Xbox Retro Classics receives five new games from Blizzard
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Key points
- Xbox Retro Classics receives five new games from Blizzard, including The Lost Vikings.
- Technically, seven products are going to be added due to the different versions of the game present.
- Xbox Retro Classics is available to all Xbox Game Pass subscribers free of charge.
On Nov. 13, 2025, Microsoft silently added five new games to its Xbox Retro Classics service, all of which were games from the early era of Blizzard, when the studio wasn’t even called Blizzard.
Among those being added is The Lost Vikings, a 1993 puzzle-platform game developed by Silicon & Synapse, Blizzard’s very first name, and published by Interplay Productions. The game was originally released for the SNES, but found its way to MS-DOS and Mega Drive, as well as the Genesis.
Here’s the full list of games being added to the Xbox Retro Classics service:
- The Lost Vikings
- Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest (SNES)
- Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest (PlayStation)
- Blackthorne (SNES)
- Blackthorne (Mega Drive/Genesis)
- Rock & Roll Racing (SNES)
- RPM Racing (SNES)
The Xbox Retro Classics service, introduced by Microsoft, debuted in May 2025. Microsoft mentioned that it is planning for the service to have more than 100 titles over time. The games being added to the Xbox Retro Classics service are from Activision and Blizzard’s early days.
The service is available for those subscribed to the Xbox Game Pass for no additional charges. Xbox’s retro classic service is the product of the collaboration between Xbox and Antstream Arcade.
