Xbox Series X and Series S Launch Lineup Announced

Microsoft has outlined the list of day-one launch games for the Xbox Series X and Series S, a host of new, next-gen games, as well as cross-gen releases spanning both Xbox exclusives and third-party, multiplatform offerings. The full list, as revealed by Microsoft today, also denots what games support Smart Delivery, the process by which Xbox players can play the platform-specific versions of each game, even if they play across platforms, as well as what games will be available with Xbox Game Pass. The launch list includes: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/13/our-first-xbox-series-x-game-impressions-unlocked-465"]

• Assassins 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)

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=confirmed-xbox-series-x-games&captions=true"] While the list does not include any brand-new Xbox first-party games, it does mark Gears Tactics' arrival on console after its launch on PC earlier this year. It launches alongside Series X and S versions of existing Xbox games like Grounded, Gears 5, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and more. Plus, Xbox players at launch will get some console exclusives like the enhanced Tetris Effect: Connected, as well as Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which, while also on current-gen platforms, does not hit PS5 until March 2021. And this list, of course, does not include the full list of games available for those who subscribe to Xbox Game Pass. For more ahead of the Xbox Series X and Series S launches, be sure to check out our hands-on impressions of Dirt 5 and Yakuza: Like a Dragon running on Series X, as well as playing some backward compatible Series X games.

source https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-x-and-series-x-launch-lineups-announced-by-microsoft