It is without a doubt that many fans of Grand Theft Auto 4 have identified Rockstar Games' action-adventure sandbox title as one of the topnotch desired games for Xbox One backward compatibility for such a long time. Luckily, it seems like Microsoft has been on the watch for any fan requests since the company has now revealed officially that the game can be currently played on the present generation platform courtesy of Xbox One's backward compatibility program.

According to GameSpot, this only means that the fourth entry of Rockstar Games for its famous third person series will make fans experience this base game on Xbox One together with Grand Theft Auto 4's DLC packs The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.

Both of these have been bundled together in the Episodes of Liberty DLC package before, and it works well on Xbox One, as per Attack of The FanBoy. There are many people who are thinking that GTA 4's add-ons belong to the list of the best video game DLC or expansions that are available on the market, thus its addition on the Xbox one through backward compatibility will surely impress fans.

According to reports from Game Rant, those who already have their own digital copies of Grand Theft Auto 4 on Xbox 360 might see the game appearing in the Ready to Install section of their Xbox One library, thus fans who have made a purchased of the physical iteration of the title would only need to insert the disc and download the game.

Rockstar has also made a confirmation that saved games from GTA 4 will be carried over from the Xbox 360 into the Xbox One, should players upload their save files into the cloud. Grand Theft Auto 4 is now available for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox One via its backward compatibility program, and for Xbox 360.