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BC Deals for the week of May 3rd, 2016

Welp, apparently somebody had heard that most of us are complaining that there weren’t any good backwards compatible sales because this week there were a ton of them this time. Of course, it’s not the Sega titles or Call of Juarez or Sam & Max that I so desperately want, but at least it’s something. For me this week, I’ll be picking up probably D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die and Powerstar Golf on the X1 side. I want to pick up the Pinball tables, but I’ve had quite enough of Star Wars as a theme in Pinball FX. Enjoy.

Pinball FX2 Tables (Remember to download on Xbox 360 first if you want them on both systems)

Star Wars Pinball: The Force Awakens Pack $3.34

Tuesday update: Since Star Wars: Force Unleashed I&II were made Backwards compatible, it is only fitting that we include those sales as well.

It is also worth mentioning that Force Unleashed has two pieces of DLC as well that are not on sale, but since they are only $1 a piece, most people will probably ignore them. One is basically a skin DLC which allows you to play as five other characters including Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. The other one, slightly more important is an adventure called Endor (which has separate achievements too). Basically, all I need to tell you is that you get to dropkick an Ewok. Dropkicking an Ewok for any price (never mind one whole dollar) is worth it in my book. Take care.

Xbox 360 to One BC

Amazon Listing Rumor: SSX & Halo 3: ODST to be added to Backwards Compatibility in June

I try to steer clear of the odd rumors unless there is some meat to them or they have something resembling truth in them. This one has a heavy dose of truth as they are Amazon listings with the cards and printed on them is “Plays on Xbox One”. No big surprises here, these have been asked for plenty of times. Nice to also see them sell digital code cards as well, wish they would do it for more titles along the 360 line.

Games

Never Alone (Xbox One)

A game with heart is a very special thing. A game that can move along an engaging story with the ability to change the player’s feelings from the best of times to something perhaps even worth shedding a tear for. Often times, all of that heart can help to overlook technical issues and things that a game without heart would get scrutinized against. Today’s review is Never Alone, a game with a maximum dose of heart and storytelling. But I would be lying if I didn’t mention the faults of such a heartwarming tale.
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Xbox 360 to One BC

Frogger and Galaga Legions DX added to Backwards Compatibility!!

I missed this one a bit, but with the sizable announcement earlier this week, I wasn’t actively looking. 🙂 Here is the announcement. For those looking for disc copies, Frogger is on Konami Classics Vol 1 disc (and its Galaga Legions on the Namco Museum disc, not DX). If going the digital route, Frogger is a mere $5 game (hasn’t had a sale since 2013), and Galaga Legions DX is $10 (and had a recent sale in March for 70% off!). Enjoy.

Xbox 360 to One BC

Altered Beast, Comix Zone, The Cave, Double Dragon Neon and Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime added to Backwards Compatibility!!!!!

Well, something just told me there would be a BC announcement today on top of everything else. However I was not aware there would be 5 games added to BC. Twitter posts can be found here and here.

Altered Beast – $4.99, and like most Sega Games, it’s cheap enough darn it! Really easy achievements too.

Comix Zone – $4.99, another Sega Game, slightly harder achievements.

The Cave – $14.99, a little more expensive, also from Sega. Has had a sale or two (in the 50% range) as soon as 2014. Much harder on the achievements end since most of them are missable.

Double Dragon Neon – $9.99, I actually own this one and honestly I didn’t think it had much chance of making it as seen in my original posts. It was last on sale in May of 2015 (when I grabbed it) at a mere $2.49. Achievements are very difficult.

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime – $4.99, and not a very good game at all. Achievements aren’t too bad and it last had a sale in 2013, but honestly I still wouldn’t mess with it.

With all of this Sega love again, I really want to see a sale soon, I think it would benefit everybody (I can think of at least 4-5 I would pick up including Altered Beast and Cave). Also, where is Phantasy Star II? Come on!

Xbox 360 to One BC

Games with Gold for May 2016 Announced!

Welp, Games with Gold has been announced and to be frankly honest, it’s rather disappointing. Mostly because I already own Costume Quest 2 and Peggle. That’s supplemented by the fact that I really don’t care about Defense Grid 2 (XB1) or Grid 2 (360). Maybe I’ll give one of those two a try, I doubt it. I got plenty to accomplish in Never Alone and Stranger in Sword City. Also, I want to get back to Borderlands (1 or 2). Enjoy…I guess. 🙂

Xbox 360 to One BC

BC Deals with Gold for the week of April 26th, 2016

Another week, another range of deals and we actually have a couple of BC Deals for once. Hope you like Assassin’s Creed though, because that’s what you are getting. Also, we do get a Pinball FX2 table on sale which is kinda like BC since if you buy the table on your 360, you can import it to your Xbox One for free. I don’t believe I have the Civil War table, so I’ll double check before purchasing. Another freebie worth mentioning but the first Episode of King’s Quest is free on both consoles as well. Not a bad week at all. Hope you enjoy.

BC Deals

Pinball FX2 Tables (remember to download on your Xbox 360 first if you want it on both systems)

Civil War $1.49

Xbox 360 to One BC

Rayman Origins added to Backwards Compatibility!

Sorry, I am a few hours late on this one. Prince died, what the heck do you expect? Seriously sadness only begins to express the feelings I am having right now. A true legend and then some. Anyway, Rayman Origins added to BC. No big surprise there since UBISoft has been pretty good about bringing their titles over. The only question I have for UBISoft at this point is where is Driver: San Francisco? I would ask for Scott Pilgrim as well, but I know licensing issues :/. Oh, one minor note, I will be writing a review for Never Alone on Xbox One in the near future. I know its been out a while, but I’m just getting to it now. Have fun kids.

Xbox 360 to One BC

BC Deals with Gold for the week of April 19th, 2016

Welp, the ole Major has not posted the official deals(8:15AM Edit – Spoke too soon), so we’ll have to do this from a couple of sources:

Xbox One deals -> http://www.icxm.net/x/this-week-deals-with-gold-april-18-2016-coming-today.html

Xbox 360 deals -> http://xbldb.com/current-deals (ends at Lost Planet 2)

As you can tell, there are no BC 360 deals unfortunately. If I was going to play speculation, the Lost Planets and Dragon’s Dogma: DA would be my most likely guesses. While XBLA games tend to get the nod, the ones on sale this week have either Xbox One ports (Strider, Zombie Driver) or very few are asking for them (Duck Tales). I own Duck Tales on disc anyway. I also own the original Dragon’s Dogma which I got for a few dollars at a flea market. Honestly, I would happily upgrade to DA if we got an announcement.

Heck, if Capcom came out and said we were working with Microsoft on BC and mentioned this as one of the titles, I’d probably bite. However, it’s hard to believe when Capcom has only 2 titles of theirs on BC (Dark Void, Age of Booty), but there is the chance. For me this week, I’ll probably just get the Never Alone collection on Xbox One which is a steal at $4.75 including dlc (barring a DD:DA announcement). Enjoy kids.

Xbox 360 to One BC

Doom 3 BFG and Monaco added to Backwards Compatibility!

Welp, we do get another announcement and it’s quite decent. I’m interested to see if Doom 3 loads a little better now than it did in 360 times. I just wish Bethesda (or Microsoft testing) would hurry up with Skyrim. Monaco:What’s Yours is Mine is not a title I am very familiar with but I could be tempted to buy it with a sale (it last had one back in July of 2015, regularly priced @ 14.99). Good stuff.