Xbox Game Pass Adds AAA 2025 Game, Plus an Open-World RPG for Premium Users

Xbox Game Pass has added two new games: those with the Ultimate subscription will get NHL 26, and Premium subscribers will receive The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered. This makes NHL 26 the ninth game added to the Ultimate library in April 2026, and The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered the twelfth addition to the Xbox Game Pass Premium catalog this month.

After numerous leaks and reports, Oblivion Remastered unexpectedly appeared on Xbox Game Pass in late April 2025. Bethesda partnered with Virtuos, a large game development studio based in Singapore, to create the updated version. The remaster is built using a combination of older and newer technology: it still uses the original game’s Gamebryo engine for core gameplay, but utilizes the power of Unreal Engine 5 for improved graphics. Oblivion Remastered quickly became one of the most popular open-world RPGs of spring 2025, achieving a “Strong” rating on OpenCritic based on over 100 reviews with an average score of 82 and an 87% recommendation rate.

NHL 26 Joins Xbox Game Pass Ultimate as Oblivion Remastered Expands to Premium Tier

As a huge fan, I was so excited to see Oblivion Remastered finally added to Xbox Game Pass Premium – just before its one-year anniversary! It launched alongside NHL 26, which, like always, isn’t available on PC directly. But thankfully, we PC gamers can still play it through Xbox Cloud Gaming. It’s a little weird, actually, because right now, the standard PC Game Pass doesn’t even include access to cloud gaming. It started as something only for Ultimate subscribers, but they opened it up to Premium and Essential members back in August 2025.

Because NHL 26 needs the EA Play add-on for Xbox Game Pass, it probably won’t be available on any other subscription tiers. However, it’s likely to remain on the Ultimate tier for a while, as both NHL 25 and NHL 24 are still available on the service. The last NHL game removed from Xbox Game Pass was NHL 23, which left in April 2025. If this trend continues, NHL 26 might be removed around April 30th.

Confirmed Xbox Game Pass Releases for April 2026 nd Beyond

Date Game Game Pass Tier(s) Platform(s) Notes
Apr 16 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Premium Cloud, PC, Series X/S Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Apr 2025.
Apr 16 EA Sports NHL 26 Ultimate Cloud, Series X/S
Apr 17 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Ultimate, PC, Premium Cloud, Console, PC
Apr 21 Vampire Crawlers Ultimate, PC Cloud, Handheld, PC, Series X/S Day-one release.
Apr 21 Little Rocket Lab Premium Cloud, Console, PC Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Oct 2025.
Apr 21 Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato Premium Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Oct 2025.
Apr 23 Kiln Ultimate, PC Cloud, Handheld, PC, Series X/S Day-one release.
Apr 28 Aphelion Ultimate, PC Cloud, PC, Series X/S Day-one release.
May 19 Forza Horizon 6 Ultimate, PC Cloud, PC, Series X/S Day-one release.
Jul 13 Ascend to Zero Ultimate, PC Cloud, PC, Series X/S Day-one release.
Aug 4 Beast of Reincarnation Ultimate, PC Cloud, PC, Series X/S Day-one release.
Aug 14 Grave Seasons Ultimate, PC Cloud, PC, Series X/S Day-one release.

NHL 26 is the 63rd game added to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass this year. Four more titles are confirmed to arrive in April 2026, including the updated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Vampire Crawlers, a new game from the creators of Vampire Survivors, Poncle.

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We expect to learn the full list of new games coming to Xbox Game Pass in the second half of April – likely on Tuesday, April 21st, as Microsoft usually makes these announcements then. Over 30 games have been confirmed for the service, but most aren’t scheduled to launch until 2026, and most still don’t have specific release dates.

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2026-04-16 16:38