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Xbox dropped Game Pass Ultimate from $29.99 to $22.99 a month and PC Game Pass from $16.49 to $13.99, while removing future Call of Duty titles from launch-day inclusion — the first major business decision under new gaming CEO Asha Sharma.

At Fan Festival 2026, Square Enix announced FFXIV's sixth expansion Evercold for January 2027, a Switch 2 launch in August, Reborn and Evolved combat modes, and an Evangelion alliance raid series.

Blizzard's second paid Diablo IV expansion adds the Paladin and Warlock, the Skovos Isles, the Horadric Cube crafting system, and reworks every existing class via a free Patch 3.0 arriving alongside it.

Circana data released April 22 shows the Switch 2 led U.S. hardware sales in March with $500 million in spending — up 69% year-on-year — as Pokémon Pokopia boosted console momentum.

Ubisoft sets a global showcase for the long-rumored Black Flag remake on April 23, after leaks from its own lead actor, a PEGI rating, and a trailer drop pre-empted the announcement.

Capcom says its sci-fi shooter Pragmata sold over one million units in two days after launch, turning a twice-delayed six-year project into its most successful original IP debut in years.

Nintendo's dedicated competitive battler launched April 8 to mixed reviews, fan backlash over missing items and bugs, yet remains the official VGC platform for the 2026 season.

Nintendo says Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream launched on April 16 for Nintendo Switch, capping roughly nine years of development and rebuilding the series around user-generated content and a new island setting.

Supergiant Games brings its acclaimed roguelite sequel to PlayStation and Xbox with all post-launch updates, bonus content, and day-one Game Pass inclusion after a seven-month console exclusivity window on Nintendo Switch.

visionOS 26.4 brings NVIDIA CloudXR 6.0 for RTX-powered enterprise and gaming apps, while Valve launches a native Steam Link beta for PC game streaming on Vision Pro.

Bethesda's space RPG arrives on PS5 with two DLC expansions and the Free Lanes overhaul, as Microsoft's multiplatform strategy reaches its most significant title yet.

Nintendo of America filed suit in the U.S. Court of International Trade on March 6, seeking a refund with interest of duties paid under IEEPA tariffs the Supreme Court struck down in February, joining more than 2,000 corporate lawsuits that have overwhelmed federal refund systems.