Microsoft has released a list of the 30 games that will be fully optimised for the Xbox Series X|S on launch day, and there are not any major surprises to look out for. It already includes games such as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Fortnite, Gears 5, Sea of Thieves and smaller titles like The Falconeer and Manifold Garden. You can check out the full list of day one games that will take advantage of the technology that the next generation of consoles will bring.
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Smart Delivery)
- Borderlands 3Â (Smart Delivery)
- Bright Memory 1.0
- Cuisine Royale (Smart Delivery)
- Dead by Daylight (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
- Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition
- DIRT 5Â (Smart Delivery)
- Enlisted
- Evergate
- The Falconeer (Smart Delivery)
- Fortnite
- Forza Horizon 4Â (Xbox Game Pass + Smart Delivery)
- Gears 5Â (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)
- NBA 2K21
- Observer: System Redux
- 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)
- 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)
In addition to these games you will have the likes of Cyberpunk 2077, The Medium, Destiny 2: Beyond Light, and a load more being optimised for the Xbox One Series X|S after launch. Below you can see the tech specs for both the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S.
Here’s the full table:
| Xbox Series X | Xbox Series S | |
| CPU | 8-Core Zen 2 @ 3.8Ghz / 3.6Ghz w/ SMT | 8–Core Zen 2 @ 3.6Ghz / 3.4Ghz w/ SMT |
| GPU | RDNA 2 GPU – 52 CUs @ 1.825 GHz | RDNA 2 – 20 CUs @ 1.565 GHz |
| GPU Power | 12.15 TFLOPS | 4 TFLOPS |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 | 10 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 10GB @ 560 GB/s, 6GB @ 336 GB/s | 8GB @ 224 GB/s, 2GB @ 56 GB/s |
| Performance Target | 4K @ 60 FPS, Up to 120 FPS | 1440p @ 60 FPS, Up to 120 FPS |
| Internal Storage | 1 TB PCIe Gen 4 NVME SSD | 512 GB PCIe Gen 4 NVME SSD |
| I/O Throughput | 2.4 GB/s (Raw), 4.8 GB/s (Compressed) | 2.4 GB/s (Raw), 4.8 GB/s (Compressed) |
| Expandable Storage | 1 TB NVME Expansion Card | 1 TB NVME Expansion Card |
| Optical Drive | 4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive | Digital Only |
| Video Output | HDMI 2.1 – Up to 4K at 120Hz, 8K, VRR | HDMI 2.1 – Up to 4K at 120Hz, 8K, VRR |
| Backward Compatibility | Xbox One, Xbox 360, Xbox | Xbox One, Xbox 360, Xbox |
| Availability | 10th November 2020 | 10th November 2020 |
| Price | $499 / £449 / €499 | $299 / £249 / €299 |
Source: Microsoft
