All Assassin's Creed Games Are Xbox One Backwards Compatible

Every Xbox One backwards compatibility program.

While Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation are often rivals - and both platforms having their own advantages over another - one of the things that makes the Xbox One stand out, currently, is consumers' ability to play games going back to the original 2001 platform. This meant that gamers could play games like Dragon Age 2 and Crimson Skies. And now, the company has gone a step further to make sure an entire video game franchise is available to players.

Larry Hryb, who works as the Director of Programming for Xbox Live, announced on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, it's exciting that the complete collection of Assassin’s Creed games can now be played on Xbox One.

Assassin’s Creed: Liberation was initially only available for the PlayStation Vita but later was re-released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game follows assassin Aveline de Grandpré and is set during the end of the French and Indian War. When the next generation consoles debuted, Ubisoft gave fans two Assassin’s Creed games; Assassin’s Creed: Unity for new consoles and Assassin’s Creed: Rogue for old consoles. For a while only new Assassin’s Creed games could be played on new consoles, but with Microsoft’s extensive backwards compatibility list, all of the games came to Xbox One with Liberation being the last one to be added. In addition to Liberation, that list includes Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed III, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, and Assassin's Creed: Rogue.

Having backwards compatibility was a great way to get people to a newer console without leaving their past games behind. Unfortunately, the anticipating Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, having the ability to play older Assassin’s Creed games on a new console is still a treat, and it will tide over fans until the new installment hits store shelves later this year.