MMORPG Release Calendar
Launches, expansions, betas, and Early Access windows — every entry sourced, with delays and date changes tracked in the open. Filter by status, type, or platform; estimated windows are always marked and never dressed up as exact days. Planning launch day with friends or your guild? Every entry has an Add to calendar button that saves release day to your own calendar on any device — iPhone, Android, PC or Mac (Apple Calendar, Google, Outlook, Office 365, Yahoo).
Q3 2026
Lost ArkWarpweaver class + Base Camp
Q3 roadmap headliner: the Warpweaver class (Time Manager and Spatial Swordsman styles) plus Base Camp, a rebuilt onboarding express that walks new and returning players to item level 1700. Amazon has still not named a September day — its August 31 team update only moves the second server-merge phase to September 9. Amazon Game Studios hands Lost Ark's Western service to Smilegate in early 2027.
Source: Official 2026 roadmap — part 3 ↗verified PC
Throne and LibertyColossus Vegamor update
Per the Frozen Divide roadmap: a new Colossus encounter (Vegamor) that raises the equipment item-level cap and improves drop rates for gear that can reach it; Castle Siege and Tax Delivery improvements were bundled with it in the original August slot. Rescheduled to the end of September while Amazon prepares to hand Western live operations to NC in Q4 2026.
Source: MassivelyOP — roadmap preview ↗verified PC · PlayStation · Xbox
Date history (1 change)
- 📅 was August 2026 → now Late September 2026 · changed — Amazon's August 14 Resistance Report rescheduled the Colossus Vegamor update from August to September to prioritise the Q4 handover of Western operations to NC; the August 26 Update 4.9.0 notes refine it to "the end of September". No new date has been given for the bundled Castle Siege and Tax Delivery changes. source ↗
RuneScape: Dragonwilds1.0 Launch
Jagex's RuneScape-universe survival game leaves Early Access, launching simultaneously on PC, PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2 with the Scorned Wilderness update included and day-one Game Pass availability. Jagex confirmed the price stays at $29.99 / £24.99 after 1.0.
Source: Jagex ↗verified Purchase requiredPC · PlayStation · Xbox · Switch
Guild Wars 2Visions of Eternity: Code of Creation
The last of the expansion's three 2026 updates and the story's finale: the Leyspring Hollows zone, the ten-player Nexus of Eternity raid, the Solitary Throne fractal, a new Convergence, the Wages of Stars legendary sword, and a new Wizard's Vault season. Challenge modes follow on September 29 and the legendary raid difficulty on October 13.
Source: Official — expansion announcement (three 2026 updates) ↗verified PC
Date history (1 change)
- 🔁 was 2026 (announced) → now September 15, 2026 (confirmed) · changed — ArenaNet named the third and final Visions of Eternity update — Code of Creation — on August 11 and dated it September 15; the year window narrowed to a committed day, it did not slip. source ↗
Aion 2Launch Scale Test (open stress test)
Two-day open server-load test on Steam and PURPLE — no keys, invites or registration; pre-download from September 16. Level cap 37, shop and trading disabled, and all progress is wiped at the end of Day 2 (nothing carries into Advance Access or launch).
Source: Steam news — Launch Scale Test Coming Up (NC) ↗verified Free / open to everyonePCGlobal
World of Warcraft: ForeverBeta
Beta opens for owners of the Skyborne Epic Pack or Warcraft Forever Collection pre-purchase packs — the only route in — and runs into late October ahead of the November 4 launch; early name reservation follows October 27–November 3.
Source: Vice — how to access the beta on September 17 ↗verified Purchase requiredPC · Mac
Dune: AwakeningConsole Launch (PS5 / Xbox Series X|S)
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S release with console-tailored UI and controls, day-one Game Pass availability, and a single-player mode arriving the same day. Deluxe and Ultimate edition buyers get in five days early, on September 17.
Source: Official site ↗verified Purchase requiredPlayStation · XboxGlobal
Aion 2Advance Access (Founder's Packs)
Five days of pre-launch access for Founder's Pack buyers (September 30 – October 4), ahead of the free-to-play global launch on October 5. Every Founder's Pack now also includes a 30-day membership.
