When the Xbox 360 store officially closed forever back in July, one of the games that went with it was Activision's 2010 FPS Singularity, which unfortunately has never been made backwards compatible for modern consoles.
However, out of the blue this week, the game was suddenly relisted on the Microsoft Store - the catch being that it's only the PC version as things stand. It's available to buy for £14.99 / $29.99, with the release date listed as September 12th.
This has naturally piqued the curiosity of a lot of Xbox fans, who are wondering whether a potential new addition to backwards compatibility on Xbox could be in the works. We haven't seen any titles getting added to the BC library since way back in November 2021, but now that Microsoft owns Activision, there's potential for it to happen.
We've seen these kinds of relistings in the past and they often hint at an upcoming addition to Xbox Game Pass, so perhaps Singularity is just getting prepared for a PC launch on that service. We'll be keeping our fingers crossed that it might make its way to Xbox as well though - it's been far too long since we got a new backwards compatible title!
Do you think we might see Singularity entered into the BC program soon? Let us know down below.
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Calling it a relisting isn't accurate. It's a new listing of a new version. The headline reads as if the 360 version has been relisted
It has no achievements, a shame, I would have gladly played it again to unlock them.
Space marine 1 on Xbox One / series please?
Nice. I never played this back in the day, so I will definitely give it a go if it drops onto Game Pass.
Backwards compatibility and FPS boost were major advantages the SeriesX had over PS5. I wonder if it will be back when next Xbox console releases.
@everynowandben I can't speak to how it holds up now, since I haven't played it since 2010, but I really enjoyed it at the time. It's like a mix of the time-phasing mission from Titanfall 2 and a load of cool time powers like stopping missiles mid-air and sending them back to their rightful owners.
Fortunately I have Space Marine 1 on disc, @Stamnoso. Twas a very good game...
I really enjoyed Singularity when it first came out, and am fortunate enough to still have the disc for the 360 version, and also own it on Steam. I was always hoping there would be a sequel to the game, but obviously that never happened.
Has anyone played it recently on the Xbox? I'm curious how it holds up today...
@cardcrusher29
basically the only reason i bought one. gutted when it ended.
Delighful news. I hope Singularity is made backwards compatible, along with Quake 4 and Wolfenstein.
@MrList Same. If I knew there were gonna cut it the year I'd bought one I wouldn't have bothered.
There's quite a lot they could relist very soon. It's odd they haven't yet, and why some Bethesda games are still not listed.
I hope there’s more Backwards compatibility in the future especially with Activision games
But I bought Singularity on sale from either GOG or Steam earlier this year...
I don't think they'll make backwards and relist a ton of Activision games... that'd make too much money and earn them some actual goodwill.
I hope so I want to play Singularity but don't have a copy yet. Got Prototype 2 ready for the Xbox One, might as well continue from my early start on 360 instead then.
Got to say I assume it's a low storage thing the current issues I have with mine as with the latest firmware or the laser my 360 games won't work and say nah can't read it/launch this. Low storage I assume is the case but otherwise I never had that issue prior and I have 12.5GB space left. I can this work with lower then that and it still would respond with 'not enough space' or other things which makes sense to do so with such messages. I haven't deleted/uninstalled any yet as yet to finish some games but even still.
Got TimeShift on PS3 but whenever I checked the Xbox list it never appears but is listed on the Xbox store as not available so I usually assume that means only the disk version and the digital needs a renewal of the license rather then it being a in-progress thing and the store page is up. The list on their website doesn't display delisted games but the store pages are still up so it can be confusing unless going into the page and going ah right delisted.
Blur I know licensing for cars/music, it won't happen. Like they cared about the game anyway.
OG COD games from OG Xbox as well would be nice Activision.
I highly doubt this means anything at all. Why would it take this long, why would they care for minimal sales/however much time. They don't care. They don't care to relist them or offer more Activision IPs to the BC list at all.
They wouldn't offer the older Spyro/Crash games either on OG Xbox/360 they just wouldn't care, source code available then reverse engineering or not. The BC team are there for I would assume Series X support on the next console is more likely. They won't be there for other games to add to the list/support for Xbox One or Series X/S at all.
No Pitfall Lost Expedition though, so annoyed by that. Give it to us Activision let us play the IP you have ignored and this great 3D Metroidavania, the mobile games from 2012 were eh and this was the only game on Xbox besides the Atari/SNES/Jaguar/PS1 games.
I mean there is no Activision Anthology on Xbox at all only PS2 and other platforms. So at least Pitfall.
I remember buying this on my PlayStation I think. Great game. If you get a chance to play it.
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