BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE RED DEAD REDEMPTION ON XBOX ONE AN ‘ERROR’, ACCESS REMOVED
Feb, 07 2016
More information on upcoming releases promised soon.
Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb has clarified that several Xbox 360 games that Xbox One users
discovered backwards compatibility support for over the weekend, including Red Dead Redemption, were made available due to an error.
“Microsoft tests all Xbox 360 games with our emulator to ensure a quality experience across a breadth of titles,” Hryb wrote in a new post on
Reddit. “Due to an error, some of the games currently in test were accidentally made available. We have since removed access to those games, and apologize for any confusion this may have caused. We will have more information on upcoming releases soon.”
Hyrb also apologised for the slip via
Twitter.
Red Dead Redemption initially led the voting as the
most-requested Xbox 360 game to be made playable on Xbox One and is currently still
sitting in third behind Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Skyrim.
The latest official batch of Xbox One compatible Xbox 360 games includes The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and Soulcalibur,
amongst several others. Check out the current full list of Xbox 360 games that the Xbox One supports
here.