Microsoft gives five Bethesda games FPS Boost mode on Xbox Series X and S

Microsoft is going to give Dishonored, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, Skyrim and Prey its FPS Boost feature on the next generation Xbox. Microsoft’s Larry Hryb accidentally made this known in the Xbox Podcast; the part of the podcast in which that was discussed was then cut away.

gaming twitter user Wario64 was one of those who picked up the information before Microsoft decided to cut the segment in question from the YouTube video. The presenters did not mention a release date, but according to The Verge, who also received the piece, the functions will come “soon”.

Microsoft introduced the FPS Boost feature in February. This feature takes advantage of the additional computing power of the new Xbox consoles to run previous-generation games that can be played through backwards compatibility at a higher frame rate. So far, only Far Cry 4, Sniper Elite 4, UFC 4, Watch Dogs 2, and New Super Lucky’s Tale benefit from FPS Boost. They run at 60fps instead of 30. New Super Lucky’s Tale, however, runs at 120fps itself.

Microsoft told Digital Foundry that FPS Boost works at the Direct3D level, so no game code needs to be modified. In time, the “potential” feature could also be added to Xbox and Xbox 360 games, the tech company reports. It went on to say that “many of these upcoming FPS Boost games” will be part of Xbox Game Pass. That also applies to the aforementioned Bethesda games: those five and fifteen others have been part of the Game Pass since Friday.

If you now go to that point in the video, you will hear almost nothing about FPS Boost and at 14:15 a cut can be seen in the video