The Xbox Series X|S guide: every optimized game, future releases, Game Pass and more!


Releases Update | June 29, 2021

The following Series X|S games were released today:

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Curved Space ($19.99)
Developer: Only By Midnight
Publisher: Maximum Games
Genre: Action & Adventure; Shooter
Size: **
Tags: 4K Ultra HD; 60 FPS; Smart Delivery
Release date: June 29 2021

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Doom Eternal ($59.99)
Developer: id Software
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Genre: Shooter
Size: 66.66 GB
Tags: 4K Ultra HD; HDR; 120 FPS; Ray Tracing; Smart Delivery
Release date: June 29 2021

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Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights ($24.99)
Developer: Live Wire; Adglobe
Publisher: Binary Haze Interactive
Genre: Action & Adventure
Size: 1.44 GB
Tags: 60 FPS; Smart Delivery
Release date: June 29 2021

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Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition ($24.99)
Developer: Infuse Studio
Publisher: Merge Games
Genre: Action & Adventure; Role Playing
Size: 3.90 GB
Tags: 4K Ultra HD; 60 FPS
Release date: June 29 2021


Releases Update | June 30, 2021

The following Series X|S games were released today:

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GreedFall ($34.99)
Developer: Spiders
Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
Genre: Action & Adventure; Role Playing
Size: 20.30 GB
Tags: 4K Ultra HD; HDR; 60 FPS; Smart Delivery
Release date: June 30 2021

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And just like that, we ended June with 26 optimized games – almost one per day!

What are you looking forward the most in July?

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Gotta be Death’s Door. Game looks like it’s up my alley and it oozes style.

You need an updated firmware for your CX to get DolbyVision 4K-120Hz. I don’t think it’s released publicly until closer to August. It sounds like you need to go through customer support to get ahold of it. LG had a beta firmware around 9 days ago and then followed it up with yet another firmware release to address some additional issues brought to light by Vincent @ HDTVTest. From a recent YouTube Video description from Vincent:

LG has confirmed that the company is working on a beta firmware update for some 2020 OLED TVs including the CX and GX, which should be available soon (at least one month away) to be requested on demand by calling LG’s customer support in your own country.

YouTube Video @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39tTenVRh3c

Article @ LG firmware update supports 4K@120Hz with Dolby Vision

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Nice, thanks! I’ll keep an eye out for a firmware update. Unrelated: did you manage to finish off your Ambassador thing for the season? I know you were close and it’s the last day :frowning:

Definitely The Ascent! Followed by Flight Simulator. All because of Game Pass. But will keep an eye out for Death’s Door, how much will it cost?

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No. Stopped short by 155 points. Gutted! No new missions in the past 5 days. image

On topic: Does anyone know if they have metadata for DolbyVision support? Like not where it’s wrapped into DV but actual use inside the game? This might be something to see when it starts showing up. I’d like to see a genuine comparison with it toggled.

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$19.99, but it does have a 15% launch discount tha brings the price down to $16.99!

It was a tough month! I had to send some GG messages last week to get the final couple of hundred points

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Only The Ascent for me.

Me with no Microsoft Rewards in Portugal

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A Plague Tale Innocence has the X|S Logo? Is it already updated?

Edit: seems to be 30fps still.

Yeah, the same happened with Doom and GreedFall: the games get the stamp before the patch goes live.

If I had to guess, I believe the logo is added as soon as the next-gen patch passes certification. Don’t expect the update for A Plague Tale to drop before July 6 (or maybe 5, depending on timezones).

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It supports all games that already support HDR, even the ones with auto hdr (I think only one or two are disabled while in preview, but will be enabled on the final version). Not sure how it’s handled but personally only difference I noticed was that the TV seems brighter if I set it to dolby vision. I don’t remember who, but I also saw an comparison where the conclusion was that DV was slightly better in gamma.


Releases Update | July 1st, 2021

The following Series X|S games were released today:

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Blaster Master Zero ($9.99)
Developer: Inti Creates
Publisher: Inti Creates
Genre: Action & Adventure
Size: 0.50 GB
Tags: Smart Delivery
Release date: July 1st, 2021

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Operation: Tango ($19.99)
Developer: Clever Plays
Publisher: Clever Plays
Genre: Action & Adventure; Puzzle & Trivia
Size: 3.97 GB
Tags: 4K Ultra HD; Smart Delivery
Release date: July 1st, 2021

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Tour de France 2021 ($49.99)
Developer: Cyanide
Publisher: Nacon
Genre: Simulation; Sports
Size: 24.49 GB
Tags: **
Release date: July 1st, 2021

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Releases Update | July 2nd, 2021

The following Series X|S game was released today:

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Super Destronaut DX-2 ($4.99)
Developer: Petite Games
Publisher: Ratalaika Games
Genre: Action & Adventure; Classics; Shooter
Size: 0.46 GB
Tags: 4K Ultra HD; 60 FPS; Smart Delivery
Release date: July 2nd, 2021


Releases Update | July 6, 2021

The following Series X|S game was released today:

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A Plague Tale: Innocence ($39.99)
Developer: Asobo Studio
Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
Genre: Action & Adventure
Size: 41.98 GB
Tags: 4K Ultra HD; HDR; 60 FPS; Smart Delivery
Release date: July 6, 2021

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Pre-Orders Update | July 6, 2021

The following Series X|S games were made available for pre-order today:

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Imagine Earth ($24.99)
Developer: Serious Brothers
Publisher: Serious Brothers
Genre: Simulation; Strategy
Size: TBD
Tags: 4K Ultra HD; 60 FPS; Smart Delivery
Release date: July 9, 2021

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In Rays of the Light ($7.99)
Developer: Noskov Sergey
Publisher: Sometimes You
Genre: Action & Adventure; Other; Puzzle & Trivia
Size: TBD
Tags: 4K Ultra HD
Release date: July 21, 2021

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Rims Racing ($49.99)
Developer: Raceward Studio
Publisher: Nacon
Genre: Racing & Flying
Size: TBD
Tags: 4K Ultra HD; 60 FPS
Release date: August 24, 2021

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WRC 10 ($59.99)
Developer: KT Racing
Publisher: Nacon
Genre: Racing & Flying; Simulation
Size: TBD
Tags: 4K Ultra HD; 60 FPS
Release date: September 7, 2021

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Offtopic -

You and maybe, Younggrumpyman should start writing Portuguese articles on xboxera.

(And maybe Emil writes a few articles in Polish and BoostedGear in French, and Mort in Swedish)

Localization is not just a recommendation for xbox, but should be a practice even here on xboxera.

I’m not sure I follow. You mean having articles in other languages from time to time? Or having our entire website available in other languages?

While it would be a relief to write in my native language for once (:sweat_smile:), I personally don’t think that’s viable.

For the first hypothesis, while Brazil and Sweden are constantly in the Top 10 countries that browses our website the most, writing articles in other languages from time to time would end up excluding a big chunk of our users since English is seen as an ā€œuniversal languageā€.

For the second one, we are not as big as we’d like to afford maintaining a website in other languages :frowning: