Xbox One X owners looking for some fun Xbox 360 throwbacks now have some new options for enhanced games, including Crackdown, Microsoft announced today.
The company has expanded the list of Xbox 360 games with Xbox One X enhancements by four, adding Crackdown, the 2007 open-world action game from Realtime Worlds; Fable Anniversary, the 2014 remaster of the original Fable; Forza Horizon, the inaugural 2012 entry in Playground Games’ open-world spinoff of the Forza Motorsport franchise; and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the well-regarded second iteration of CD Projekt Red’s Witcher series from 2011.
Microsoft also announced today that it has added a new graphics setting for playing enhanced Xbox 360 titles on an Xbox One X. Players now have the choice of “graphics” or “performance” modes. The option is accessible from the Xbox 360 guide, in a new item called “Xbox One X Settings” under the settings menu.
The “graphics” setting enables Xbox One X enhancements, which, for Xbox 360 games, include features such as higher-quality anti-aliasing, increased texture detail and nine times the resolution (4K versus 720p). The “performance” setting turns those features off, but may deliver a higher frame rate. Microsoft noted that in performance mode, visuals “will be comparable to the experience on Xbox One or Xbox One S.”
Note that Microsoft shifted Forza Horizon into “end of life” status in October 2016, which means that it is no longer possible to buy it or any of its downloadable content. You’ll need to already own the game, or acquire a disc copy, in order to play it on an Xbox One X.
Today’s announcement brings the total number of enhanced Xbox 360 games up to 11. The other seven are Assassin’s Creed, Fallout 3, Gears of War 3, Halo 3, Mirror’s Edge, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion and Skate 3.
Source: Polygon