Minecraft Legends and Ghostwire: Tokyo join Game Pass in April

By James On Apr 4, 2023

Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass subscribers get two first-day launches in April, plus a timely sports title as the National Hockey League begins its two-month Stanley Cup Playoffs journey.

The launches on the first day are Ghostwire: Tokyo on April 12 and Minecraft Legends on April 18. Ghostwire: Tokyo, by Tango Gameworks (a studio owned by Microsoft) debuted in late March 2022 on PlayStation 5 and Windows PC. Like it Deathloop, it was a PlayStation exclusive for a year and will make its Xbox debut through Game Pass. The Xbox release of Ghostwire: Tokyo will coincide with a substantial update to Tango’s game that will add new Tokyo locations, new missions and an expanded campaign with “extended cutscenes, giving players a deeper understanding of the plot,” according to publisher Bethesda.

Minecraft Legends is a spin-off of Mojang’s long-running sandbox franchise, leaning towards the real-time strategy genre. For more information, check out our November preview. Minecraft Legends will also launch on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 on April 18.

Other Xbox Game Pass April titles include NHL 23 for Xbox One and Xbox Series X, through Xbox Game Pass Ultimate’s partnership with the EA Play library. That game will be available on April 13, the Thursday leading up to the weekend when the NHL playoffs begin. Also the tower defense game for the Xbox 360 Iron Brigade (Do you remember when it was called dug?), from Tim Schafer’s Double Fine productions, is coming to the Game Pass library this month.

Here’s the full Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass lineup for April 2023 that Microsoft announced on Tuesday:

Goat Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 4
Iron Brigade (Cloud and console) – April 6
Ghostwire: Tokyo (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 12
NHL 23 (Console, via EA Play) – April 13
Minecraft Legends (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 18

And here are the titles leaving Game Pass later this month on April 15.

Life is strange: true colors (Cloud, console and PC)
Moonglow Bay (Cloud, console and PC)
Panzer Corps II (pc)
Rainbow Six Extraction (Cloud, console and PC)
The dungeon of Naheulbeuk (Cloud, console and PC)
The long dark (Cloud, console and PC)
The Rift Breaker (Cloud, console and PC)

Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass both cost $9.99 per month. PC Game Pass includes access to EA Play, which offers an additional 70 games on PC. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, for $14.99 a month, gives subscribers access to everything – the PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass libraries, EA Play on both console and PC – as well as the Xbox Live Gold membership, which is required for online multiplayer.