Xbox Game Pass Already Has 2 Day One Games Announced for April 2022

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Anyone that follows Xbox Game Pass announcements regularly should know by now that Microsoft likes to reveal them in two week batches. With some exceptions, Microsoft usually starts the month off by revealing the new Xbox Game Pass games coming in the next two weeks, with the second set revealed around the middle of the month. This will likely hold true for April 2022, so Xbox Game Pass subscribers are expecting an announcement either on Friday, April 1 or sometime early next week.

While Microsoft itself has yet to reveal all the new games coming to Xbox Game Pass in April 2022, previous announcements have let the cat out of the bag. If a game is going to be a day one Xbox Game Pass game, it's usually revealed alongside its release date announcement, which means fans often know about at least a handful of new games coming to Xbox Game Pass well in advance.

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For April 2022, there are two day one Xbox Game Pass games that subscribers know about so far, but there will likely be more on the way. As it stands, April 2022 is relatively bare when it comes to new game releases compared to the last couple of months, so it will be interesting to see how Microsoft fills the gaps.

On April 5, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can check out MLB The Show 22, the latest entry in the long-running MLB The Show baseball game franchise. What makes MLB The Show 22's status as a day one Xbox Game Pass game so interesting is that it's actually published by Microsoft's chief competitor in the gaming industry, Sony, and developed by Sony's first-party San Diego Studio. Due to a licensing agreement with the MLB, Sony has to bring MLB The Show to other platforms, hence why MLB The Show 22 is