Microsoft kicked off a months-long promotional blitz for the upcoming Xbox Series X today with footage from 13 titles coming to the system "in the launch window." That's ahead of a promised "hundreds" of games from dozens of developers coming through 2021.
All the titles discussed today will run at full 4K resolutions and "up to 120 frames per second" on the Xbox Series X, Microsoft said, with support for "hardware-accelerated DirectX raytracing" to boot. Microsoft is also touting the Series X's high-speed SSD storage and high-bandwidth DirectStorage API as enabling "super-fast load time" in these titles. The majority of the games will be available through Microsoft's previously announced Smart Delivery program, which lets players buy a game once and play it across multiple generations of Xbox consoles. That means some of these titles may release for the Xbox One before the Series X launches, then provide free Series X upgrades if and when customers purchase the new console.
Cyberpunk 2077 was the first game to confirm it would use Smart Delivery earlier in the year, and the Viking-themed Assassin's Creed Valhalla announced compatibility earlier this month. All titles developed by Microsoft's internal Xbox Game Studios will also make use of Smart Delivery.