now Alongside New Backward Compatibility Titles

Written by Brandon Hofer on November 15, 2021

News: Microsoft’s 20th Anniversary stream revealed some anticipated titles finally arriving in backward compatibility along with some Halo updates.

Update: Microsoft has pushed the update to Xbox consoles. It should be available for you to download now. Once downloaded, if you get an error message while trying to load the Halo Infinite multiplayer, restart your console and then everything should work.

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Microsoft just held their 20th Anniversary stream for Xbox celebrating everything that has happened over the last two decades. The revealed that the Halo television series will finally launch on Paramount+ in 2022. They also revealed a sizable addition to the backward compatibility library. Beginning today there are more than 70 new titles available via backward compatibility. In addition, there are over 30 new games that are receiving the FPS Boost treatment and will run better than ever. You can check out the list for these games below.

Microsoft also talked a little bit about Halo Infinite. The game’s official launch is still December 8th, however, you can jump in and play the Halo Infinite beta right now. The beta will roll right into the final retail product in December though so for all intents and purposes, Halo Infinite multiplayer has just been made available three weeks early. As of the time this story was posted, the update has not been pushed to Xbox. You can download the Halo Infinite MP file on Xbox but it is only 282 MB at the moment. The full update should be available at any moment so people can download it and jump into Halo Infinite multiplayer.

Before the launch of the Xbox Series X|S, Microsoft announced they were taking a step back from the backward compatibility program. That made sense at the time because they wanted all of their focus to be on a successful launch of their new consoles. Global supply shortages notwithstanding, 2021 has been a very successful year for the Xbox Series X|S. Now at the 20th Anniversary of Xbox (and the one year anniversary of Xbox Series X|S), they have released a long list of backward compatible titles you can play, which you can see below.

Newly Added Backward Compatible Games

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

Aces of the Galaxy

Advent Rising

Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Make the Grade

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth

Bankshot Billiards 2

Beautiful Katamari

Binary Domain

Black College Football Xperience: Doug Williams Ed

Cloning Clyde

Conan

Darwinia+

Dead or Alive Ultimate

Dead or Alive 3

Dead or Alive 4

Death by Cube

Disney Universe

Disney's Chicken Little

Elements of Destruction

F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

F.E.A.R. 3

F.E.A.R. Files

The First Templar

Gladius

Gunvalkyrie

Islands of Wakfu

LEGO The Lord of the Rings

Manhunt

Max Payne

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Max Payne 3

MINI NINJAS

Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

MX vs. ATV Alive

MX vs. ATV Untamed

NIER

Novadrome

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad

Otogi: Myth of Demons

Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors

The Outfit

Outpost Kaloki X

Quake Arena Arcade

R.A.W. - Realms of Ancient War

Red Dead Revolver

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Ridge Racer 6

Rio

Risen

Risen 2: Dark Waters

Rock of Ages

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Scramble

Screwjumper!

Secret Weapons Over Normandy

Skate 2

SpongeBob SquarePants Underpants Slam!

SpongeBob's Truth or Square

STAR WARS Starfighter: Special Edition

STAR WARS: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

STAR WARS: The Clone Wars

STAR WARS Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Switchball

Thrillville

Thrillville: Off the Rails

Time Pilot

TimeSplitters 2

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

Toy Story Mania!

Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment

Viva Piñata: Party Animals

Warlords

In addition to those games being added to the backward compatibility library, the following titles are being added to the FPS Boost category. For those unfamiliar with the FPS Boost feature, it is basically Microsoft improving games so that they run and look better than ever before and they even run better than they did on their native hardware when they were originally released. The new games being added to the FPS Boost category include the following:

Alan Wake

Assassin's Creed

Binary Domain

Black College Football Xperience: Doug Williams Ed

Darksiders

Dead Space 2

Dead Space 3

Disney's Chicken LIttle

Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age II

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R. 3

Fable Anniversary

Fable III

Fallout 3

Fallout: New Vegas

Far Cry 3

Final Fantasy XIII-2

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Gears of War

Gears of War 2

Gears of War 3

Gears of War: Judgment

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

Kameo: Elements of Power

LEGO The Lord of the Rings

Medal of Honor: Airborne

Mirror's Edge

NIER

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Rock of Ages

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Sonic Generations

Sonic Unleashed

STAR WARS: The Clone Wars

Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment

What do you think of this list? Which game are you most excited to see added to the Backward Compatibility list? Which game will you play first from the new FPS Boost list? Tell us in the comments below.