New Xbox Update for PC Adds Popular Game Tracking Feature

Microsoft continues to improve its platform this week

Cameron Eittreim
2 min readSep 19, 2022
Photo Credit: The Verge

Microsoft added a new update to their PC platform today. The game tracking feature which is found in Microsoft GamePass has been an extremely popular addition.

As part of a new patch for the Xbox app, Microsoft has now implemented HowLongToBeat with certain games that are part of Game Pass for PC. If you’re not familiar with what HowLongToBeat is, it’s a website that helps track the length of certain video games. The site is quite popular and is used by many hardcore gaming fans to know ahead of time how long it will take to complete certain titles. In short, this means that games on Xbox Game Pass for PC will now feature estimated completion times when being viewed on the Xbox application.

“We partnered with HowLongToBeat for a unique feature that makes it even easier to pick your next PC game — beginning today, you can view estimates for how long it will take you to complete a game in the game details pages for most PC Game Pass games. HowLongToBeat is a community-driven website that specializes in game lengths,” Xbox explained in its recent blog post. “If you’re in the mood for something you can crush in a day or two, or maybe looking for your next long-term game, you can view the details for the game to help decide what to download and play next.”- Comicbook.

Beyond just the simple update the PC version of the Xbox app has also been said to have gotten faster. Time will tell how much better the platform is as more gamers start to embrace Xbox on PC.

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Cameron Eittreim
Cameron Eittreim

Written by Cameron Eittreim

Podcast host, traveler, published author. Editor of The Self Pivot. Contact at theselfpivot.com

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