Xbox October Update: ROG Xbox Ally Available Now, Handheld Compatibility Program, and More

Handheld Compatibility Program – Helping Players Play Smarter

We’ve launched the brand new Handheld Compatibility Program to make it simpler so that you can establish which video games are optimized for handheld play. This replace is now seen on product element pages throughout all Windows units and featured within the handheld suitable channel on Home on supported Windows handhelds.

To assist knowledgeable selections, a compatibility notification will seem earlier than set up or buy if a recreation just isn’t presently Handheld Optimized, serving to you perceive how a recreation will play on handheld. [Back to Top]

PC Gaming Updates

Faster Downloads, Sharper Experience

We’ve rolled out updates to the Xbox PC app that enhance obtain speeds so you possibly can soar into your video games sooner. These modifications are rolling out now to Xbox Insiders and will likely be out there to all gamers quickly.

We’ve made enhancements to the obtain software, permitting the app to higher optimize your PC’s web connection. That means fewer slowdowns and smarter bandwidth utilization, particularly on high-speed networks.

This is a part of our ongoing dedication to creating Xbox on PC sooner, extra responsive, and tuned to participant suggestions. We’ll proceed listening to suggestions and monitoring efficiency because the rollout expands. [Back to Top]

Xbox Console Updates

Official Clubs and Game Pass Benefits Update

Stay plugged into writer updates and unlock extra worth with Game Pass. Game Hubs now embrace two new modules designed to maintain you knowledgeable and engaged. The first offers the most recent information from Official Clubs (the place out there), whereas the second highlights any Game Pass in-game advantages tied to the title. These updates have began to roll out and can quickly seem alongside present modules like Your recreation stats and Available add-ons, making it simpler than ever so that you can uncover what’s new and make the most of what’s included. [Back to Top]

In Case You Missed It

Xbox Accessories – The Outer Worlds 2 Xbox Wireless Controller and Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2

Step into the sequel with gear that’s prepared for the mission. The Outer Worlds 2 Xbox Wireless Controller and Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 carry daring new designs impressed by The Moon Man and the galactic rifts threatening humanity’s survival. These aren’t simply controllers; they’re your final weapon within the Arcadia system. Available now by way of Xbox Design Lab, each choices let gamers gear up with fashion and goal.

Xbox Console – Dynamic Backgrounds

Battlefield 6, Keeper, The Elder Scrolls Online, and The Outer Worlds 2 all launched new dynamic backgrounds for Xbox Series X|S consoles, permitting you to customise your console and rejoice these thrilling new video games. [Back to Top]

Game Additions

ROG Xbox Ally: Advanced Shader Delivery – Launch Faster, Play Smoother, Game Smarter.

We’re making your gaming expertise even higher with superior shader supply – now out there for supported titles on ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X.

This new function preloads recreation shaders throughout obtain, so choose video games launch as much as 10x sooner, run extra easily, and use much less battery on first play.

Today, superior shader supply is supported on choose titles, with extra coming quickly. Here is the record of present supported video games:

• Ark Survival Ascended
• Avowed
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Control
• Dead Island 2
• Deep Rock Galactic
• Farming Simulator 25
• Forspoken
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Forza Horizon 5
• Forza Motorsport
• Gears of War: Reloaded
• Gears Tactics
• Grounded 2
• Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
• Lies of P
• Metro Exodus
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
• Monster Hunter Rise
• Persona 3 Reload
• Resident Evil 2 (2019)
• Resident Evil 3
• S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
• Sea of Thieves
• Sniper Elite: Resistance
• South of Midnight
• The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remaster
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• The Callisto Protocol
• The Outer Worlds 2
• Silent Hill f
• Keeper
• Hogwarts Legacy

Xbox Play Anywhere – Buy as soon as, play wherever

Over 1,000 video games now assist Xbox Play Anywhere, making it simpler than ever to modify between PC, console, and supported handhelds, at no further value to you. Jump into video games like Hollow Knight: Silksong and Silent Hill f now. Your progress travels with you, together with saves, add-ons, and achievements. Just check in along with your Xbox account on any machine and choose up proper the place you left off.

