Xbox Smart Delivery and Dual-Gen Games

Microsoft Xbox Series S with white controller and Xbox Series X with black controller

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Xbox Smart Delivery

Microsoft is offering loyal fans value through Xbox Smart Delivery when they finally upgrade to the new Xbox Series X/S. In fact, Smart Delivery adds value for those who chose to wait to upgrade to the Series X/S, because the list of games and publishers that utilize Smart Delivery continues to grow. Smart Delivery means that a game not only has been optimized for the Series X/S, but that those who buy and play the game on the Xbox One can upgrade and play them on the Series X/S. Some games and developers have both an Xbox One version and Series X/S, called Dual-Gen by Microsoft, and may have ways for you to upgrade them to the Series X/S by purchasing special editions or through other services.

There are currently more than 100* Smart Delivery titles that require no additional steps for upgrading to the Series X/S versions, other than owning the new console and having an active Xbox Live account for downloading. Smart Delivery will recognize when you play on the new Series X/S and give you the optimized version of the game to play. If you move your old Xbox One to a different room, Smart Delivery games will recognize that system too and allow you to play the Xbox One version there. In-game progress should follow you from room to room across systems as you play. Check out the updated list of games on the Optimized for Xbox Series X/S website.

Smart Delivery Games

  • 3 out of 10: Season One

  • 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

  • A Little Lily Prince

  • A Musical Story

  • A Plague Tale: Innocence

  • A Pretty Odd Bunny

  • A Sketchbook About Her Sun

  • A Year of Springs

  • Aeon Drive

  • Aerial_Knight's Never Yield

  • Agent Intercept

  • Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

  • Aliens: Fireteam Elite

  • Alphadia Genesis 2

  • Alphaset by POWGI

  • Ambition Record

  • Among Us

  • An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs

  • Angels with Scaly Wings

  • Anodyne 2

  • Another Dawn

  • Anuchard

  • Apple Slash

  • Apsulov: End of Gods

  • Aragami 2

  • Ark: Survival Evolved

  • Armed Emeth

  • art of rally

  • Asdivine Cross

  • Asdivine Saga

  • Asphalt 9: Legends

  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

  • Assetto Corsa Competizione

  • Astria Ascending

  • Ayo the Clown

  • Aztech Forgotten Gods

  • Back 4 Blood

  • Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies

  • Balan Wonderworld

  • Ball laB

  • Barry the Bunny

  • Bassmaster® Fishing 2022

  • Beat Souls

  • Before I Forget

  • Before We Leave

  • Besiege Console (Game Preview)

  • Beyond Enemy Lines - Remastered Edition

  • Black Widow: Recharged

  • Blackberry Honey

  • Blackwind

  • Blaster Master Zero

  • Blaster Master Zero 2

  • Blaster Master Zero 3

  • Blitz Breaker

  • BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites

  • Bone Marrow Console Edition

  • Borderlands 3

  • Boulder Dash Deluxe

  • Bouncy Bullets 2

  • Breakneck City

  • Breakout: Recharged

  • Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead

  • Bright Memory: Infinite

  • Bugsnax

  • Bunny Factory

  • C14 Dating

  • Cake Invaders

  • Call of the Sea

  • Cannibal Cuisine

  • Cards of the Dead

  • Castle Formers

  • Castle of Pixel Skulls DX

  • Catie in MeowmeowLand

  • Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered

  • Centipede: Recharged

  • Chicken Police - Paint it RED!

  • Chivalry 2

  • Chorus

  • Chroma Quaternion

  • Citizen Sleeper*

  • Cloud Gardens

  • Concept Destruction

  • Cosmos Bit

  • Craftopia (Game Preview)

  • Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time

  • Crash Drive 3

  • Crazy Athletics - Summer Sports and Games

  • Crazy Gravity

  • Cricket 22

  • Crime Opera: The Butterfly Effect

  • Crimsonland

  • Cross the Moon

  • CrossCode

  • CrossfireX

  • Crosskrush

  • Crossout

  • CRSED: F.O.A.D.

