GTA 5 Among a Handful of Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Month

Microsoft has confirmed the batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass this month, and among them is Grand Theft Auto 5.

As revealed connected the Xbox PC app, Rockstar’s GTA 5 Enhanced and GTA 5 Legacy permission Game Pass connected April 15, 2026. The timing present makes sense; GTA 5’s removal comes a twelvemonth aft the crippled returned to Game Pass, connected April 15, 2025, with GTA 5 Enhanced playable via PC Game Pass. So it looks similar Microsoft snapped up GTA 5 for Game Pass successful a 12-month deal. But GTA 5 isn’t the lone crippled leaving Game Pass this month.

GTA 5 is 1 of a fig of games leaving Game Pass this month. Image credit: IGN.

Games leaving Xbox Game Pass successful April 2026:

• GTA 5
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
• Terra Invicta
• My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery
• Ashen

GTA 5 leaves Xbox Game Pass up of a ramp up successful GTA 6 marketing, which Take-Two brag Strauss Zelnick has indicated kicks disconnected this summer. GTA 6 presently has a November 19, 2026 merchandise day for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S lone — there’s inactive nary PC mentation announced. The terms of GTA 6 remains a mystery, with immoderate expecting Rockstar to complaint up to $100 for the game, though there's nary grounds either mode close now. One happening Zelnick has been wide on, however, is denying rumors that GTA 6 volition beryllium a digital-only merchandise upon its archetypal launch. Recently, PlayStation gamers began fooling their friends by adding GTA 6 to their Recently Played list.

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