Cloud gaming platform Antstream Arcade brings over 1,000 retro video games to Xbox

Antstream Arcade is providing over 1,300 retro sport titles on Xbox One and Sequence X/S, with notable titles reminiscent of House Invaders, Steel Slug and Bubble Bobble. The corporate says these titles can be playable immediately with out extra downloads or set up through its cloud gaming platform, with extra titles being added each week. That is notable as Antstream would be the first third-party sport streaming service on Xbox.

The service will assist cloud-based sport saves, a web-based scoreboard and the power to choose up your sport from a number of units. Antstream Arcade is already accessible on Mac, PC, Linux, Android TV, Firestick and Samsung TVs, however this marks the primary time it’s coming to a sport console.

Antstream says that it’s utilizing its “distinctive expertise” to mod unique video games, permitting the corporate to create new mini-game challenges for each new and returning gamers. For instance, you would play a modified Pac-Man map the place the primary goal is to keep away from accumulating the dots. Gamers will be capable to enter tournaments, problem different gamers to duels or compete for the best rating.

Microsoft already has its personal Xbox Cloud Gaming streaming service, and that’s accessible as a local app on Android, Home windows, Samsung sensible TVs and select VR headsets. It’s additionally accessible on iOS and Mac however you’ll want to make use of an online browser to entry it. Although, Xbox Cloud Gaming is extra targeted on enjoying fashionable titles away out of your console, whereas Antstream Arcade is solely targeted on tugging these nostalgic coronary heart strings.

Antstream Arcade on Xbox can be accessible for pre-order beginning as we speak on the Xbox retailer. Pricing will begin at $29.99 yearly with a one-time lifetime buy possibility for $79.99. The corporate says all future video games and new options can be included, no matter which buy possibility you determine to go along with.