Source: Inven Global — NC Founder's Pack announcement ↗verified Founder pack requiredPCGlobal
Q4 2026
Monsters & MemoriesEarly Access
The indie EverQuest-like opens its doors on October 1 at 09:00 Bahrain time (02:00 Eastern / 23:00 Pacific the night before) through the studio's own launcher, with all of Module 1: Descent into the Deep, four starting locations, and a $15/month subscription with no box price. The team confirmed on August 18 that the date is on track; the closed beta ends September 24.
Source: Official site ↗verified Purchase requiredPC
Date history (1 change)
- 📅 was June 1, 2026 → now October 1, 2026 · changed — Moved to allow more time for performance, systems, and content polish. source ↗
ArcheAge ChroniclesSteam Early Access
The ArcheAge successor's first public release is Steam Early Access in Q4 2026 — reframed from a full launch in Kakao Games' Q2 2026 earnings (August 11), with publishing reverting to XL Games. Originally targeted at 2025, moved to 2026 in Kakao's Q3 2024 report. The Steam page still lists 'To be announced'; a US/Canada network test on Steam runs September 12–13.
Source: MassivelyOP — Kakao Q2 2026 earnings ↗verified Purchase requiredPC
Date history (1 change)
- 🔁 was Full launch (Q4 2026, announced) → now Steam Early Access (Q4 2026, announced) · changed — Kakao's Q2 2026 earnings reframed the Q4 release as Steam Early Access rather than a full launch, with publishing reverting to XL Games. source ↗
EVE OnlineTheaters of War: second expansion
The second of three planned expansions in the Theaters of War saga, continuing the Military Campaigns arc that Cradle of War opened on June 9. CCP's 2026 roadmap commits to the year; as of September 11 no name or window has been announced and the official news feed carries only Cradle of War content.
Source: EVE Online — Directors' Letter ↗verified PC · Mac
The Lord of the Rings OnlineThe Wolves of Mordor expansion
Standing Stone Games' next expansion heads into eastern Mordor — three new regions, Sauron's past as the Lord of Wolves, a housing overhaul and a new survival-style progression system for the new zones. Announced at Gen Con on July 31; SSG's Q3 letter points at autumn with no date named.
Source: Official — Q3 2026 letter to players ("Looking Ahead to Autumn") ↗verified Purchase requiredPC
Aion 2Global Launch (PC)
Worldwide free-to-play PC launch on Steam and NC's PURPLE launcher, following the November 2025 Korean release. NC named the day with a Global Release Date Trailer at gamescom Opening Night Live; Founder's Pack advance access runs from September 30, and an open Launch Scale Test precedes it on September 17–18.
Source: Inven Global — NC Founder's Pack announcement ↗verified Free / open to everyonePCGlobal
Date history (2 changes)
- 📅 was September 2026 → now October 2026 · changed — NC's five-day Founder's advance access starts September 30, placing the full launch in early October; NCSoft has not named the day. source ↗
- 🔁 was October 2026 (delayed) → now October 5, 2026 (confirmed) · changed — NC named the day at gamescom Opening Night Live on August 25, 2026 — the October window narrowed to a committed date; the earlier September → October slip stays on record. source ↗
The Elder Scrolls OnlineSeason Two
The second season of ESO's seasonal model: Moon Hunter Keep and March of Sacrifices reworked as solo dungeons, Tamriel Tome challenges for more playstyles, and the Wolfhunter, Greymoor and Markarth DLCs folded into the base game. Update 51, carrying most of the season's systems, lands first on September 28 (PC/Mac); the Crimson Veldt trial and the next class-and-combat refresh moved to 2027 with Update 52.
Source: Dot Esports — 2026 roadmap explainer ↗verified PC · Mac · PlayStation · Xbox
Date history (1 change)
- 🔁 was Autumn 2026 (announced) → now October 21, 2026 (confirmed) · changed — Game Director Nick Giacomini's July 30 roadmap letter pinned the season start — the autumn window narrowed to a committed date, it did not slip. Update 51 moved one week to September 28 on PC/Mac. source ↗
EVE VanguardPersistent Alpha
A persistent 24/7 live Alpha planned for November 2026 via the EVE Launcher on PC, following the time-boxed "Operation Avalon" playtest (July 7–20, 2026). Fenris Creations (CCP Games, renamed after its May 2026 management buyout) has named no day inside the window, and the Steam Early Access release that once targeted summer 2026 has no new date.
