1,300 new games for your Xbox

Video games have changed so much over the past few decades that it’s hard to believe how quickly we’ve gone from early games like Pac-Man to Starfield, for example. Unfortunately, this rapid development also has its downsides. Many old games have been lost in recent years and an important part of video game history has gone with them. Fortunately, there are now efforts to preserve older games as well. One of those efforts has now resulted in 1,300 retro games coming soon to Xbox gamers.

Antstream Arcade and Xbox

Antstream Arcade is a service that keeps older games playable. Some sources claim that 87 percent of old games are no longer commercially available and are therefore lost. Antstream Arcade was established in the UK in 2013 to stop this development. The service currently holds licenses for about 3,000 vintage video games, 1,300 of which are already playable.

Along with the Xbox, Antstream wants to make its older games available to Xbox players via a cloud streaming service. Thus, Antstream Arcade is the first third-party provider whose cloud gaming service will be available on Xbox. You can actually pre-order the games. You can choose between an annual subscription or a lifetime ticket. It currently costs you The annual subscription is about 30 euros and the Lifetime Pass for 80 euros available. According to the Antstream Arcade website, every 10th pre-order will also get you a free lifetime pass.

Why are retro games important?

Retro games are an important part of video game history, modern video games would not have happened without the creativity and passion that existed in the early days of gaming. In addition, even the old video games are still fun today and inspire gamers all over the world. Not every gamer finds time to get into a huge open world and experience adventures there.

For this reason, some prefer simple arcade games that can be played quickly and easily. This is exactly what Antstream Arcade wants to offer you. Subscribing gives you instant access to all available games once the streaming service is launched. According to current information, this should already be the case on July 21st. You can play on both Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.