Xbox updates: Play Anywhere tops 1,000, cloud streaming grows

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Xbox outlined a fresh round of platform updates across console, PC, and cloud. The headline numbers are clear: over 1,000 games now support Xbox Play Anywhere, while the cloud “Stream your own game” library exceeds 1000+ owned titles for eligible subscribers. Fallout 76 adds a dynamic background for Xbox Series X|S, the Handheld Compatibility Program tags more titles, and retro gaming continues to grow on Game Pass. Input options also expand, with 130+ mouse-and-keyboard and 230+ touch-enabled cloud games now available.

Below are the key changes and game additions – focused purely on what’s new for players.

Fallout 76 – Dynamic background on Xbox Series X|S

A new dynamic background themed around Fallout 76’s Burning Springs content is available on Xbox Series X|S. It adds another option to personalize the console dashboard in line with the latest in-game setting.

Handheld Compatibility Program – more titles flagged

Xbox’s Handheld Compatibility Program now highlights games that are optimized for handheld play. The indicator appears on product detail pages across Windows devices and in the dedicated handheld-compatible channel on supported Windows handhelds. Recently tagged additions include:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
• Fortnite

Xbox Play Anywhere – now beyond 1,000 supported games

Over 1,000 games now support Xbox Play Anywhere, allowing players to move between PC, console, and supported handhelds with progress – including saves, add-ons, and achievements – intact. Xbox listed the following titles as added to the Play Anywhere collection in October:

• 1000xResist
• A Pizza Delivery
• Bioprototype
• Bioweaver
• Brotherhood
• Bucketcrusher
• Build a Bridge!
• Cat God Ranch
• Chopper Strike!
• CloverPit
• Cricket 26 – The Official Game of the Ashes
• Dark Light
• Dave The Diver
• Dead Static Drive
• Diamond Painting ASMR
• Dragon Ruins II
• Egging On
• El Coco
• Football Manager 26 Console
• Football, Tactics & Glory – Treble Deluxe Edition
• Heroes of Mount Dragon
• Hide ‘N Seek!
• Kentum
• Kill It With Fire! 2
• Let Them Come: Onslaught
• Lost Ember: Rekindled Edition
• Love is all around 2
• Morsels
• Nice Day for Fishing
• Pigeon Simulator
• Pocket Minigolf
• Sailing the Winds
• Schildmaid MX
• Silent Hill 2
• Snake.io
• Street Racer Collection (QUByte Classics)
• Suzerain
• Syberia
• Total Chaos
• Trivia: Knowledge Trainer – the Quiz Game
• Wild West: Hidden Objects
• Winter Burrow
• Young Suns (Game Preview)

Stream your own game – library of 1000+ owned titles in the cloud

For Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential subscribers, the cloud “Stream your own game” feature now covers 1000+ owned games across supported devices. Recent additions include:

• Ball Blast
• Brawlhalla
• Chicken Run: Eggstraction
• Ember Knights : Heroes of the Nexus Edition
• Hot Wheels Let’s Race: Ultimate Speed
• NBA Bounce
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Pacific Drive
• Puff Up
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 3 for Xbox
• Schoolboy Escape – Xbox Edition
• Sea Fantasy
• Super Hero Demolition
• The Jackbox Party Pack 11
• The Outer Worlds 2
• …and more

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Retro Classics – more titles incoming and a growing audience

Retro Classics, delivered in partnership with Antstream Arcade on Game Pass, continues to expand. Xbox reports over 1 million players have already tried Retro Classics, with the collection planned to grow to more than 100 titles over time. Incoming additions include:

• Codename: Iceman
• Plaque Attack
• Police Quest 2
• Space Shuttle

Cloud input options – broader mouse-and-keyboard and touch support

Xbox supports wired USB mice and keyboards for navigation in select games and apps across Xbox and Windows devices. In the cloud, the catalog now features 130+ mouse-and-keyboard-enabled games and 230+ touch-enabled games. Newly supported titles this month are listed below.

Mouse and keyboard – latest additions

• Anno 117: Pax Romana
• Colorful Boi
• Compass of Destiny: Istanbul
• Discounty
• Elemental War
• Golfing Aether
• Mineral
• Sodoku Classic X
• Spell Disk
• Tensei
• The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
• The Medium
• Tiny Pixels Vol. 2 – Stormy Knights
• Your Computer Might Be At Risk
• Zombie Hill Racing
• Zues Quest: The Rebirth of Earth

Touch – latest additions

• Brotato

Why it matters – more ways to play, wherever you are

These updates consolidate Xbox’s cross-device approach – larger shared libraries, broader input choices, and clearer device-optimized labels. For players, it means simpler portability of progress, more flexibility in the cloud, and steady growth in both modern and retro catalogs.