First, Microsoft and Qualcomm have been collaborating and creating the "WorkOnWoA.com" website that lists the games compatible with the ARM version of Windows 11. At the time of this writing, the website includes around 1348 games that were tested. You can also sort the games by category, whether they support Auto SR (I’ll explain this feature in a second), and show how compatible they are since some games may play perfectly or very poorly.
This website will be a great help for gamers on ARM laptops.
If the game works perfectly, it means it runs at 60 or more FPS (Frames Per Second) at 1080p. If it’s only playable, the game runs at 30 or more FPS at 1080p. If it only runs, you may encounter some glitches, and if it’s unplayable, there are problems with the game.
The company even lets anyone participate and contribute to the list by following these guidelines.
Auto Super Resolution for Copilot+ PCs
NPU (Neural Processing Unit). (The exclusivity doesn’t seem to be forever, so we can expect the feature to become more broadly available for AI PCs in the future.)
If you have one of these computers (such as the Surface Pro (11th Edition) or the Surface Laptop (7th Edition)), you will be able to turn on this feature from the Settings app. To enable Auto SR on Windows 11, open Settings > Display > Graphics and turn on the “Automatic super resolution” option.
If you don’t have the feature enabled, and you launch a compatible game, you will notice a toast notification letting you know with an option to turn on the feature in the Settings app. In addition, Microsoft has also created the DirectSR API (Application Programming Interface) in partnership with AMD, Intel, and Nvidia.
Prism Emulator for ARM
Microsoft is also shipping Prism, a new emulator that converts x86 or x64 code into ARM64 instructions without extra coding from developers. Although the emulator has been designed for regular applications, it works for games, allowing x86 and x64 games to run on ARM-based devices.
Anti-Cheat for ARM
Furthermore, Microsoft has partnered with anti-cheat developers and game studios to ensure their anti-cheat solutions services work on ARM-based devices. These solutions include BattlEye, Denuvo Anti-Cheat, and Wellbia XIGNCODE3 / UNCHEATER.
Creating Games on ARM
Finally, the software giant has been working with Unity to bring the “Unity Engine” to ARM-based devices as a native ARM application for the operating system. Unity Engine is a popular game engine for creating 2D and 3D video games.
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