  • Crypto by POWGI

  • Cyberpunk 2077

  • Dandy & Randy DX*

  • Darker Skies

  • DARQ Complete Edition

  • Dauntless

  • Dawn of the Monsters

  • Dead by Deadlight

  • Death's Door

  • Demon Hunter: Ascendance

  • Demon Hunter: Revelation

  • Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles

  • Demon Turf

  • Descenders

  • Desperados III

  • Destiny 2

  • Devastator

  • Diablo II: Resurrected

  • Dicey Dungeons

  • Dirt 5

  • Disciples: Liberation

  • Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

  • Dojoran

  • Don't Touch this Button!

  • Donuts'n'Justice

  • DOOM Eternal

  • Dreaming Sarah

  • Dreamscaper

  • Drizzlepath: déjà vu

  • Dustwind - The Last Resort

  • Dying Light 2

  • DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires

  • DYSMANTLE

  • Echo Generation

  • eFootball™ 2022

  • Elden Ring

  • Eldest Souls

  • Elemental War 2*

  • ELEX II

  • Embr

  • ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights

  • Endless Fables: Shadow Within

  • Evil Dead: The Game

  • Evil Genius 2: World Domination

  • Exo One

  • F1® 2021

  • Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset (Xbox Version)

  • Far Cry 6

  • FAR: Changing Tides

  • Farming Simulator 22

  • FATAL FRAME: Maiden of Black Water

  • Fights in Tight Spaces (Game Preview)

