Microsoft adds over 50 ‘Retro Classics’ to Game Pass

Microsoft has announced {that a} new “Retro Classics” assortment is now available to Sport Cross subscribers. Paying homage to the Nintendo Change On-line traditional video games library, the gathering consists of Pitfall, Grand Prix, and greater than 50 different Activision titles from the Nineteen Eighties and Nineties. It’s not as many titles because the 1,300 retro video games that Antstream, Microsoft’s associate within the providing, has out there on its streaming service, but it surely received’t value Sport Cross subscribers any additional.

Retro Classics, which Microsoft writes is a part of its “dedication to sport preservation and backwards compatibility,” is obtainable on Xbox consoles, PC, or by way of Xbox cloud gaming on appropriate gadgets like some LG and Samsung good TVs and the Meta Quest headset. Different video games included within the assortment embrace Cosmic Ark, MechWarrior 2: thirty first Century Fight, and Atlantis.

Primarily based on screenshots, it appears to be like like the gathering will embrace titles from the unique PlayStation, the SNES, MS-DOS, and extra. Gamers will be capable of accumulate achievements and take part in occasions like tournaments and group challenges as effectively.

Microsoft says that is solely the beginning; the gathering will increase to incorporate greater than 100 video games from Activision and Blizzard ultimately. Like Nintendo’s retro assortment, you’re out of luck should you don’t have Microsoft’s gaming subscription, because the titles within the assortment aren’t out there on the market individually.

Antstream Arcade separately announced a short lived deal for Sport Cross subscribers. Till June 4th, members can join a 12 months of entry to Antstream’s library, which incorporates greater than 1,300 video games, for $9.99 by way of the Microsoft Retailer.

Right here is the complete assortment of launch titles for the Retro Classics assortment, which Activision’s Dustin Blackwell despatched to The Verge:

Replace, Might twenty first: Added record of Retro Classics launch titles.