PC Game Pass users now have access to more classic games from Bethesda and id Software, including some old ones Elder Scrolls spin-offs and old-school shooters, how Wolfenstein 3D. And that’s not all. Bethesda also offers some legacy games for free on the Microsoft Store for PC.
Announced earlier today as part of the launch of QuakeConMicrosoft has added five new titles to the PC Game Pass library. In case you don’t remember, Microsoft bought Bethesda last year after regulators approved the billion-dollar deal. Now Microsoft can pump Game Pass full of old Bethesda games, which they still do today.
The list of PC Game Pass games added today includes some true classics from Bethesda and demise Developer ID Software. Here is the full list:
- Wolfenstein 3D
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- quake 4
- An Elder Scrolls legend: Battlespire
- The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
While most of these games were very easy to purchase and play on modern PCs prior to this news, it’s still nice to see more from Bethesda and id Software’s back catalog making the jump to Game Pass. I wonder if we’ll ever see these games ported to Xbox, but for now these are only for Game Pass users on PC.
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In addition to the new titles being added to Game Pass, Microsoft announced both The Elder Scrolls: Arena and The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfallthe first and second part of the fantasy RPG series, is free to download and play on PC through the Microsoft Store.
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Confusingly, this doesn’t seem to extend to the Xbox App Store on PC, as I couldn’t find anything there when I searched for either title. It wasn’t until I looked for the games in the Microsoft Store that I found what I was looking for. weird stuff!
Corporate mergers suck and the idea of a few companies owning everything makes me really nervous about the future of media and pop culture. Still, if Xbox and other companies buy others, we might as well reap some of the benefits before it all collapses.