  • Flat Kingdom Paper's Cut Edition

  • Flower Shops: Summer In Fairbrook

  • Flowers by POWGI

  • Football Cup 2022

  • Football Manager 2021 Xbox Edition

  • Football Manager 2022 Xbox Edition

  • For Honor

  • Forgotten Hill Disillusion

  • Fortnite

  • Forza Horizon 4

  • Forza Horizon 5

  • Freddy Spaghetti

  • Freddy Spaghetti 2.0

  • Frightence

  • Fuga: Melodies of Steel

  • Galactic Wars EX

  • Gaps by POWGI

  • Gardener's Path

  • Gears 5

  • Gears Tactics

  • Ghost Sync

  • Ghostrunner

  • Gleylancer

  • Godfall: Ultimate Edition

  • GONNER 2

  • Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition

  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition

  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition

  • GreedFall - Gold Edition

  • GRID Legends

  • Grounded

  • Guazu: The Rescue

  • Gutwhale

  • Hades

  • Halo Infinite

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

  • Harvest Life

  • Haven

  • Heal: Console Edition

  • Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

  • Hellbreachers

  • Hello Neighbor 2

  • Henchman Story

  • Hitman 3

  • Horatio Goes Snowboarding

  • Human Fall Flat

  • Hundred Bullets

  • Hunting Simulator 2 Xbox Series X|S

  • I Am Dead

  • I Am Fish

  • Ikai

  • Imagine Earth

  • Immortals Fenyx Rising

  • Infernax

  • Infestor

  • Instant Sports

  • It Takes Two

  • Jack 'n' Hat

  • Jurassic World Evolution 2

  • Just a Phrase by POWGI

  • Just Dance 2022

  • Justice Chronicles

  • JYDGE

  • Kerbal Space Program Enhanced Edition

  • Kid Tripp

  • Kinduo

  • King Oddball

  • Kingdom of Arcadia

  • Kitaria Fables

  • Klang 2

  • Kona

  • KungFu Kickball

  • Ladders by POWGI

  • Lake

  • Last Stop

  • Legend of Ixtona

  • LEGO® Builder's Journey

  • LEGO® Star Wars™: The Skywalker Saga

  • Lemnis Gate

  • Liberated: Enhanced Edition

  • Life is Strange: True Colors

  • Light Up The Room

  • Limb Hunter

  • Little Nightmares II

  • Loopindex

  • Lost Grimoires 3: The Forgotten Well

  • Lost Judgment

  • LoveChoice

  • Lucid Cycle

  • Mages and Treasures

  • Maneater

  • Manifold Garden

  • Marvel’s Avengers Endgame Edition

  • Marvel’s Avengers

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition

  • Mastho is Together

  • MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

  • Metal Tales Overkill

  • Metro Exodus

  • Mighty Goose

  • Micro Pico Racers

  • Mixups by POWGI

  • Monster Energy Supercross 5

  • Monster Truck Championship Xbox Series X|S

  • Moonglow Bay

  • Morkredd

  • Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate

  • Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition

  • MotoGP™22

  • MX vs ATV Legends

  • Myst

  • Nape Retroverse Collection

  • Necromunda: Hired Gun

  • NeonLore

  • Nerf Legends Digital Deluxe

  • Nexomon

  • Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

  • Night Lights

  • No Man’s Sky

  • Nobody Saves the World

  • Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition

  • OlliOlli World

  • One Escape

  • One Gun Guy

  • One Hand Clapping

  • One-Eyed Lee and the Dinner Party

  • Operation: Tango

  • Orbibot

  • orbit.industries

  • Orcs Must Die! 3

  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps

  • Outbreak

  • Outbreak Co-Op Anthology

  • Outbreak Definitive Collection

  • Outbreak: Contagious Memories

  • Outbreak: Endless Nightmares

  • OUTRIDERS

  • Override 2: Super Mech League

  • Paradise Killer

  • Party Animals

  • Persian Nights 2: The Moonlight Veil (Xbox Version)

  • Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis

  • Phoenix Point

  • PictoQuest*

  • Pinkman+

  • Planet Coaster

  • Poker Club

  • Port Royale 4

  • Psychonauts 2

  • Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

  • Queen's Quest 5: Symphony of Death

  • R.B.I. Baseball 21

  • Rabisco+

  • Ravenous Devils

  • Ravva and the Cyclops Curse

  • Relicta

  • Reminiscence in the Night

  • RESEARCH and DESTROY

  • Retro Pixel Racers

  • RICO London

  • RIDE 4

  • Riders Republic

  • Rift Racoon

  • Rise of the Slime

  • Road 96

  • Road Maintenance Simulator

  • Rocket League

  • Rogue Company

  • Rogue Legacy 2

  • Royal Frontier

  • RPG Time: The Legend of Wright

  • RPGolf Legends

  • R-Type® Final 2

  • Rubber Bandits

  • Ryan's Rescue Squad

  • Sable

  • Sable's Grimoire

  • Saints Row

  • Saints Row The Third Remastered

  • SAMURAI SHODOWN

  • Scarlet Nexus

  • Sea of Thieves

  • Second Extinction (Game Preview)

  • Shadow Warrior 3

  • Sheepo

  • Shing!

  • SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

  • Skeletal Avenger

  • Skyland: Heart of the Mountain

  • Slap the Rocks*

  • Smoots Golf

  • SnowRunner

  • Source of Madness*

  • Spacebase Startopia

  • Sparkle 2

  • Sparkle Unleashed

  • SpellForce III Reforced: Complete Edition

  • Splash Cars

  • SRX: The Game

  • STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

  • STAR WARS™: Squadrons

  • Starlight Shores

  • State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition

  • Stellaris: Console Edition

  • StickType Remastered

  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

  • Street Outlaws 2: Winner Takes All

  • Submerged: Hidden Depths

  • Subnautica

  • Subnautica: Below Zero

  • Sumatra: Fate of Yandi

  • Summer Sport Games

  • Sun Wukong VS Robot

  • Super Destronaut DX - 2

  • Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania

  • Super Onion Boy 2

  • SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE

  • Surgeon Simulator 2

  • Sword of the Necromancer

  • Tails Of Iron

  • Takorita Meets Fries

  • Teacup

  • Tesla Force

  • Tesla vs Lovecraft Game of the Year Edition

  • Tetris Effect: Connected

  • The Anacrusis (Game Preview)

