
Xbox has delivered yet another themed sale promo this week in the form of the 'THQ Nordic & Handy Games Sale', which is currently live alongside Deals with Gold, the Spotlight Sale and last week's ongoing 'Lunar New Year Sale.'
Included in all of these sales promotions are a selection of backwards compatible games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 eras, at a decent discount no less! Keep in mind that if you're interested in Assassin's Creed 3, there's also a better "Remastered" version for Xbox One, while Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier appears to have shut its Xbox 360 servers, so you may not get it to work - even in offline mode.
We've rounded up all of this week's new additions in the table below, and you can also find the ongoing Lunar New Year backwards compatible discounts elsewhere on Pure Xbox:
Game | Sale | Discount |
Assassin’s Creed III (Xbox 360 Version) | Deals With Gold | 70% |
Avatar: TLA: TBE | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Call of Juarez Gunslinger | Deals With Gold | 65% |
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood | Deals With Gold | 50% |
Call of Juarez: The Cartel | Deals With Gold | 80% |
Conan | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Darksiders | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Elements Of Destruction | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Frontlines: Fuel of War | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Full Spectrum Warrior | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Juju | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
MX Unleashed | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
MX vs. ATV Alive | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
MX vs. ATV Reflex | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
MX vs. ATV: Untamed | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory (not available in US) | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Prince of Persia | Deals With Gold | 75% |
Prince of Persia Classic | Deals With Gold | 75% |
Risen | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Risen 2 Dark Waters | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Sacred 2 Fallen Angel | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
SINE MORA | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
SpongeBob SquarePants Truth Or Square | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 70% |
SpongeBob SquarePants Underpants Slam! | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Stuntman Ignition | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
The Outfit | THQ Nordic & Handy Games | 75% |
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 | Deals With Gold | 50% |
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | Deals With Gold | 75% |
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas | Deals With Gold | 75% |
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory | Deals With Gold | 60% |
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent | Deals With Gold | 70% |
Anything from this back compat list you might grab? Let us know in the comments!
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I miss the excitement of waiting for the next batch of BC games to be added and then seeing if you could be the rush to get a second copy cheap before they all whacked the prices up.
Rallisport 1&2, PGR, Buffy, Amped…. Just a few I wish would have been added.
PSA: GHOST RECON FUTURE SOLDIER NO LONGER WORKS.
Unless they've changed it in the past month.
@PushButtons You're right, that slipped our minds. It does actually still work, but you have to set your console to offline mode.
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2022/07/eight-ubisoft-games-are-closing-their-xbox-servers-this-september
@Stocksy I miss that feeling as well. I have a huge collection of original Xbox and 360 games and although I am able to play them on original hardware I would love to have the chance to play them on my Series X. One of the main reasons I am excited about Microsoft buying Activision is the hope that it opens up the door for more backwards compatible games. Quake 4, Wolfenstein, Darkwatch, Soldier of Fortune 2, Transformers WfC/FoC, etc. I have friends who only have a Series X or One and it would be awesome for them to have the opportunity to try these games out!
@FraserG I tried offline mode, disconnected, and other suggestions and it still did not work.
@Mrzoomer Wow. Interesting. Good thought and you're right it does have the potential for more BC games.
@PushButtons Hmm, well that's really sad.
Wasn't supposed to be the case!
@Mrzoomer yeah I have the original two set up but something magical about everything on one console and the boosts helped too.
I would play them way more on BC. It’s just easier
@FraserG Agree. FTR, I only tried on Series X. It may still be functional on Series S, One, or 360. Idk. Let us know if you find out.
@FraserG I stand corrected. It's now functioning on my account on series x. You're correct that you have to "go offline" to get past the title screen. This did not work for me previously I'm certain of that. However, once you get the game running you can switch back to "go online" and it will not boot you out of the game unless you try to change your profile.
Wait so if a game doesn't work, why is it on sale?
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