Xbox has announced a list of 30 games, optimised for Xbox Series X and Series S hardware, that will be playable on launch day.
The Xbox Series X and Series S launch windows are a bit bereft of exclusives. This is no secret and, while certainly a bummer, there’s still plenty to play the day you get your new console home.
We’ve broken the full list sent over by Xbox ANZ down into two sublists: games that feature Smart Delivery (meaning you can buy an Xbox One copy and have it migrate to Series X free of charge) and games that don’t. Again, all of these titles have been optimised for Series X and Series S hardware so, even if they don’t have Smart Delivery, they’re still going to look and run beautifully on launch.
Smart Delivery Support:
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Smart Delivery)
- Borderlands 3 (Smart Delivery)
- Cuisine Royale (Smart Delivery)
- Dead by Daylight (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
- DIRT 5 (Smart Delivery)
- The Falconeer (Smart Delivery)
- 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 (Smart Delivery)
- Maneater (Smart Delivery)
- Manifold Garden (Smart Delivery)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
- Planet Coaster (Smart Delivery)
- Sea of Thieves (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
- Tetris Effect: Connected (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
- The Touryst (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
- War Thunder (Smart Delivery)
- Watch Dogs: Legion (Smart Delivery)
- WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship (Smart Delivery)
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Smart Delivery)
- Yes, Your Grace (Smart Delivery)
No Smart Delivery Support:
- Bright Memory 1.0
- Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition
- Enlisted
- Evergate
- Fortnite
- NBA 2K21
- Observer: System Redux
- Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer Edition
That’s a lot of games, and notably includes a few brand new titles among the returning favourites. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs Legion are Ubisoft’s twin Q4 pillars and may be reason enough to wait for next gen. Tetris Effect: Connected brings the timed PS4 exclusive to Xbox in a big, multiplayer-centric way. Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a must play. If you aren’t on the Yakuza train yet what are you waiting for?
The Xbox Series X and Series S launch November 10, 2020. Launch day units are currently rather hard to come by.
