Xbox FPS Boost brings some backward compatible titles to 60 FPS or 120 FPS

An older generation of titles gets new life.

What you need to know


Microsoft first discussed possibly increasing the framerate of backward compatible Xbox titles in 2020.
Today, the team working on Xbox backward compatibility revealed FPS Boost.
FPS Boost enables higher framerates for select games, with five titles included as the first batch of games.


In the leadup to the release of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in 2020, Microsoft detailed enhancements being worked on for backward compatible titles, such as doubling framerates on select titles. Now, this feature is being officially revealed as Xbox FPS Boost, enabling higher framerates when playing certain backward compatible games on Xbox Series X or S.

The feature debuts with support for five games. Depending on the exact title, the framerate can be doubled or even quadrupled, with some games such as New Super Lucky's Tale now running at 120 FPS on Xbox Series X and S. You can check out the initial batch of games with ...