Nope, Elden Ring definitely isn’t on Xbox Game Pass.
Microsoft has confirmed that, while some users saw Elden Ring appear on Xbox Cloud Gaming as part of Xbox Game Pass, it was just a bug that has now been fixed.
“If you’ve seen Elden Ring and other games appear as if they might be playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming or Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft says this is a bug and it has rolled out a fix,” said The Verge editor Tom Warren via Twitter.
if you’ve seen Elden Ring and other games appear as if they might be playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming or Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft says this is a bug and it has rolled out a fix pic.twitter.com/cnYuANBaBo
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) August 10, 2022
Several games including Elden Ring, GTA V, and Soul Hackers 2 appeared on store pages and an ad promoting Xbox Cloud Gaming earlier today. But while many speculated that this meant an Xbox Game Pass debut for the titles, it looks as though it was all an unintended mistake.
“We’re aware of a bug that incorrectly displayed some titles as available with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Eurogamer. “We rolled out a fix and this is now updated.”
Of course, it’s no surprise that gamers and Game Pass subscribers jumped to conclusions. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time a game had leaked in this manner before being added to the Game Pass catalog.
Madden NFL 23 was previously listed on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in the same manner that Elden Ring appeared here.
Equally, we’ve seen plenty of red herrings too. Cyberpunk 2077 was rumored to be added to Xbox Game Pass when in-game footage was spotted in an advertisement for the online service. The game is still yet to appear on Game Pass.
However, it looks as though Elden Ring, GTA V, and Soul Hackers 2 remain off the service – a quick look at Xbox Game Pass and Cloud Gaming now confirms that they’re not available to play.
Still, Xbox has an impressive array of games available with Fortnite recently added to its cloud-based service.
Want to find out more about Xbox Game Pass? Check out our rundown of the best Xbox Game Pass games as well as our review of the Xbox Cloud Gaming service.
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.