It’s the best time of the year: the Stanley Cup Playoffs have begun! When you’re not watching hockey, that could also be possible to play playing hockey with NHL 24which has just been confirmed as an addition to the Xbox Game Pass lineup. NHL 24 was made available to console subscribers on April 18, just two days before the playoffs started.
EA has that too announced That Star Wars Jedi: Survivorthe wildly fun 2023 action-adventure sequel comes to the EA Play library on Thursday, April 25 – included in both PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
But if you’re not a Star Wars or hockey fan, that’s no problem: there’s plenty more to come Xbox Game Pass this month, like the anticipated medieval strategy game Landlords. Landlords launches April 26 with early access and Xbox Game Pass PC subscribers will have access from the start. Intriguing indie game Harold Halibut is also available.
Here’s the full slate of games coming to Xbox Game Pass for the rest of April:
- Harold Halibut (cloud, Windows PC and Xbox Series X) – April 16
- Orcs must die! 3 (cloud, console and Windows PC) – April 17
- NHL 24 (console) – April 18
- Eiyuden Chronicle: One Hundred Heroes (cloud, console and Windows PC) – April 23
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Console and Windows PC) – April 25
- Another treasure of a crab (cloud, console and Windows PC) – April 25
- Landlords (Windows PC) – April 26
- Have a beautiful death (cloud, console and Windows PC) – April 30
Subscribers to Game Pass Core, which is essentially the replacement for Xbox Live Gold, get access Deep Rock Galactic, Superhot: Mind Control RemovalAnd Wreck party.
Just like every other month, Microsoft will remove a number of games from the service. Six matches will start on April 30:
- 7 days to die (cloud, console and Windows PC)
- Besiege (cloud, console and Windows PC)
- NHL 22 (to console)
- Loot river (cloud, console and Windows PC)
- Pikuniku (cloud, console and Windows PC)
- Ravenlock (cloud, console and Windows PC)
Xbox Game Pass costs $10.99 per month, while PC Game Pass costs $9.99 per month. PC Game Pass provides access to EA Play, which offers an additional 70 games on PC. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, for $16.99 per 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 access to online multiplayer. Xbox Game Pass Core (formerly called Xbox Live Gold) costs $9.99 per month or $59.99 per year.
Update (April 23): This article has been updated to reflect the late addition of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor added to the Game Pass lineup for the second half of April.