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Xbox Game Pass May 2026 Wave 2 Loads 13 More Titles - Remnant II, Luna Abyss, Echo Generation 2, Crashout Crew, and Kabuto Park Headline a Day-One Slate, While June 2 Closes the Wave With Frontier's Jurassic World Evolution 3 and the Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster Landing in Ultimate and Premium on the Same DayGame Pass
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Xbox Game Pass May 2026 Wave 2 Loads 13 More Titles - Remnant II, Luna Abyss, Echo Generation 2, Crashout Crew, and Kabuto Park Headline a Day-One Slate, While June 2 Closes the Wave With Frontier's Jurassic World Evolution 3 and the Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster Landing in Ultimate and Premium on the Same Day

Microsoft's second Game Pass drop of the month adds 13 titles between May 20 and June 2 across Ultimate, Premium, and PC tiers. Day-one additions include Luna Abyss (May 21), Echo Generation 2 (May 27), and the Crashout Crew / Kabuto Park double on May 28. The standout finishers are Jurassic World Evolution 3 and Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster, both landing on June 2 and both available on the family-friendly Premium tier - a tonal pivot from April's action-heavy calendar.

Xbox Game Pass May 2026 Wave 1 Is Fully Live - Subnautica 2, Mixtape, Outbound, Black Jacket, Call of the Elder Gods, and Elite Dangerous Are All In the Library Right Now Ahead of Forza Horizon 6 on May 19Game Pass
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Xbox Game Pass May 2026 Wave 1 Is Fully Live - Subnautica 2, Mixtape, Outbound, Black Jacket, Call of the Elder Gods, and Elite Dangerous Are All In the Library Right Now Ahead of Forza Horizon 6 on May 19

Xbox Game Pass's May 2026 first wave is fully playable: Mixtape, Outbound, Black Jacket, Call of the Elder Gods, Elite Dangerous, and Subnautica 2 are all in the library now, with Forza Horizon 6 dropping Day One on May 19. A breakdown of every game, who made it, and where it fits.

Subnautica 2 Just Cleared 1 Million Copies in Its First Hour of Early Access With a 467,582 Concurrent Peak on Steam - Unknown Worlds Buries the Pre-Launch Drama and Lands a Top-Five Steam Launch of the YearGame Pass
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Subnautica 2 Just Cleared 1 Million Copies in Its First Hour of Early Access With a 467,582 Concurrent Peak on Steam - Unknown Worlds Buries the Pre-Launch Drama and Lands a Top-Five Steam Launch of the Year

Subnautica 2 hit Early Access on May 14 and immediately set a 467,582 concurrent Steam peak with over a million copies sold in the first hour, burying nine months of pre-launch drama on the way to one of 2026's biggest game launches.

Outbound Just Hit Game Pass Day One — Square Glade Games' Camper Van Cozy Open World Goes Live on PC and Xbox May 11, With PS5 and Switch a Three-Day Wait BehindGame Pass
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Outbound Just Hit Game Pass Day One — Square Glade Games' Camper Van Cozy Open World Goes Live on PC and Xbox May 11, With PS5 and Switch a Three-Day Wait Behind

A 14-person indie studio just shipped a sustainability-flavored road-trip RPG to Game Pass Ultimate. Build your own house on wheels, source power from sun, wind, or water, and bring three friends along — Subnautica 2's three-day head start was no accident.

Forza Horizon 6 Pre-Load Goes Live at 134 GB on Xbox and 146 GB on PC — And It Just Vaulted to #1 on Steam's May WishlistGame Pass
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Forza Horizon 6 Pre-Load Goes Live at 134 GB on Xbox and 146 GB on PC — And It Just Vaulted to #1 on Steam's May Wishlist

Forza Horizon 6's pre-load is live at 134.86 GB on Xbox and 146.4 GB on PC — the largest Horizon install ever — as the game claims #1 on Steam's May wishlist with 500K pre-orders booked ahead of its May 19 launch.

Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era Enters Early Access April 30 — Day One on Game PassGame Pass
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Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era Enters Early Access April 30 — Day One on Game Pass

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era launches into Early Access on April 30 with six factions, ranked multiplayer, and day-one PC Game Pass availability — the first new entry in the legendary strategy franchise in over a decade.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Drops to $22.99 — But Call of Duty Loses Day-One AccessGame Pass
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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Drops to $22.99 — But Call of Duty Loses Day-One Access

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate drops from $29.99 to $22.99/month in a permanent price cut, but future Call of Duty titles lose day-one access under new Xbox head Asha Sharma's strategy reset.

Aphelion Crash-Lands April 28 — Don’t Nod’s Sci-Fi Survival Adventure Hits Game Pass Day OneGame Pass
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Aphelion Crash-Lands April 28 — Don’t Nod’s Sci-Fi Survival Adventure Hits Game Pass Day One

Don’t Nod’s Aphelion launches April 28 as a day-one Game Pass title, sending astronaut Ariane to the frozen planet Persephone in a sci-fi adventure blending exploration, stealth, and shifting realities.

Invincible VS Launches April 30 as Killer Instinct Devs Bring Their 3v3 Tag Fighter to PS5, Xbox, and PCGame Pass
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Invincible VS Launches April 30 as Killer Instinct Devs Bring Their 3v3 Tag Fighter to PS5, Xbox, and PC

Quarter Up's 3v3 tag fighter Invincible VS launches April 30 on PS5, Xbox, PC, and day-one Game Pass. The Killer Instinct devs are shipping with an 18-character roster, a six-to-eight-hour Conquest campaign with the animated show's voice cast, and rollback netcode that impressed during two beta weekends.

Replaced Brings Its Gorgeous Cyberpunk Pixel Art to Xbox and PC on April 14 With Day-One Game PassGame Pass
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Replaced Brings Its Gorgeous Cyberpunk Pixel Art to Xbox and PC on April 14 With Day-One Game Pass

Sad Cat Studios' long-awaited cyberpunk 2.5D platformer Replaced launches April 14 on Xbox and PC with day-one Game Pass availability, bringing over 850,000 wishlists worth of hype to its pixel-art vision of an alternate 1980s America.

GTA 5 Leads Five Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass on April 15Game Pass
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GTA 5 Leads Five Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass on April 15

GTA V wraps up its 12-month Game Pass stint on April 15 alongside Eiyuden Chronicle, Terra Invicta, Ashen, and My Little Pony. Subscribers get at least 20% off before they go.

Vampire Crawlers Turns Vampire Survivors Into a Deckbuilding Dungeon Crawler on April 21Game Pass
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Vampire Crawlers Turns Vampire Survivors Into a Deckbuilding Dungeon Crawler on April 21

Vampire Crawlers reimagines Vampire Survivors as a turn-based deckbuilding dungeon crawler, launching April 21 on all platforms with day-one Game Pass at just $9.99.

Hades II Comes to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on April 14Game Pass
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Hades II Comes to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on April 14

Supergiant's acclaimed roguelike Hades II arrives on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on April 14, with day-one Xbox Game Pass availability.

REPLACED Launches April 14 — The Cyberpunk Platformer Worth the WaitGame Pass
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REPLACED Launches April 14 — The Cyberpunk Platformer Worth the Wait

Sad Cat Studios' long-awaited cyberpunk platformer REPLACED finally arrives April 14 on PC, Xbox, and Game Pass, delivering stunning pixel art and counter-driven combat set in a nuclear-scarred alternate 1980s America.

Hades II Arrives on Xbox Game Pass — One of the Best Games of the Generation is Now on Every PlatformGame Pass
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Hades II Arrives on Xbox Game Pass — One of the Best Games of the Generation is Now on Every Platform

Supergiant Games' critically acclaimed rogue-like Hades II finally launches on Xbox Series X/S on April 14th, landing on Game Pass day one.