Xbox has announced the next batch of games joining its Xbox Game Pass subscription service for the first wave of April 2026 titles. There are nine games joining the service for the first time, including new releases like Kiln, Replaced, and Vampire Crawlers, and other games finally making their way to the service, like the 2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot and Hades 2 with its arrival on PlayStation and Xbox consoles.

More than that though is the number of games getting shuffled around, so they’re available not just to Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, but to those on the Game Pass Premium tier as well. That includes games like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and Football Manager 26.

Other notable movements include DayZ, which is now set to be available on PC Game Pass. Remedy Entertainment’s multiplayer misfire FBC: Firebreak is also getting moved around and will also now be available on Game Pass Premium on top of Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.

The biggest news of this wave though, at least for some Game Pass subscribers, is the confirmation that the Game Pass Essential tier will be getting “two more games” added to the limited library on April 8, 2026.

Here’s the full list of games entering the service in this first wave and the games getting moved around, with the date they’re entering the service, what platforms they are available on, and what tiers.

• DayZ – April 8 – PC – Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, Game Pass Essential, Now on PC Game Pass
• Endless Legend 2 (Game Preview) – April 8 – PC – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Now on Game Pass Premium
• FBC: Firebreak – April 8 – Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Now on Game Pass Premium
• Planet Coaster 2 – April 9 – Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
• Tiny Bookshop – April 10 – Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
• Football Manager 26 (PC and Console Versions) – April 13 – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Now with Game Pass Premium
• Hades 2 – April 14 – Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
• Replaced – April 14 – Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• The Thaumaturge – April 14 – Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered – April 16 – Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Now with Game Pass Premium
• EA Sports NHL 26 – April 16 – Cloud, Xbox Series X/S – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) – April 17 – Cloud, Console, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
• Little Rocket Lab – April 21 – Cloud, Console, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Now with Game Pass Premium
• Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato – April 21 – Cloud, Console, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Now with Game Pass Premium
• Vampire Crawlers – April 21 – Cloud, Console, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Kiln – April 23 – Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, PC – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass

As new games enter the service, there are always a few that are on their way out. This time, the exiting class include quite the heavy hitters, including indie title Ashen, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, and most significantly, Grand Theft Auto V. Here’s the full list of games leaving as of April 15, 2026.

• Ashen
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
• Grand Theft Auto V
• My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Myster
• Terra Invicta (Game Preview)

For more on Xbox Game Pass, check out our full Game Pass hub page, which includes a full list of the games available on Game Pass that gets updated regularly, along with a full breakdown of what you get with each tier.

About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech’s gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry’s movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he’s done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.

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