Platinum Games’ Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance for the Xbox 360 is now backwards compatible for the Xbox One as per Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb on Twitter. Not only that but the Blade Wolf and Jetstream DLC packs, which let you play as Blade Wolf and Jetstream Sam respectively in new content, are both free to download.

Unlike the classic stealth action of the Metal Gear Solid series, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans heavily in the third person hack and slash direction. By controlling the cyborg Raiden, players will encounter other augmented soldiers, slice them up and rip out their cores to recover health.

Since this is Platinum Games, you can expect the usual crazy sequences like battling a Metal Gear RAY, fighting GEKKOs and even fighting a Senator. Let it not be said that the Nier: Automata developer doesn’t have some crazy ideas. There are some stealth sequences which include the ability to sneak around in a cardboard box.

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Following the confirmation of a release date for the upcoming PC version of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Konami has announced that the game is now available for pre-order on Steam. From 10 AM PST, you’ll be able to pre-order the game at a 33 percent discount within the first 24 hours. After this period, the game can be pre-ordered with a 20 percent discount until the game launches.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance PC will include the original release along with the three DLC packs – Blade Wolf, Jetstream and VR Missions – along with all of the different armours including the White Armour, Inferno Armour, Commando Armour, the Raiden MGS4 skin and Cyborg Ninja from Metal Gear Solid: Tactical Espionage Action.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be available on the PC on January 9th 2014 for $29.99/£19.99/19.99 Euro and will also feature updated visuals to go along with the experience. Will you be pre-ordering the game today? Let us know below.

In Blade Wolf DLC you will play as the robot dog LQ-84i along with Raiden during the main story-line. LQ-84i will have numerous characteristics and unique abilities that change up gameplay. Players will be able to experience the side-story from LQ-84i’s point of view and a new boss will also be included.

“Reactivated by Desperado Enforcement’s leader Sundowner and serving under Mistral, the DLC reveals LQ-84i’s story prior to his battle and eventual partnership with Raiden, and his transformation into Blade Wolf. Players can battle countless enemies using an arsenal of weapons and abilities, culminating in an all-new boss battle”

Blade Wolf will be available in Europe on May 14th for Xbox 360 and May 15th for PlayStation 3. This piece of new content will cost 560 Microsoft Points (£4.80 / €6.72) on Xbox 360 and €6.99 on PS3.

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