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5 classic Bethesda and id Software games are now on PC Game Pass – and 3 more are free

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5 classic Bethesda and id Software games are now on PC Game Pass – and 3 more are free

Revisit classic first-person shooters like Quake 4, Wolfenstein 3D and The Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire

Adam Vjestica
Aug 19, 2022
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5 classic Bethesda and id Software games are now on PC Game Pass – and 3 more are free

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➡️ The Shortcut Skinny

  • 🆕 Five classic Bethesda and id Software games are now available on PC Game Pass

  • 🆓 Three of the games can be downloaded for free, even if you don’t have a PC Game Pass subscription

  • 📦 PC Game Pass could get Death Stranding next

PC Game Pass subscribers can now access five classic Bethesda and id Software games, including Quake 4, Wolfenstein 3D, and The Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire.

Microsoft has also announced that three games are free to download, like Quake Champions, even if you’re not a member of PC Game Pass. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can also unlock all 16 elite champions in Quake Champions with Ultimate Perks.

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An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire, The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard, Quake 4, Wolfenstein 3D, Wolfenstein: Return to Castle, and Quake Champions perks are available now with Xbox Game Pass.
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The Bethesda and id Software games span the early ‘90s and noughties and are a fantastic way to educate yourself on classic first-person shooters and adventure games.

Here are all the titles you can download now:

Bethesda and id Software games on PC Game Pass

  • 🏰 Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001)

  • 🔫 Quake 4 (2005)

  • 🐺 Wolfenstein 3D (1992)

  • ⚔️ An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (1997)

  • 📜 The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (1998)

Free games you can claim right now

  • 🏟️ The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994)

  • 🗡️ The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996)

  • 🏆 Quake Champions (2017)

What’s coming next to PC Game Pass?

PS5 hit Death Stranding is coming to PC Game Pass. Hideo Kojima’s open-world epic was originally a PS4 and PS5 exclusive but later made its way to PC. The PC Game Pass Twitter account has been teasing that the game could be coming to Microsoft’s subscription service and officially confirmed the news today.

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PC Game Pass subscribers can also play Coffee Talk, Commandos 3 HD Remaster, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Midnight Fight Express, Opu’s Echo of Starsong, Tinykin, Exa Punks, and Immortality this month.

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Updated: August 19, 2022

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