- Paul Fingleton
Microsoft announce 100+ games enhanced for XBox One X launch
Xbox fans were a little worried at E3 2017 when Microsoft announced the Xbox One X with very few marquee first-party titles to make it stand out. Why should someone spend money on a new console if the manufacturer is not ready to support it with games themselves - only Forza Motorsport 7 stands out as a new game from Microsoft to show the horsepower of the console.

Microsoft, on the other hand, are looking to let the power of the console speak for itself: They want the message to be that Xbox One X will be the best place to play your games, from backwards compatible Xbox and Xbox 360 titles and multi-platform games even without developers changing anything - the power of the console and some clever engineering by Microsoft means that all games can load quicker and if they use dynamic resolution that it will hit the highest frame rate more consistently.

That was not all, Microsoft has gone back to many existing titles - including Xbox One launch title Zoo Tycoon and the time-bending exclusive Quantum Break - to provide free Xbox One enhancement upgrades to these games. Enhancements can mean 4k Ultra HD visuals, HDR or general enhancements to take specific advantage of the extra RAM or processing power of the console to improve the games.
In addition to the Microsoft Studios titles, several third party publishers have gone back to add work to their existing games for Xbox One X, producing a list of almost 120 games available at launch - compared to 45 games that Sony had at the same period for the PlayStation 4 Pro.
Here is the full list of titles announced thus far as Xbox One Enhanced:
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Anthem
ARK: Survival Evolved (Game Preview)
Ashen
Assassin’s Creed Origins
ASTRONEER (Game Preview)
Battlerite
Below
Black Desert
Brawlout
Chess Ultra
CODE VEIN
Conan Exiles
Crackdown 3
Danger Zone
Dark and Light
Darksiders III
Dead Rising 4
Deep Rock Galactic
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition
Dishonored 2
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Disneyland Adventures
Dovetail Games Euro Fishing
DRAGON BALL Fighter Z
Dynasty Warriors 9
EA SPORTS FIFA 18
Elex
Elite: Dangerous
EVERSPACE
F1 2017
Fable Fortune
Fallout 4
Farming Simulator 17
Final Fantasy XV
Firewatch
For Honor
Forza Horizon 3
Forza Motorsport 7
Gears of War 4
Gravel
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo Wars 2
Hand of Fate 2
Hello Neighbor
HITMAN
Homefront: The Revolution
Injustice 2
Jurassic Park
Killer Instinct
Killing Floor 2
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Madden NFL 18
Mafia III
Mantis Burn Racing
METAL GEAR SURVIVE
Metro: Exodus
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Minecraft: Xbox One Edition
Minion Masters
Monster Hunter: World
NBA 2K18
Need for Speed Payback
Ooblets
Ori and the Will of the Wisp
Outcast – Second Contact
Outlast 2
Paladins
Path of Exile
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Portal Knights
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
Project Cars 2
Quantum Break
Raiders of the Broken Planet
Railway Empire
Real Farm Simulator 2017
ReCore
Resident Evil 7 biohazard
RiME
ROBLOX
Robocraft Infinity
Rocket League
Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure
Sea of Thieves
Slime Rancher
SMITE
Sonic Forces
Star Wars Battlefront II
State of Decay 2
STEEP
Strange Brigade
Super Lucky’s Tale
SUPERHOT
Surviving Mars
Tennis World Tour
The Artful Escape
The Crew 2
The Darwin Project
The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
The Last Night
The Long Dark
The Surge
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Titanfall 2
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
Tom Clancy’s The Division
Train Sim World
TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge
Warframe
Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide
We Happy Few
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
World of Tanks
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship
Zoo Tycoon