By Nick Pino
Gamers begged. Gamers pleaded. Gamers cast 148,578 votes on Xbox.com to make it happen. Now, over a year after Microsoft enabled backwards compatibility on Xbox One, Rockstar Games has announced that it’s bringing one of its most well-loved titles, Red Dead Redemption, to Microsoft’s powerhouse gaming system.
Xbox 360 owners will be able to play the game directly on their Xbox One, regardless of which version of the game they own (Red Dead Redemption, Undead Nightmare and/or the Game of the Year Edition), starting on Friday, July 8.
While the game briefly made it to the Xbox One via the backwards compatibility program in February, Microsoft pulled a quick 180 and disabled the game saying that it was merely a public test and that it wasn’t ready for public consumption.
The difference between today’s news and that public test back in February is that today Rockstar approved Red Dead Redemption for the backwards compatibility program, rather than Microsoft covertly making it available.
Saddle up, cowboy
So why did Rockstar choose today to make it happen? Is it because Rockstar has plans for a Red Dead Redemption HD Remake? Or is it ready to unveil RDR’s long-rumored sequel?
We can’t say for …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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