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Microsoft adds seven games to the Xbox backwards compatibility library

By:Merima Dzakic
Published: 12:26, 11 January 2017
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Seven more games are now available in the Xbox One backwards compatibility library

New games at your disposal include Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, Dragon Age: Origins, Ghostbusters, Scrap Metal, The Splatters and Strania. 

Previously owned games will automatically appear in the player's Xbox One library. All seven of the games, including more than 300 other games already backwards compatible are available for purchase in the Xbox Store.

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