Antstream Arcadeknown as Netflix of retro video games, arrives by surprise on Xbox, and its game proposal is so resounding and tempting that it will fascinate both Game Pass users and those who do not quite trust subscription models: in addition to its amazing collection of more than a thousand classic games, it is possible to reserve a Lifetime Pass edition. That is, a lifetime pass to content.
What is Antstream Arcade? It’s a huge platform that, like Netflix and Spotify, offers streaming classic games, letting us run cult classics, timeless gems, and long-lost rarities. By way of illustration, it currently has over 1,300 classic games from the 80s and 90s, and news are added weekly.
Antstream Arcade It had already been available since 2018, adapting to different devices. Now, in addition, it will be available on Xbox consoles from July 21 and through two membership alternatives:
- 12 months of Antstream Arcade for $29.99
- Antstream Arcade Edición Lifetime Pass (for life) for 79.99 dollars
In other words, for a little more than the cost of a single ninth-generation game, we can be subscribed and have more than a thousand classic games until the end of time.
The announcement has been made in the context of the Antstream Connect July 2023where the novelties that will be incorporated into the catalog of retro titles born on consoles and arcade games have been presented, including games that were only released on consoles like the original PlayStation, like MDK o Reloadedon Mega Drive or on Nintendo consoles, including Super Star Wars.
Games that, by the way, will now also be playable on Xbox Series X / S and Xbox One this month. And that, added to the milestone of recovering lost jewels, is a double victory.
version of Antstream Arcade for Xbox is tailor-made and offers its own challenges and achievements, as well as being fully adapted to the consoles. In addition, it takes advantage of the Xbox club system to share the passion for retro.
In addition to preserving the characteristics of the versions already available such as challenges and challenges, tournaments or the possibility of playing the classics with two controllers or saving the game on the fly.
Quite a whim for nostalgics and fans of retro. And we are not going to deny it, despite the fact that it is difficult to get on the bandwagon of a new subscription, it is difficult to make it easier. Especially with the lifetime pass.
Pre-orders for Antstream Arcade, both the 12-month subscription and the lifetime subscription, are now open and Antstream itself claims that 1 in 10 will be randomly upgraded to the Arcade Edition Lifetime Pass. In any case, from July 21 Xbox will add to its brutal catalog 1,300 games from two exciting eras. A surprise that will give additional value to Microsoft consoles.
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