Xbox Series X Launch Line Revealed, And It's Not Great

Xbox Series X Launch Line Revealed, And It's Not Great
Microsoft has revealed the Xbox Series X launch lineup, and we're not particularly impressed. The Xbox Series X/S launch lineup includes 30 games in total, all optimized for Xbox Series X and scheduled to launch alongside Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on November 10. Along with these Xbox Series X games, there will also be thousands of backwards compatible games available at launch, they just won't be optimized for the new Xbox. Check out the full list of Xbox Series X releases below. We've outlined which games will be available on Xbox Game Pass from day one and which will use the new Xbox Smart Delivery feature:

Not at all impressed

(Image credit: The Coalition) We're not exactly impressed by the Xbox Series X launch lineup. There are only a handful of big-name new games coming to the console at launch to begin with; Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Watch Dogs Legion, Dirt 5, and Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and none of them are Xbox exclusives, though Yakuza releases on Xbox before PS5. The titles on the list that are exclusive to Xbox, like Gears 5, Forza Horizon 4, and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, are all enhanced versions of Xbox One titles. In fact, all of the games on this list are already available. (or will be available) on Xbox One, with many launching on PS5 as well. It's a bit of an underwhelming lineup that could have been bolstered a bit by Halo Infinite, before its postponement to 2021. The saving grace, though, is that Xbox Series X players will have access to thousands of backwards-compatible games on the launch, so you'll have plenty of old games to play, but to get the most out of them you'll need Xbox Game Pass. Hopefully Microsoft will complete the Xbox Series X line of games in the near future. But this isn't a particularly strong start to the launch. Today's best Microsoft Xbox Series X deals

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