FPS Boost Mode comes to Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud), Microsoft's game streaming service. Earlier this week, the Windows developer started implementing FPS Boost for 33 titles on xCloud. This action is part of a larger effort to support older Xbox games.
Previously, FPS Boost mode was exclusive to Xbox Series X/S consoles. Now Microsoft is bringing the feature to Xbox Cloud Gaming, as the hardware used to run games on the cloud platform is custom Xbox Series X hardware.
FPS Boost: New function of Xbox Series X/S consoles to improve performance
How does FPS Boost work?
Games that support FPS Boost have an indication when the player presses the Xbox button on the controller. That is, when pressing the Xbox button, "Quick resume" and "Automatic HDR" will appear, in addition to FPS Boost.
With the FPS Boost mode activated, some titles even double the frame rate per second (FPS). In the case of backward compatible games, the number of FPS quadruples.
See below the comparative video from ElAnalistaDeBits channel, where it shows how the technology provides stability and brings a much more fluid experience to games like Gears of War, Dead Space 2, Mirror's Edge, Fable III, and still others.
xCloud titles that gained FPS Boost support
Check out the full list of Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) titles that have recently been given the ability to utilize the FPS Boost mode below.
- Battlefield 4
- Beholder Complete Edition
- Dishonored Definitive Edition
- Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Fable Anniversary
- Fable III
- Fallout 3
- Fallout 4
- Fallout 76
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Gears of War 2
- Gears of War 3
- Gears of War 4
- Gears of War: Judgment
- Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
- Halo Wars 2
- Kameo: Elements of Power
- MotoGP 20
- My Friend Pedro
- My Time at Portia
- Prey
- Recore
- ShadowWarrior 2
- steep
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- The Evil Within 2
- The Gardens Between
- Titanium case 2
- Two Point Hospital
- Wasteland 3
- Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
