Microsoft has dropped a huge update to their continued efforts to improve legacy titles on their new Series X and Series S console. Over 70 older games will see a higher frame rate via backward compatibility thanks to FPS Boost, proprietary technology that lets titles released for previous systems take advantage of the more advanced innards of the latest Xbox hardware.
Today, we're releasing our largest drop of games featuring FPS Boost to date, bringing the total titles boosted to 97, many of which are included in @XboxGamePass and @EAPlay (included with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription). https://t.co/eCyB8KgAbQ pic.twitter.com/DDjMbRB9TL
— Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus ?⌨️?️? (@majornelson) May 3, 2021
The list stretches from eternally popular titles like the Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed games to more obscure hits like Mad Max and indie standouts like Hollow Knight. With FPS Boost, older titles that may have run at 30 FPS or had trouble reaching 60 FPS are boosted with the power of the current generation into smooth 60 FPS or 120 FPS performance. The results vary from title to title and whether the player is using a Series X or Series S.
The full list of newly supported titles is reproduced below:
- Alien Isolation
- Anthem
- Assassin’s Creed III Remastered
- Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered
- Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection
- Assassin’s Creed Unity
- Battle Chasers: Nightwar
- Battlefield Hardline
- Beholder
- Dead Island Definitive Edition
- Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
- Deus Ex Mankind Divided
- DiRT 4
- Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
- Don’t Starve: Giant Edition
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Dungeon Defenders II
- Dying Light
- Far Cry 5
- Far Cry New Dawn
- Far Cry Primal
- Gears of War 4
- Golf with your Friends
- Halo Wars 2
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition
- Homefront: The Revolution
- Hyperscape
- Island Saver
- LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
- LEGO Jurassic World
- LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2
- LEGO Marvel Superheroes
- LEGO Marvel’s Avengers
- LEGO STAR WARS: The Force Awakens
- LEGO The Hobbit
- LEGO The Incredibles
- LEGO Worlds
- Life is Strange
- Life is Strange 2
- Lords of the Fallen
- Mad Max
- Metro 2033 Redux
- Metro: Last Light Redux
- Monster Energy Supercross 3
- MotoGP 20
- Moving Out
- My Friend Pedro
- My Time at Portia
- Overcooked! 2
- Paladins
- Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
- Prey
- Realm Royale
- ReCore
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition
- Shadow Warrior 2
- Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition
- SMITE
- Steep
- SUPERHOT
- The Evil Within 2
- The Gardens Between
- The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame
- The LEGO Movie Videogame
- Tom Clancy’s The Division
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
- Totally Reliable Delivery Service
- Two Point Hospital
- Unruly Heroes
- Untitled Goose Game
- Wasteland 3
- Watch_Dogs
- Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
With drops like this FPS Boost expansion, Xbox continually provides free enhancements that likely would have been part of a paid rerelease in the previous generation. FPS Boost was first introduced just a little over a month ago, and it already covers almost 100 titles. As with previous backward compatibility enhancements, players can expect regular additions to this list and what games support Auto HDR.
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