Xbox Game Pass Premium Adds 2 Games, Plus an Open-World Bonus for PC Players

FBC: Firebreak and Endless Legend 2 are now available on Xbox Game Pass Premium. They arrive on a busy day for the service, debuting alongside a PC version of a hit open-world survival game and the first additions to the Xbox Game Pass Essential library since late 2025.

FBC: Firebreak is a co-op multiplayer shooter and Remedy Entertainment’s first-ever Control spin-off. It was a day-one Xbox Game Pass title that originally launched in June 2025. Endless Legend 2 is a follow-up to Amplitude Studios’ 2014 4X strategy game that launched as an early access title in September 2025, when it also joined select tiers of Microsoft’s subscription service. As is typically the case with day-one arrivals, both of these games were initially limited to the PC Game Pass and XGP Ultimate libraries.

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Xbox Game Pass Premium Subscribers Have Up to 3 New Games to Play Today

Endless Legend 2 and FBC: Firebreak expanded their reaches on April 8, when they officially joined Xbox Game Pass Premium. Today’s catalog update also includes the PC version of DayZ, Bohemia Interactive’s hit open-world zombie survival game, which is now available to all subscribers. Originally released in December 2018 after five years of early access, DayZ has been on Xbox Game Pass since May 2020, but only for console and cloud users. The reason for the six-year gap between its console and PC versions joining the service is unclear.

DayZ has been part of Xbox Game Pass Essential since December 2024, back when the entry-level subscription was still called XGP Core. As a result, its newly added PC version is also accessible by everyone, no matter the membership tier.

Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Games with Confirmed Release Dates

Date	Game	Game Pass Tier(s)	Platform(s)	Notes
Apr 8	DayZ	Ultimate, Premium, PC, Essential	PC	Console version available on XGP Ultimate since May 2020, on Core (now Essential) since Dec 2024.
Apr 8	Endless Legend 2	Premium	PC	Game Preview; available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Sep 2025.
Apr 8	FBC: Firebreak	Premium	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since June 2025.
Apr 8	Warhammer: Vermintide 2	Essential	Cloud, Console	Available on non-Essential tiers since May 2025.
Apr 9	Planet Coaster 2	Ultimate, Premium, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S
Apr 10	Tiny Bookshop	Ultimate, Premium, PC	Cloud, Handheld, PC, Series X/S
Apr 13	Football Manager 26	Premium	Cloud, Console, PC	Available on XGP Ultimate and PC GP since Nov 2025. Technically two games since the “Console” version is a standalone title.
Apr 14	Replaced	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Day-one release.
Apr 14	Hades II	Ultimate, PC, Premium	Cloud, Handheld, PC, Series X/S	Day-one (Series X/S) release.
Apr 14	The Thaumaturge	Ultimate, PC, Premium	Cloud, PC, Series X/S
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.

The Essential catalog has also received another title today: Warhammer: Vermintide 2. A well-received first-person action game developed by Swedish studio Fatshark, this 2018 title is currently in the middle of its third stint on Xbox Game Pass, which started in May 2025. It was previously available between July 2018 and July 2019, then returned for another year-long run in September 2020. While its current stint is now approaching its first anniversary, the act of joining the Essential-tier library suggests Warhammer: Vermintide 2 won’t be leaving Xbox Game Pass anytime soon.

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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and the PC version of DayZ mark the first additions to the Essential catalog since December 2025, when the budget tier of the service received Stellaris, World War Z: Aftermath, and Medieval Dynasty. Looking ahead, the Wave 1 Xbox Game Pass lineup for the month includes nine more arrivals, starting with Planet Coaster 2 on April 9 and ending with Kiln on April 23. That’s without counting expanded releases such as today’s debut of FBC: Firebreak and Endless Legend 2, of which several more are planned for this month.