Activision’s Not Bringing Old Call of Duties to Xbox One

<p>Microsoft made headlines this past E3 as the second console maker this generation next with Nintendo to support <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;xbox-ones-getting-full-360-back-compatibility-this-holiday&sol;">back-compatibility<&sol;a> with its previous console&period; It made clear the incremental steps it&&num;8217&semi;d need to take to bring all of your Xbox 360 games to Xbox One over the course of the next year&period; Fans <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;xbox&period;uservoice&period;com&sol;forums&sol;298503-backwards-compatibility&sol;filters&sol;top">can vote<&sol;a> for the games they want since then and naturally&comma; the list&&num;8217&semi;s grown pretty large&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company&&num;8217&semi;s since promised over a hundred back-compatible 360 titles with Xbox One as of this holiday and another hundred to come&period; That&comma; however&comma; seems to be up to the games&&num;8217&semi; original publishers as well and Activision&&num;8217&semi;s apparently not one of them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At today&&num;8217&semi;s Xbox press conference at Gamescom 2015 in Germany&comma; Microsoft unveiled a large banner of the game publishers currently involved in modifying their games to be back-compatible with Xbox One&period; Capcom&comma; Sega&comma; EA&comma; Ubisoft&comma; 2K&comma; and Bandai Namco&&num;8217&semi;s logos were all among them&comma; but not Activision&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; as you can see below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;88643" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-88643" style&equals;"width&colon; 800px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04193725&sol;Xbox-One-Back-Compatibility-Publishers-BagoGames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"wp-image-88643 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04193725&sol;Xbox-One-Back-Compatibility-Publishers-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Xbox One Back Compatibility Publishers BagoGames" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-88643" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Xbox live conference at Gamescom 2015 &lpar;Image courtesy of Gamerant&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>When asked on Twitter&comma; Xbox Marketing&&num;8217&semi;s Aaron Greenburg relayed that there were no plans on bringing last-generation&&num;8217&semi;s Call of Duty games to Xbox One from Activision and seemingly no word on any other previous Activision titles either&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;theironfight&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;theironfight<&sol;a> you should ask <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Activision&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;Activision<&sol;a> about that<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Aaron Greenberg 🙅🏼‍&male;️💚U &lpar;&commat;aarongreenberg&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;aarongreenberg&sol;status&sol;628574285087551488&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">August 4&comma; 2015<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of now&comma; <em>Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops II<&sol;em> remains the highest voted Xbox 360 game by fans to bring to Xbox One with Rockstar Games&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Red Dead Redemption<&sol;em> and Bethesda&&num;8217&semi;s <em>The Elder Scrolls V&colon; Skyrim<&sol;em> right behind it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tell us&comma; were you keen on playing some old-school Call of Duty on your Xbox One&quest; Or were you fine on jamming away to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;call-of-duty-black-ops-iiis-beta-drops-next-month-on-ps4&sol;">Black Ops III<&sol;a><&sol;em> instead this fall&quest; Let us know in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;aarongreenberg">&commat;aarongreenberg<&sol;a> on Twitter<&sol;p>&NewLine;