The original Gears of War may be getting a remaster for the Xbox One, but the rest of the series isn’t. That doesn’t mean that you won’t be able to play it, however: Microsoft announced this morning that anyone who buys Gears of War: Ultimate Edition will get access to every other game in the series via the magic of backwards compatibility (provided they play the game before the end of the calendar year). It’s a pretty good deal:

“All Gears of War titles will be supported on Backward Compatibility when it launches publicly this fall. This means if you own Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3or Gears of War: Judgment on Xbox 360, you’ll be able to play them on your Xbox One and utilize some of your favorite next-gen features like Game DVR, Snap, screenshots and more. You can even keep all your previously-saved files, game add-ons, achievements and play with friends on Xbox Live no matter which Xbox console they’re on. For those of you in the Xbox One preview program who just can’t wait, the original Gears of War is available today in Backward Compatibility.”

It’s a little reminiscent of the announcement Ubisoft made at Microsoft’s E3 presentation, when they said that they would be giving players free copies of Rainbow Six Vegas 1+2 with a purchase of Rainbow Six: Siege, again leveraging the Xbox One’s now extensive back catalog to throw in some freebies with a new game. I get the feeling that we’ll be seeing a whole lot more deals like this as the generation goes on: publishers don’t stand to make a whole lot of money off of last-gen releases, but throwing in two or three free games with a current gen purchase could push more people to new games.

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