The Xbox Game Pass Wave 1 lineup for March 2026 is now official, with Microsoft revealing it in its usual first-Tuesday-of-the-month slot. The newly announced roster consists of five new arrivals headlined by one of the most successful single-player RPGs in recent history, as well as two expanded releases that are coming to the Premium tier of Xbox Game Pass after already spending some time on Ultimate.
Even before the new content wave was announced, Microsoft’s subscription service kicked off this month's game offerings earlier today, March 3, when Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Final Fantasy 3 Pixel Remaster joined Xbox Game Pass for the first time ever. Both of those debuts were originally confirmed as part of the February 2026 Wave 2 roster announcement.
Xbox Game Pass is losing four more games later today, but February 2026 still offered plenty of upside for Microsoft's subscribers.
Microsoft announced the next Xbox Game Pass release wave in the early morning ET on March 3, continuing the trend of such reveals falling on the first Tuesday of a given month—a pattern that hasn't been broken since June 2025. The roster contains five brand-new additions to the company's...
