List of Xbox 360 System Link games

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This is a list of Xbox 360 games that are compatible with the System Link feature, both released and unreleased, organized alphabetically by name. A system link connects two or more 360 consoles together without an internet connection. For original Xbox games, please see List of Xbox System Link games.

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Xbox 360 System Link Compatible Games
TitleTotal playersPer consoleVersus modeCo-op modeNotes
2176 Supernova Storm (XNA game)8source: mobygames.com
A Game of Tennis (Indie)2source: mobygames.com
A Wizard's Odyssey (Indie)4source: mobygames.com
Abaddon (Indie)8source: mobygames.com
Abaddon: Retribution (Indie)8source: mobygames.com
Age of Booty (Arcade)8484Bots available for empty player slots.
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers 8180source: mobygames.com
Air Conflicts: Secret Wars 8180
Air Conflicts: Vietnam 8180source: mobygames.com
Aliens: Colonial Marines 121124mobygames.com: only 4p
America's Army: True Soldiers 162
Ancient Trader (Indie)4source: mobygames.com
Angry Brainless Bovines (Indie)4source: mobygames.com
Armored Core 4 81
Armored Core For Answer 82CO-OP is online only not sys link
Avatar Golf (Indie)81Community Game.
Avatar Honor and Duty (Indie)81Community Game.
Avatar Karting (Indie)81Community Game.
Avatar Laser Tag (Indie)??Community Game.
Baja: Edge of Control 16110p per mobygames.com
Bankshot Billiards 2 (Arcade)21
Battle vs. Chess 212
Beijing 2008 844
Bionic Commando 81
BioShock 2 ?10?1Must be logged into Xbox live. You need Xbox live gold account on each console to be able to use the system link or it won't work.
Blacksite: Area 51 ?16?1You need Xbox live account to be able to use the system link or it won't work.
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII 16116 player co-op
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII 16116 player vs., 4 player co-op
Bliss Island (Arcade)21source: mobygames.com
Blocks and Big Robots (Indie)81Community Game.
Blocks and Choppers (Indie)81Community Game.
Blocks and Tanks (Indie)81Community Game.
Blur 2014Bots available for empty player slots.
Borderlands 41
Borderlands 2 424P Coop
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! 424P Coop
Brütal Legend 81
Call of Duty 2 161
Call of Duty 3 244
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 241
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare 121124Multiplayer requires downloading compatibility updates. Bots available for multiplayer. 4P Coop for Exo Survival & Exo Zombies (if DLC has been purchased)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 1824P Coop.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II 182444P Coop (4 on 1 console or 2x2 over system link) Bots available for empty player slots, The player maximum is 16 within System Link
Call of Duty: Black Ops III 121NOTE: This game does NOT SUPPORT Splitscreen in any way, Activision had previously confirmed this. [1]
Call of Duty: Ghosts 121124-6Bots available for multiplayer. Wargames,Squad Assault=6 coop. Extinction=4 coop. Xbox live no longer required for System Link due to title update.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 181Coop is only in team play. 4P local split screen
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 181Coop is only in team play. 4P local split screen
Call of Duty: World at War 1814P Coop.
Call of Juarez 161
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood 121122
CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars (Arcade)12source: mobygames.com
Chaotic Shadow Warriors 21
Colin McRae: Dirt 1001
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 81
Condemned 2 81
Conflict: Denied Ops 1612P Coop
Crackdown 212P Coop/VS; (note about DLC multiplayer races)
Crash Time 4 8?
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force 41
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (Arcade)21Online 8 total, but 2 active players and 6 viewers.
Dark Sector 101Bots available for empty player slots.
Dead Island 414P Coop
Dead Island Riptide 414P Coop
Diablo 3 444Online and system link 4 total
Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls 444Online and system link 4 total
Dirt 3 81
Dollar Dash (Arcade)41
Don King Presents: Prizefighter 2source: mobygames.com
Doritos Crash Course 2 (Arcade)0source: mobygames.com= Inaccurate. Local 4 versus only
Dreamkiller 8source: mobygames.com
Duke Nukem 3D (XBLA) 2-41?8P total on mobygames.com
Easy Golf (Indie)81Community Game.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars 161Bots available for empty player slots.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin 161
F1 2010 10112P on mobygames.com
F1 2011 161
F1 2012 161
F1 2013 161
F1 2014 161
Fairytale Fights 4Coop
Far Cry 2 161
Far Cry Instincts: Predator 161
Fatal Inertia 81Bots available for empty player slots.
Field and Stream ?source: found on XLink Kai
Forza Motorsport 2 81No link support in FM3 and FM4
Frontlines: Fuel of War 161
Gears of War 8228P Deathmatch: 1-2P versus per console, up to 8 consoles; 2P Coop: 1 player per console, up to 2 consoles. Click footnote for connection help
Gears of War 2 1022-5Bots available for empty player slots. 2-player Campaign co-op, and up to 5-player co-op in Horde Mode. Backwards-compatible with Xbox One.

