Updates

Listen for New Sounds on the Xbox PC App

We’re bringing a little extra polish to your controller experience on the Xbox PC app. Rolled out this month, you’ll notice new, subtle navigation sounds that make moving around the app with a controller feel more responsive and intuitive.

These optional audio cues play during key actions – like shifting focus, selecting an item, or backing out – giving every interaction a bit more feedback and personality.

If you want to customize things, you’re in control: head to Settings > Audio to turn controller navigation sounds on or off and adjust the volume to match your setup.

ROG Xbox Ally Updates

• Improved Removable Storage Formatting support: ROG Xbox Ally players can now easily format removable storage (including the officially licensed Sandisk microSD cards) for installing and running games directly in the Xbox app. When installing a game, you can simply select your removable storage drive and format it directly.

• Advanced Shader Delivery Indicator: ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X players will now see a notice on the game loading screen of supported titles indicating if graphic shaders were pre-compiled. Advanced Shader Delivery preloads game shaders during download so select games launch faster and run smoother on first play.

• Additional Improvements: We’ve made several other updates for ROG Xbox Ally players based on their feedback. You can see the complete list of updates in the patch notes.

In Case You Missed It

Postgame Recaps: Available for Xbox Insiders on PC

We recently rolled out Postgame Recaps, a new feature available to Xbox Insiders enrolled in the PC Gaming Preview through the Xbox PC app on WindowsPCs. After you wrap up a gaming session, you’ll start to see recaps that detail any achievements unlocked or captures taken, surface upcoming in-game events, and give you a chance to share feedback that helps us keep improving your experience.

And just like the rest of the Xbox PC app experience, you’re in control. You can choose which recaps you want to see, Just head to Settings > App > Postgame to customize everything to your liking. Recaps will only appear sometimes (for example: after you’ve earned new achievements, or played a game for the first time).

Want to dive deeper? Check out the full article for more details.

Try the New Xbox Cloud Gaming Web Experience: Now in Public Preview

We’re testing a refreshed Xbox Cloud Gaming experience on the web. This public preview gives Insiders who opt in a first look at our updated browser interface. This was built to help us move faster, innovate more often, and bring new features to players sooner.

If you opt in, you’ll notice some changes right away, including updated navigation and a refreshed look and feel. Since this is a preview, a few features may be limited or behave differently than what you’re used to in the current web experience, but that’s all part of helping us shape where the experience goes next. We’ll be iterating throughout the preview, so expect things to evolve over time.

Learn how to access the preview and get all the details in the full article. [Back to Top]

Game Additions

Handheld Compatibility Program – Optimizing Play for Players

The Handheld Compatibility Program makes it easier for you to identify which games are optimized for handheld play. This update is now visible on product detail pages across select Windows devices and featured in the handheld compatible channel on Home on supported Windows handhelds.

Recently, the following gameswere added to the program:

• Cash Cleaner Simulator (Handheld Optimized)
• Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (Handheld Optimized)
• High on Life 2 (Handheld Optimized)
• Reanimal (Mostly Compatible)
• Starsand Island (Mostly Compatible)

Xbox Play Anywhere – Buy Once, Play Anywhere

Over 1,000 games now support Xbox Play Anywhere, making it easier than ever to switch between PC, console, and supported handhelds for Xbox Play Anywhere games you own at no extra cost to you. Jump into games like Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and MIO: Memories in Orbit now. Your progress travels with you, including saves, add-ons, and achievements. Just sign in with your Xbox account on any supported device and pick up right where you left off. Xbox Game Pass subscription required to play Xbox Play Anywhere Games via Cloud Gaming (sold separately).

These are the games added to the Xbox Play Anywhere collection in January:

• Baking Time
• Bus Driving Simulator : Evo
• Direction Quad
• Drop Duchy
• Dustland Delivery
• Escape From Ever After
• Fight for America
• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
• Foot Clinic
• God Bless, or Goddess
• Gridz Keeper
• Heroes Battle Awakening
• Hero Seekers
• Hextreme Void
• Ho Ho & Move
• I’m in Love With Your Dead Grandmother
• Ink & Paper: DoodleCut
• The Last Case of John Morley
• MIO: Memories in Orbit
• Ninja Nightfall
• The Nom
• ParkingJam
• Pathologic 3
• Rage Swarm
• Raptor Evolution
• SimRail – The Railway Simulator
• Speedball
• Stable Stories – Forest and Meadow Ride
• Sudoku Champions

Check out the full list of available games that players can enjoy anywhere.

Stream Your Own Game – Over 1,000 Games

We’re continuing to grow the Stream your own game collection in Xbox Cloud Gaming. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential subscribers can now stream from a library of 1000+ games they own, across supported devices. That includes titles like Gears of War andHigh on Life 2.

More games, more flexibility, and more ways to play – wherever you may be.

Recently added:

• Aerial_Knight’s DropShot
• BlazBlue Entropy Effect X
• ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard
• Death Howl
• Death Match Love Comedy!
• Gears of War
• High on Life 2
• Milano’s Odd Job Collection
• Mordhau
• Pummel Party
• Reanimal
• Ride 6
• Roadside Research (Game Preview)
• Romeo is a Dead Man
• Starsand Island
• Styx: Blades of Greed
• TCG Card Shop Simulator
• …and many more!

Coming soon:

• Chained Echoes
• Ghostrunner 2
• Slay the Princess – The Pristine Cut
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
• Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
• Star Trek: Resurgence
• Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
• …and many more!

Check out the full list of cloud-playable games available to stream on supported devices here. For more information on Stream your own game, learn more here.

Retro Classics has 100+ Games   

Great games deserve to stick around, and we’re making sure they do. Xbox and Antstream Arcade are bringing 100+ retro favorites to modern devices with Retro Classics available on Xbox Game Pass, so players can keep enjoying the classics. With over 1 million players already diving into Retro Classics, here’s a look at the titles that have been recently added to Retro Classics:

• Beyond Zork
• Kabobber
• Return to Zork
• Seaquest
• Stampede

Xbox Game Pass subscribers can join weekly tournaments, take on community challenges and enjoy a growing library of Activision and Blizzard games with the Retro Classics collection of over 100 titles and more to come over time. Click here for more information on Retro Classics.

Xbox Adds More Games for Mouse & Keyboard and Touch Controls

Xbox supports the use of wired USB mice and keyboards for navigation in select games and apps, as well as across Xbox and Windows devices.

For players enjoying Xbox games on mobile, Xbox touch controls deliver a controller-free experience for hundreds of titles. Today, there are 130+ games with mouse and keyboard support active on cloud and 260+ games with touch controls available on cloud, giving you more ways to play than ever before.

Some games even provide custom control overlays or render their own touch layouts, creating a tailored experience for each title’s unique gameplay. Learn how to set up and customize your touch controls here.

Here are the latest titles added this month:

Mouse and keyboard:

• Company of Heroes 3
• Hotel Barcelona
• Transport Fever 2

For support on setting up devices, see here for more details. [Back to Top]

Help Shape the Future of Xbox

Stay tuned to Xbox Wire for future updates and the latest and greatest Xbox news. For support related to Xbox updates, visit the official Xbox Support site.

We love hearing from the community, whether it’s a new feature idea or feedback on something we can improve upon. Xbox is always evolving, and your input helps shape what’s next. If you’d like to help create the future of Xbox and get early access to new features, join the Xbox Insider Program today by downloading the Xbox Insider Hub for Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One or Windows PC. [Back to Top]

Happy gaming!