Microsoft Released a List of 30 Games Fully Optimized for Xbox Series X and Series S

Microsoft today released an updated list of games optimized for the next generation of Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X consoles at launch. There are 30 titles in total, including projects with Smart Delivery support.

Microsoft presented the first edition of the list at the first presentation of Xbox Series X games, but then it was 22 games. In the updated version of the list, their number has grown to 30.

Here is the list:

  • Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Smart Delivery)
  • Borderlands 3 (Smart Delivery)
  • Bright Memory 1.0 (Smart Delivery)
  • Cuisine Royale (Smart Delivery)
  • Dead by Daylight (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
  • Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition
  • DIRT 5 (Smart Delivery)
  • Enlisted
  • Evergate
  • The Falconeer (Smart Delivery)
  • Fortnite
  • Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
  • Gears 5 (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
  • Gears Tactics (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
  • Grounded (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
  • King Oddball
  • Maneater (Smart Delivery)
  • Manifold Garden (Smart Delivery)
  • NBA 2K21
  • Observer: System Redux
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
  • Planet Coaster (Smart Delivery)
  • Tetris Effect: Connected (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
  • The Touryst (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
  • War Thunder (Smart Delivery)
  • Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer Edition
  • Watch Dogs: Legion (Smart Delivery)
  • WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship (Smart Delivery)
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Smart Delivery)
  • Yes, Your Grace (Smart Delivery)

The list includes ten games that will be available only on Xbox Series X and Series S. The remaining 20 are older games that will receive corresponding graphics updates for next-generation consoles and support for Smart Delivery.

It is important to note that this is the starter list, and all games released after November 10 (Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (November 13), Cyberpunk 2077 (November 19), The Medium (December 10)) aren’t included here. Destiny 2 isn't on the list either, as the Xbox Series S and X update will only launch on December 8.

Soon, Microsoft should show the gameplay of games on the Xbox Series X and S.