One More Level priced Valor Mortis at $39.99 after a year of worry that a cheaper sticker would make its 20-hour new IP look small.
Activision billed Modern Warfare 4 as the epic conclusion of the 2019 saga, the same week Treyarch left Black Ops after a fifth-place U.S. year.
Diablo 5 is coming to PC, but Xbox UK already claimed it and StarCraft, while Blizzard still lists no platforms and PlayStation waits.
Blizzard is betting StarCraft's next decade on a boxed third-person shooter due spring 2030, led by Far Cry veteran Dan Hay, not on a new RTS.
Two Beats iPhone controllers, in the works more than a year, would compete with Backbone, 8BitDo, and the pads Apple already stocks.
Blizzard set Diablo V in a Sanctuary the Lord of Terror already rules, due spring 2029, while Diablo IV keeps seasons and loses further expansions.
Valheim 1.0 crossplay now spans PS5, Switch 2, Xbox and PC, but only Xbox and Microsoft Store PC share saves.
Xbox will cap Game Pass Ultimate cloud gaming at 15 hours a month in November, a tighter meter than GeForce Now's 100-hour ceiling.
College Football 27 is free for every Xbox account through September 6, while three other Free Play Days games get timers, Game Pass, or $4.49.
Sony and LEGO priced a 1,911-piece PlayStation replica at $179.99, with a working disc lid, after dating new game discs to end in 2028.