Great news, StarCraft fans. StarCraft Remastered and the campaign for StarCraft II is coming to PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass for Ultimate tier subscribers. Players using those services can download both on November 5 later this year.

These classic Blizzard Games, previously locked to the PC platform where the IP has long had its roots, appear to be the latest Activision Blizzard-based benefit to Xbox following that aquisition you probably didn’t hear much about late last year. While other bits of the StarCraft series were already available on Xbox, such as the multiplayer mode of StarCraft II, this marks a substantial port of one of the legendary RTS games of all time. And its sequel, which to be fair has a pretty decent campaign.

This announcement came during Xbox’s 2024 Tokyo Game Show broadcast, and was followed by an Xbox Wire blog post penned by Amelia Savery at Activision Blizzard. They wrote the following, “Ever since StarCraft first launched in 1998 and expanded with StarCraft II in 2010, the series has left an indelible mark on the real-time strategy (RTS) genre, esports, and the rise of live streaming – and continues to enthral a very active and passionate community that is always looking to welcome new members into their ranks. So, while we wait for November 5 to roll around, let’s take a look at the impact the StarCraft series has had on the world… in ways you may not have expected!”

Savery continues by mentioning some of the impact the series has had, including a copy of StarCraft making it to space! But either way, a nice little benefit for Game Pass users who’ve not had a chance to try out StarCraft yet. At this point, you can pretty much play the entire series for the cost of a sub, so get to it!

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