Microsoft’s landmark acquisition of Activision Blizzard was finalized in October 2023 after over a year of extensive global attention. The deal is worth $68.7 billion, the largest in video game history. With so many iconic gaming franchises now running under the Xbox and Microsoft Gaming banner, there seems to be no rush to add new and legacy Activision Blizzard properties to the Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass subscription service.
2Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is now available on Xbox Game Pass.
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Diablo 4 was the first major Activision Blizzard game to hit Game Pass in March 2024. Last year’s blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 joined last month. It’s definitely slow going, but the good news is that the third major Activision franchise has now made its way to Game Pass in the form of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy for PC, console, and cloud.
Crash Bandicoot is a 3D action platformer from the original PlayStation era. At the time, the character was considered Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s Super Mario. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy presents complete, ground-up remakes of the first three Crash games in vibrant 4K.
The collection includes Crash Bandicoot (1996), Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997), and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (1998). Interestingly, the first three games in the series were developed by Naughty Dog, Sony’s first-party studio that later developed the legendary Uncharted and The Last of Us game series.
Other Activision Blizzard games coming to Game Pass this year include Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – but only for premium players. For more information, check out this article on Xbox’s restructuring of its Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass plans.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is an excellent addition to Game Pass, and we hope to see even more titles from the publisher’s back catalog coming to the service in the coming months. Personally, I’d love to see titles like Blizzard Arcade Collection, Diablo II: Resurrected, Diablo III, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 as soon as possible. Perhaps we’ll see or hear about a few more Activision Blizzard Game Pass drops at Gamescom in the coming weeks.