  • The Artful Escape

  • The Ascent

  • The Big Con

  • The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

  • The Elder Scrolls Online

  • The Falconeer

  • The Gunk

  • The Jackbox Party Pack 8

  • The Letter: A Horror Visual Novel

  • The Longest Road on Earth

  • The Pizza Delivery Boy Who Saved the World

  • The Prince of Landis

  • The Song Out of Space

  • The Sorrowvirus - A Faceless Short Story

  • The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe*

  • The Touryst

  • The Walking Zombie 2

  • The Wild at Heart

  • Thunder Kid: Hunt for the Robot Emperor

  • Thunderflash

  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction

  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

  • Tormented Souls

  • Townscaper

  • Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew

  • Train Sim World® 2

  • Treasures of the Aegean

  • Trek to Yomi*

  • Tunic

  • Twelve Minutes

  • Twin Robot: Ultimate Edition

  • UltraGoodness 2

  • Unbound: Worlds Apart

  • Undead Horde

  • United Assault - Normandy '44

  • Unsolved Riddles

  • Untitled Darkness

  • Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

  • Vengeful Heart

  • Venus: Improbable Dream

  • Verdun

  • Virtuous Western

  • Visage

  • War Thunder

  • Watch Dogs: Legion

  • We Happy Few

  • Whiskey & Zombies

  • Wife Quest

  • Wild West Crops

  • Winter Ember

  • Within the Blade

  • Wordbreaker by POWGI

  • World of Tanks

  • World of Warships: Legends

  • Worms Rumble

  • WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship

  • Wytchwood

  • Yakuza: Like A Dragon

  • Yes, Your Grace

  • Ziggurat 2

  • Zombie Watch

  • Z-Warp

(*Final Update on 5/8/2022)

Xbox Dual-Gen

Some games are marked by Microsoft as being Dual-Gen, which means that the developer has made an Xbox Series X/S version and an Xbox One version that are not Smart Delivery enabled. There are currently five games that are Dual-Gen, and we will list each one and the ways that you can get an upgrade to the Series X/S optimized versions of the games. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is one such game, and to get the upgraded version you will have to buy either the Cross-Gen Bundle or Ultimate Edition. Otherwise, you can enjoy the Xbox One version on your Series X/S according to Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War Ordering page.

The Second Dual-Gen title listed is Control Ultimate Edition but you will get the Series X/S optimized version when it is released without additional purchase according to Control Ultimate Edition’s website. Titles three and four are FIFA 21 and Madden NFL 21, but they are both offered through a similar system to Smart Delivery called Dual Entitlement. It is a service by EA that will give you access to the Series X/S optimized version on their release, you can learn more about the program on EA’s Dual Entitlement page. The last title on the list is NBA 2K21, which has the upgrade available in the Mamba Forever Edition or you can wait and buy the Series X/S optimized version separately on the Xbox NBA 2K21 website.

titles listed as Dual-Gen:

  • MX vs ATV Legends

  • NBA 2K21 Mamba Forever Edition

  • NBA 2K21

  • NBA 2K22 75th Anniversary Edition

  • NBA 2K22 Cross-Gen Digital Bundle

  • NHL® 22 X-Factor Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S

  • Outward Definitive Edition

  • Paint the Town Red

  • Rims Racing - Ultimate

  • Rubgby 22 Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One

  • Tales of Arise

  • Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

  • Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ 1 + 2 - Cross-Gen Deluxe Bundle

  • Tropico 6 - Next Gen Edition

  • Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood

  • WRC 10 - Deluxe Edition

  • WWE 2K22 Cross-Gen Digital Bundle

  • Battlefield™ 2042 Gold Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S

  • Battlefield™ 2042 Ultimate Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S

  • Blood Ball III

  • Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War

  • Call of Duty®: Vanguard - Cross-Gen Bundle

  • Control Ultimate Edition

  • FIFA 21 NXT LVL EDITION Xbox Series X|S

  • FIFA 21

  • FIFA 22 Ultimate Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S

  • Just Dance 2021

  • Madden NFL 21 NXT LVL EDITION Xbox Series X|S

  • Madden NFL 21

  • Madden NFL 22 Dynasty Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S

  • Madden NFL 22 MVP Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S

  • MLB® The Show™ 21 Digital Deluxe Edition

  • MLB® The Show™ 21 Jackie Robinson Edition

  • MLB® The Show™ 22 Digital Deluxe Edition - Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

  • MLB® The Show™ 22 MVP Edition - Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

(*Final Update on 5/8/2022)

 
 
Tony Smalls

An avid gamer since controllers had two buttons and a D-pad, one of The Load Screen’s main contributors. In his free time he dabbles in game design.

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