Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Is Now Backwards Compatible

<p>For every <em>Elder Scrolls<&sol;em> fan who has yet to get the lovely and painstakingly remastered version of <em>Skyrim<&sol;em>&comma; you are about to have a very good day&period; Today Major Nelson<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;majornelson&sol;status&sol;803644802415857664"> tweeted<&sol;a> that <em>Elder Scrolls IV&colon; Oblivion<&sol;em> will be backwards compatible on the Xbox One&period; Cyrodiil is now poised to be the hottest vacation spot during the Holidays&period; This makes me extremely happy because it gives me another excuse to drop eighty hours back into this game&comma; good bye social life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;115758" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-115758" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-115758" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;29150955&sol;Oblivion&lowbar;LeavingtheSewer&lowbar;1280w&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Elder Scrolls IV&colon; Oblivion - Take Two&rpar;" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-115758" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Elder Scrolls IV&colon; Oblivion<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; 2K Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>While <em>Oblivion <&sol;em>is the most high profile game that is getting backwards compatibility&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s certainly not the only title that was announced&period; Major Nelson also Tweeted that <em>Medal of Honor&colon; <&sol;em><em>Airborne<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Trine 2<&sol;em> and <em>Astropop<&sol;em> are now all playable on the Xbox One as well&period; Looks to me like Microsoft is trying to get as many compatible games onto the Xbox One before the holidays and pull some more gamers to their side&&num;8211&semi;and that&&num;8217&semi;s quite fine with me&excl; <em>Oblivion<&sol;em> is a very effective heavy hitter for Microsoft and Bethesda to pull out&comma; especially if you don&&num;8217&semi;t own a 360 or haven&&num;8217&semi;t purchased a gaming PC&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m also going to be on the lookout for <em>Airborne now<&sol;em>&comma; I haven&&num;8217&semi;t played that title in the series and don&&num;8217&semi;t mind having my Xbox One keep me warm as I become a hero during World War II&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;majornelson">Twitter<&sol;a><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;