Early last year, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II was named “the perfect sequel to the RPG” in our review and praised for its “near perfect” performance on PC. Already available for traditional gaming PCs with x86-64 processors from AMD and Intel, the game has since received a ARM64 build via Steam that is compatible with windows in arm devices.
from Qualcomm recent Snapdragon X2 Elite and Elite Extreme The processors are part of the latest expansion in the relatively niche device category, delivering a boost to power efficiency along with an overall performance jump in new PCs like the “practically perfect” ASUS Zenbook A16. However, PC gaming with Snapdragon
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Patch release gaps between Steam and Xbox PC aren’t a particularly new annoyance, but they still feel like something that shouldn’t happen to begin with. Some blame Microsoft’s patch analysis and submission processwhile others point the finger at the developers.
Realistically, it seems like the first would be the most likely hurdle if the ARM64 version is already available. ASUS was already demonstrating Kingdom Come: Deliverance II performance in press previews for his MacBook Air surpasses Zenbook A16 laptop, presumably with an early look at the native version.
This update introduces native support for Windows on ARM, optimized specifically for devices powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite platform. By moving away from emulation, gamers using ARM-based Windows machines will see immediate technical benefits.
Warhorse Studios, via Steam patch notes
I have maintained a subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for years, happily enjoying the cross-platform benefits on Microsoft consoles and my PCs. Still, the number of games that natively support Windows on ARM is already small, and arbitrary delays don’t help raise awareness of its benefits.
Still, the number of bugs and issues unique to its Xbox app for PC is becoming exhausting, and I’d like to see more proactive efforts to match Steam’s methods of distributing game patches from developers. We’ve reached out to the game’s publisher, Deep Silver, and Microsoft for comment.
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