Asha Sharma, the CEO of XBOX, just posted on social media announcing a new 10-year strategic partnership with Take-Two Interactive, the parent of Rockstar Games, creator of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, amongst other things.
In the post, she also confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6, which drops next week, is the most pre-ordered game ever on the Microsoft Store, and she reiterated that, when it comes out, it’ll be available on XBOX One via the XBOX Cloud Gaming service.
XBOX Forms Partnership with Take-Two
Asha Sharma, who assumed the CEO position at XBOX this year when Phil Spencer moved on, neglected to give much information about the 10-year partnership between the two gaming titans. But we’re already seeing the fruits of that strategic partnership bloom in the form of an XBOX Cloud Gaming deal.
Not long after, a post surfaced on the XBOX Wire:
We’re excited to bring Grand Theft Auto VI to more XBOX players at launch, and we will also be adding more titles from Rockstar Games to XBOX Cloud Gaming including Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and more in the coming months.
From 1 AM ET on November 19th, you’ll be able to stream Grand Theft Auto 6 via the XBOX Cloud Gaming service on XBOX One and XBOX Series X|S platforms. Earlier today, it was confirmed that, if you do that, you’ll be playing it with XBOX Series S graphics settings.
Sharma wrote on social media:
Today marks the first step in our new 10-year strategic partnership with Take-Two. GTA VI, already the most pre-ordered game ever on Microsoft Store, will be playable on XBOX One through cloud gaming when it launches on November 19.
The XBOX social team also confirmed that playing the game on XBOX Series X|S will yield the ‘highest fidelity experience.’
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