Microsoft has deeply embraced backward compatibility, and its recent implementation with the Xbox One and Xbox One X is the best I’ve ever seen. In prior generations, it has sufficed - and often been challenging - for a console to run its immediate predecessor’s games as well as they ran on the original hardware. Some people have even downplayed its importance.

But it’s not a mandatory feature, either. Nintendo famously infuriated parents by leaving NES support out of the SNES, and of all the consoles released since then, perhaps half have included backward compatibility. ColecoVision’s 1982 Expansion Module 1 and Sega’s 1989 Power Base Converter set the stage for new consoles to play older models’ games. The release window for Panzer Dragoon: Remake was supposed to be winter of 2020, but with less than 2 weeks left and still no word on a street date, it seems inevitable that a delay will be announced soon.Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don't worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here.īackward compatibility is not new. The game is a faithful remake of the first Panzer Dragoon, with modern graphics and sound but also a retro rail shooter feel. Initially announced for the Nintendo Switch at last year’s E3, it has since gotten a PC release (via Steam) as well as a release on Google Stadia. In the meantime, we should have Panzer Dragoon: Remake to look forward to.

RELATED: Google Announces Five Games Coming To Stadia, Includes Panzer Dragoon Remake No tentative release window has been set either. Wildman is still not sure what platforms to release Voyage Record on and will update us with that info at a later date.

We're not clear how Wildman plans to tie in these various stages (or if they're even going to bother trying), but it sounds like fun regardless. Players ride on the back of a dragon and use the VR controller as a handgun.

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