Welp, E3 was yesterday, and while Microsoft had what most would categorize as a great show, I wasn’t exactly on board (except for the customized controller thing, We Happy Few and Scalebound) because of the complete lack of BC announcements. I know, focus on new, don’t mention old. But when its something you have been pushing for months, it seems foolish to just forget about it at such a big event. Anyway, that wasn’t even the major disappointment as Skyrim will be getting a re-mastered version rather than be made backwards compatible. All for mod support and a little of that extra green. That crushed me, and there was no announcement that maybe Fallout: New Vegas or Elder Scrolls: Oblivion might be made backwards compatible to make up for any of it. So I didn’t even report that two games would be made free this week which I will detail below.
The official sale list is not out yet so it was up to me to find somebody else who was nice enough to post it. There are only a few BC sales but it’s structured in such a way that makes me think that just maybe we will get a few announcements of BC for some of these very soon (Crysis 2,3 Kingdoms of Amalur, Skate 3). We can only hope. Enjoy your E3 week, kiddoes.
11:00am Edit – For those who need an official link.
Backwards Compatible Sales
Free Games
