2022 has been an unimaginable yr for PC gaming. We now have been so lucky to have companions bringing superb video games to PC Sport Cross like A Plague Story: Requiem (on day one!), Persona 5 Royal, and rolling out the complete sport launch of Grounded. All these video games and a whole lot extra are within the Xbox app on PC, and I’m excited to share our closing replace for the Xbox app on PC because the yr involves an in depth.
Earlier than we get to what’s new, I need to thank everybody in our neighborhood to your continued suggestions and discussions to make the PC gaming expertise even higher. We’ll be again with extra updates and extra video games in 2023, however for now let’s recap what updates you possibly can see proper now!
Riot Video games Now Out there with Xbox Sport Cross
As we shared earlier immediately, unique advantages for Riot Video games are actually accessible for all Xbox Sport Cross members. You will discover Valorant, League of Legends, Teamfight Ways, and Legends of Runeterra within the Xbox app on PC. To get began, choose which sport to obtain and play, then observe the prompts to hyperlink your Sport Cross and Riot accounts. We’re excited members can begin taking part in Riot video games along with your Sport Cross advantages on PC!
Delivering a Sooner and Extra Responsive App
This yr, we continued to enhance the efficiency and reliability of the Xbox app. With latest updates, the app now launches as much as 40% quicker. We now have additionally made fixes to the Sport Cross tab in order that it hundreds as much as 30% quicker and is extra responsive as you browse video games.
Sport Set up and Administration Options
In February, we launched a collection of options to make putting in PC Sport Cross video games higher to fulfill the expectations of PC gamers. This consists of options like accessing native sport information, putting in to any listing, shifting video games between drives, simpler potential to mod video games, and verifying and repairing installs.
In June, we rolled out the PC Bootstrapper, which gives a constant and easy means for builders to combine capabilities like Xbox providers and sport saves, in addition to talk sport launch standing, make sure the put in sport is updated, and extra. This helps ship one of the best experiences for gamers.
We’re additionally dedicated to bettering the reliability of sport downloads and installs with each replace. With the September replace, we noticed participant reviews of video games that didn’t obtain or didn’t set up efficiently decreased by almost half, and we proceed to see success charges trending up month after month for gamers downloading, putting in, and launching video games. We’ve additionally added notifications when Gaming Companies updates are required in order that the app will at all times be contemporary for one of the best sport play.
Making it Simpler to Uncover Nice Video games
We’ve continued to replace the app to make it simpler to find the video games you’ll love. You may see how effectively a sport will run in your PC earlier than you obtain it with the sport efficiency match indicator, and we partnered with HowLongToBeat in an effort to view estimates for the way lengthy it can take you to finish a sport for many PC Sport Cross video games.
We’ve additionally made updates to make it simpler to seek out your subsequent sport. Trailers, screenshots, and sport descriptions can be found at a look proper on the prime of the Sport Particulars pages and likewise present information from builders for many video games. We modified the structure of the Xbox app on PC to make it simpler to seek out new video games, together with extra collections to discover, video games entrance and middle on the prime of the tab, and improved accuracy of search. We additionally rolled out navigation enhancements to seek out extra video games to play. All navigation is on the sidebar and the queue helps you simply monitor sport installations so you possibly can leap proper in and play.
Thanks from our crew for one more nice yr of gaming. Please maintain sharing your feedback within the Suggestions Hub, by way of Twitter, or the Xbox Insiders Reddit.