Click footnote for connection help

Gears of War 3 1024-5Bots available for empty player slots. 4-player Campaign co-op, and up to 5-player co-op in Horde Mode. While the game itself is backwards compatible, the system link mode is non-functional on Xbox One and Series consoles.
Gears of War: Judgment 1024-5Bots available for empty player slots. 4-player Campaign co-op, and up to 5-player co-op in Survival Mode. Backwards-compatible with Xbox One.System Link does not work between Xbox 360 and Xbox One due to versioning differences.
God Mode (Arcade)414
GRID 12source: mobygames.com
Guardian Heroes (Arcade)441-4 Versus, local or system link. 2P local coop
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary 1642-42 player co-op in campaign, 4 player co-op in firefight mode.

Anniversary Map Pack and Halo Reach cross-compatibility [2]

Halo 3 16444Up to 4 in co-op play (1-2/box)

System Link requires host to have Xbox Live membership.

Halo 3: ODST 1624Up to 4 consoles system link in Firefight mode.
Halo 4 164164Spartan Ops requires all participants have an Xbox Live Gold subscription to play, will not work offline.
Halo: Reach 164164Up to 4 consoles system link in fire fight mode.
Halo Wars 61622 consoles in Co-Op campaign and up to 6 consoles in versus play.
Harm's Way (Arcade)84Bots available for empty player slots.
Heroes Over Europe 16116Up to 16 players versus, 1 per system. True system link, no Xbox live account or connection required.
Homefront 161
Hour of Victory 12
Ikaruga 2source: mobygames.com (requires Xbox Live)
Inversion ?source: found on XLink Kai
James Bond 007: Blood Stone ?source: found on XLink Kai
James Bond: Quantum of Solace 121
Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an Engine 84Bots available for empty player slots.
Jump Duck (Indie)16source: mobygames.com
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men 81Minimum of 4 players.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days 81Only 1 per console in a system link game. Minimum of 4 players, Multiplayer Games Only, no co-op Story. 12P per mobygames.com
Left 4 Dead 82848 players in versus mode with 2 per console, 4 players in any other mode with 2 per console.
Left 4 Dead 2 82842 per console in coop and versus
Legendary 81
Little Racers Street (Indie)12source: mobygames.com
Lord of the Rings: War in the North 3203
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition 161"Colonies Edition" only.
Lost Planet 2 161164
Lumines Live (Arcade)21
Mad Riders (Arcade)121
Marathon Durandal (Arcade)848This game is known on other platforms as Marathon 2: Durandal. Coop is a team battle; there is no campaign.
Midnight Club: Los Angeles 161
MLB 2K7 2source: mobygames.com
Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia 1611616System link coop is survival only. Local 4 player shared screen includes vs, survival coop and story coop.
MotoGP '06 1614
MotoGP '07 16source: mobygames.com
MX vs. ATV Reflex 121
MX vs. ATV Untamed 12source: mobygames.com
N+ (Arcade)214P per mobygames.com
Nail'd 12
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising 4144 player co-op available for full campaign & Fire Team Engagements. 1 player per console.
Operation Flashpoint: Red River 41044 player co-op available for full campaign & Fire Team Engagements. 1 player per console.
Opposites (Indie)2source: mobygames.com
Otomedius G 31
Perfect Dark Zero 3244
PES 2011: Pro Evolution Soccer 8source: mobygames.com
Portal 2 21
Prey 8
Project Gotham Racing 3 81
Project Gotham Racing 4 82
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (Arcade)14source: mobygames.com
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (Arcade)14source: mobygames.com
*Quake Arena Arcade ?16?1?16Multiplayer requires Xbox Live. Bots available for Multiplayer
Quake 4 81
*Quake II ?16?4You need Xbox live gold account on each console to be able to use the system link or it won't work.
Qubed (Arcade compilation)12source: mobygames.com
R.I.P.D. The Game ?source: found on XLink Kai
Race Pro 12source: mobygames.com
Race Driver: GRID 121No player limit setting. (Sometimes can't see any session)
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger 21Complete campaign playable in co-op.
Red Dead Redemption 81Need updates on each games to play.
Red Faction: Guerrilla 161
Resident Evil 5 412
Resident Evil 6 412
Resident Evil: Revelations 212
Rocket Riot (Arcade)81There is also a 4 player local coop mode.
