Xbox Game Pass gets blocks, hockey, and a little bit loopy in April

The loop brings you back

There’s a new batch of games hitting Xbox Game Pass this month, and they range from recursive loops to a world of blocks. Microsoft has confirmed games like Loop Hero, Minecraft Legends, and more are on their way to the Game Pass this month.

Some of these new entries aren’t particularly surprises. Minecraft Legends is a collaboration between Mojang and Blackbird Interactive, so that Day One launch on the Game Pass makes sense. And while Ghostwire: Tokyo was a timed exclusive even after the purchase of Bethesda by Xbox, it’s now coming  to those consoles and hitting Game Pass.

Still, there are plenty of surprises and little gems in Game Pass this month too. Loop Hero is a great pick-up, and one I’d strongly recommend you check out if you haven’t yet; it mixes concepts of auto-battling, idle games, city building, and more to make a very strange and interesting kind of RPG adventure.

There’s also NHL 23 hitting on April 13 via EA Play, for all the Chel fans out there. Lastly, Iron Brigade arrives, a bit of an oddity in the development history of Double Fine. Still, if you’ve been watching the Double Fine Psychodyssey and wanted to dive deeper into the studio’s catalog, Iron Brigade is an interesting part of it.

Here’s the full lineup for this month’s initial batch of games, as well as the games that are leaving soon on April 15.

Xbox Game Pass April 2023 arrivals

• Loop Hero (Console, PC) – Out today
• Iron Brigade (Cloud, console) – April 6
• Ghostwire: Tokyo (Cloud, console, PC) – April 12
• NHL 23 (Console via EA Play) – April 13
• Minecraft Legends (Cloud, console, PC) – April 18

Leaving Xbox Game Pass on April 15

• Life is Strange: True Colors (Cloud, console, PC)
• Moonglow Bay (Cloud, console, PC)
• Panzer Corps II (PC)
• Rainbow Six Extraction (Cloud, console, PC)
• The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk (Cloud, console, PC)
• The Long Dark (Cloud, console, PC)
• The Riftbreaker (Cloud, console, PC)