Microsoft Corp's Xbox division announced on Tuesday it would launch a game subscription service that will allow gamers to play over 100 Xbox video games for just 9.99 US dollars per month.

The service, named "Xbox Game Pass," will allow subscribers to download games directly to a console and play them online as well as offline, Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, said in a blog post.

The subscription will only be available on Microsoft's Xbox One videogame console and devices running its Windows 10 operating system.

The service, which will launch later this spring, will include games such as "LEGO Batman," Microsoft's "Halo 5: Guardians" and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's "NBA 2K16." 

"Xbox Game Pass" subscribers will also be able to buy games in the catalog at a discount.

Before this service, console gamers usually bought individual games at a price around 10 to 60 US dollars, and the software would be partially useless if users decided not to play anymore. So some players even rented their games out for a "refund" to compensate this "loss."

But under "Xbox Game Pass," they can enjoy more games at a much lower price. Tech blog Gizmodo praised Xbox's move as "just what the struggling console needed."

(With inputs from Reuters)