*Sacred 2: Fallen Angel ?2?10?2Offline Coop: 1-2; Online Coop: 2-4. ?[To play via LAN, both players must be signed into Xbox live with Gold accounts.]
Saints Row 121
Saints Row 2 1212
Saints Row: The Third 212Needs an Online Pass to activate system link
Saints Row IV 212Needs an Online Pass to activate system link
Scrap Metal (Arcade)41
SCORE International Baja 1000 ?source: found on XLink Kai as Baja 1000
Scourge: Outbreak 8184
Section 8 (video game) 16116Coop modes are human versus human, human vs bots, human and bots vs bots. You can host your own server through Xbox live (32P) (Xserver).
*Section 8: Prejudice (Arcade)Unless Live enables System Link, there is no system link. Previous information was 16 players, 1 per box, Bots available for empty player slots.
Shadowrun 161Bots available for empty player slots.
Shaun White Snowboarding 16source: mobygames.com
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution 4source: mobygames.com
Skulls of the Shogun (Arcade)4source: mobygames.com
Sol Survivor (Arcade)8
Soldier of Fortune: Payback 12source: mobygames.com
Soltrio Solitaire (Arcade)21
Spec Ops: The Line 8182
Star Trek: DAC 12source: mobygames.com
Stormrise 81
Stuntman: Ignition 82
Take Arms (Indie)8source: mobygames.com
Tank Negotiator (Indie)4source: mobygames.com
Ten Thousand (Indie)1610No coop. No split screen. Just VS. 1P per console.
Tenchu Z 41
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena 12source: mobygames.com
The Club 81
The Co-op Zombie Game (Indie)4source: mobygames.com
The Co-op Zombie Game 2 (Indie)4source: mobygames.com
The Darkness 81
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai 21
The Orange Box (Team Fortress 2) [3] 161 Team Fortress 2 only.
The Outfit 8282
The Price is Right: Decades 4source: mobygames.com
TimeShift 161
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1642Limited to first person mode when more than one player is using a console.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 164Limited to first person mode when more than one player is using a console.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier 161242P local coop. 4P system link. 4 players can play splitscreen on two consoles for guerilla mode only. Local co-op play is limited to the Guerilla mode
Tom Clancy's HAWX 81
Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 81
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 161
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 1611624 player coop for Terrorist Hunt mode. (2P Coop Campaign splitscreen or System Link) C
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 4source: mobygames.com
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction 21
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent 61
Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Arcade)source: mobygames.com = Incorrect. 2P local split screen coop.
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty 8source: mobygames.com
Ultimate Dodgeball (Indie)2source: mobygames.com
Undertow (Arcade)162162
Unreal Tournament 3 162Bots available for empty player slots.
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics ?source: found on XLink Kai
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise 41
Way of the Exploding Balls (Indie)2source: mobygames.com
Wordzy (Indie)2source: mobygames.com
World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets 21121
World Series Poker: Tournament of Champions 16source: mobygames.com
World War II: Pacific Conflicts 8source: mobygames.com
XCOM: Enemy Unknown 21
XCOM: Enemy Within 21
Xtreme Polygon (Indie)16source: mobygames.com
Zombie Defense Squad (Indie)4source: mobygames.com

See also

References

  1. "Details for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops III".
  2. The retail version of Halo: CE Anniversary contains a download-code for an Anniversary map-pack redeemable through Xbox live. The Anniversary map-pack contains seven maps chosen from Halo CE and Halo 2, and one Halo CE themed firefight map. (Owners of Halo Reach that wish to play with owners of Halo: CE Anniversary must purchase the Anniversary map-pack through Xbox live. Halo: CE Anniversary and Halo Reach are not otherwise compatible).
  3. Official Xbox Orange Box Listing Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Additional Hardware Supported : System/Multi-Link Cable".
  5. "Supported Games - Team XLink Wiki".