These are the video games added to the Xbox Play Anywhere assortment in September:

• Agatha Christie – Death on the Nile
• Alphadia III
• Baki Hanma: Blood Arena
• Bio Block
• Bratz Rhythm & Style
• Brews & Bastards
• Car Mechanic Shop Simulator
• Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3
• Dead Reset
• Deep Rock Galactic Survivor
• DeTechtive 2112
• Detective Dotson
• Double Dangerous
• Dragon Ruins
• DreamWorks Gabby’s Dollhouse: Ready to Party
• Echoes of Light: Child of the Balance
• Echoes of the Plum Grove
• Firefighting Simulator Ignite
• Formula Legends
• Full Throttle Parking
• Giant Rush
• Green Soldiers Heroes: Extreme Bikers
• Hanoi Puzzles: Flip Match
• Heian City Story
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Hot Stakes Casino – American Roulette
• Hotel Barcelona
• Ink Enigma: Hidden Object Challenges
• Kairobotica
• Karma: The Dark WorldMeow Moments: Celebrating Beats & Books
• Moon Mystery
• My Horse Stories
• Nachtmahr
• Napoleon Maiden Episode.1 A maiden with out the phrase not possible
• NBA Bounce
• Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny
• Not Not 2 – A Brain Challenge
• Otherwar
• Overpowered 1 – Mars Infestation
• Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
• Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
• Scar-Lead Salvation
• Silent Hill f
• Skyline Bowling
• Slime Rancher 2
• Sokocat: Islands – Remastered
• Spot Challenge 3D
• SpotCat vs The Cheddar Mafia In Asia
• Stylist Girl
• Sworn
• Theme Park Jam
• Totally Normal Journey: The Interactive Musical
• Train Sim World 6
• Wander Stars

Check out the full list of available games that gamers can get pleasure from wherever.

Stream your individual recreation – Over 1000+ video games

We’re persevering with to develop the Stream your own game collection in Xbox Cloud Gaming. Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential members can now stream from a library of 1000+ video games they personal, throughout supported units. That contains titles like ARC Raiders and Jurassic World Evolution 3.

More video games, extra flexibility, and extra methods to play – wherever chances are you’ll be.

Recently added:

• ARC Raiders
• Children of Morta
• Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Anniversary Edition
• Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition
• Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location
• Jurassic World Evolution 3
• King of Meat
• Pinball FX3
• SongPop Party
• Syberia – The World Before
• Talisman: Digital Edition
• The Jackbox Party Pack 9
• Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2
• XIII
• …and lots of extra!

Check out the total record of cloud-playable video games out there to stream on supported units here. For extra info on Stream your individual recreation, be taught extra right here. [Back to Top]

More video games added to Retro Classics

Great video games deserve to stay round, and we’re ensuring they do. Xbox and Antstream Arcade are bringing retro favorites to trendy units with Retro Classics out there on Game Pass, so gamers can hold having fun with the classics. With over 1 million gamers already diving into Retro Classics, right here’s a have a look at the titles which have been just lately added to Retro Classics.

• BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk’s Inception (Amiga)
• BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk’s Revenge (DOS)
• Ice Hockey
• Moonsweeper

Game Pass members can be part of weekly tournaments just like the Maze Reaper match taking place now, tackle neighborhood challenges and luxuriate in a rising library of Activision and Blizzard video games with the Retro Classics assortment set to increase to greater than 100 titles over time. Click here for more information on Retro Classics.

Xbox provides mouse and keyboard and contact controls for extra video games

Xbox helps the usage of wired USB mice and keyboards for navigation in choose video games and apps, in addition to throughout Xbox and Windows units.

For gamers having fun with Xbox video games on cellular, Xbox contact controls ship a controller-free expertise for tons of of titles. Today, there are 130+ video games with mouse and keyboard assist lively on cloud and 230+ video games with contact controls out there on cloud, supplying you with extra methods to play than ever earlier than.

Some video games even present customized management overlays or render their very own contact layouts, making a tailor-made expertise for every title’s distinctive gameplay. Learn the right way to arrange and customise your contact controls here. [Back to Top]

Here are the most recent titles added this month:

Mouse and keyboard:

• ABRISS – construct to destroy
• Astro Miner
• Biz Builder Delux
• Chess Royal
• Cozy Designer
• CyberTD
• Dolmenjord – Viking Islands
• Dragon Takers
• Dream Town Island
• Dungeon Village 2
• Eldgear
• Elemental War Clash
• Forest Golf Planner
• GRAPPIN
• Hatsune Miku – The Planet of Wonder and Fragments of Wishes
• HexaScape: Cyber Defense
• Last Escape: Dead Complex
• Mayhem Heroes
• Meow Moments: Celebrating Geeks & Athletes
• Midnight Remastered
• Narcissus
• Penguin’s Road
• Pocket Harvest
• Pocket League Story
• Post Trama
• Roofcats Band – Suika Style
• Pool Slide Story
• Snooker Blitz
• SokoNature
• Spot Challenge Vol. 1
• The Thaumaturge
• To the Sky

Touch:

• Keeper
• Immortals of Aveum
• Tales of Kenzera: ZAU

For assist on organising units, see here for extra particulars.