Red Dead Redemption Officially Available To Play on Your Xbox One

Written by Brandon Hofer on July 07, 2016

News: Rockstar’s popular western title is now officially available to install and play on your Xbox One via the backwards compatibility feature.

Red Dead Redemption is now officially available on Xbox One via backwards compatibility. The folks over at Microsoft have flipped the switch and if you own a digital copy you can now go into “My Games & Apps” and then go to the “Ready to Install” section to begin downloading Red Dead Redemption. Additionally, all of the DLC is available to download as well, including Undead Nightmare. If you own the physical version of Red Dead Redemption then simply put your Xbox 360 disc inside the Xbox One and start to install it. It will ping the Xbox Live servers and then you will begin downloading Red Dead Redemption. Keep in mind that if you install the game this way you will need your disc in the console whenever you want to play it, just like with every other game where you have a physical disc.

Red Dead Redemption recreates the American West at the turn of the 20th century: a violent and turbulent time of rapid growth and change. Players become the partially reformed outlaw John Marston; blackmailed by the government, his family threatened as he is forced to traverse the vast and unforgiving expanses of the Western frontier in search of members of his former gang. In a dangerous world full of opportunistic criminals, corrupt officials and settlers battling the elements in a struggle to survive, Marston’s journey takes him from the dusty and lawless frontier to the civilized towns of the North, and down into a Mexico on the brink of a full-scale civil war.

“This is our vision of the American West: beautiful, bloody and action-packed. The game is a true epic, and has been developed with the same production values and attention to detail we put into all our projects,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “Red Dead Redemption represents another milestone for us in the development of open world games."

If you do not currently own a copy of Red Dead Redemption you can get the digital version for super cheap right now during Microsoft’s Ultimate Game Sale. It is available for $7.49 right now and the majority of the multiplayer content is available as a free download. Undead Nightmare is available as well for $9.99.

Will you be downloading Red Dead Redemption and playing it this weekend on your Xbox One?