Source: Official — Operation Avalon & persistent Alpha ↗verified Free / open to everyonePC
World of Warcraft: ForeverLaunch
Launch of Blizzard's Classic+ — a permanent level-60 alternate timeline of vanilla Azeroth with three new zones, overhauled existing ones, nine new dungeons, 10- and 20-player raids, 1,000+ quests, a new battleground, and the Skyborne race. Included with any active WoW subscription or game time.
Source: Official site (Blizzard) ↗verified Purchase requiredPC · Mac
EverQuest33rd Expansion (unannounced)
The July 2026 producer's letter teases the next expansion ('You'd be Mad to miss the next expansion') but names no title, date, or window. EverQuest expansions have shipped each December since 2001; the tracker will record a date when one exists.
Source: Official — July 2026 producer's letter ↗verified PC
ApogeaLaunch
Free-to-play launch with no announced date — Trinitas frames 2026 as a testing roadmap leading toward release, and the Steam page still lists the release date as to be announced.
Source: Steam store page — release date TBA ↗verified Free / open to everyonePC
Q1 2027
Final Fantasy XIVEvercold (8.0 Expansion)
Revealed at the Anaheim Fan Festival in April 2026: the Fourth Reflection, Reborn and Evolved job styles, and a January 2027 target. The official Evercold site still lists January 2027 with no exact day.
Source: RPGFan ↗verified Purchase requiredPC · Mac · PlayStation · Xbox · Switch
Brighter Shores1.0 Launch
Fen Research has not committed to an Early Access exit date. The Steam Early Access Q&A ties 1.0 to finishing a feature list (PvP, dungeons, a party system, combat skill trees) and promises no save reset when Early Access ends; the news feed keeps a steady content cadence with no launch window named.
Source: Official site ↗verified
Scars of HonorSteam Early Access
Beast Burst's WoW-style free-to-play MMORPG. The studio originally aimed for Early Access in late 2026 and now calls 2027 the realistic target, refusing to commit to a date until the game is ready. The spring 2026 Steam playtest (April 30 – May 11) drew 120,000+ players; public tests now give way to the invite-based Firstwatch advisory programme announced August 24.
Source: Steam ↗verified Free / open to everyonePC
Date history (1 change)
- 📅 was Q1 2027 (estimated) → now 2027 · changed — Beast Burst's own written statement (MeinMMO interview, June 30, 2026) is that late 2026 was the original aim and 2027 is the realistic Early Access target; the Q1 2027 figure traced only to a fan-site relay of a stream remark, so the tracker now carries the studio's year-precision window. source ↗
Torebia: Island Odyssey1.0 Launch
Twin Studios' Ragnarok-inspired old-school sandbox MMORPG is in development with no committed launch date. Its third public playtest went live on Steam on August 21, 2026 — open to anyone who requests access, planned to run at least a month, with progress wiped afterwards.
Source: Steam store page ↗verified Free / open to everyonePCGlobal
Fractured OnlineEarly Access (as Fractured: Conquest)
Happy Cauldron's rebooted, PvP-warfare-focused relaunch is running phased alpha playtests — a 24-hour test on September 3 followed the cut-short July 23 session — ahead of a planned buy-to-play Early Access. The studio hopes to be in a solid state for Early Access by the end of 2026 but has committed to no date.
Source: Fractured: Conquest official site ↗verified PC
The Elder Scrolls OnlineUpdate 52
Game Director Nick Giacomini's July 30 letter moved Update 52 into January 2027 under a 'quality over calendar dates' philosophy; the Crimson Veldt trial (mounted combat) and the next class-and-combat refresh move into 2027 with it.
Source: MMORPG.com — Game Director letter: Update 52 January 2027 ↗verified PC · Mac · PlayStation · Xbox
New World: AeternumServer shutdown
Amazon Games is sunsetting New World: Aeternum. The title was delisted January 15, 2026, in-game purchases (Marks of Fortune) end July 20, 2026, and the servers are permanently taken offline on January 31, 2027. The extended Nighthaven season runs until shutdown.
Source: Official — The Future of New World: Aeternum ↗verified PC · PlayStation · XboxGlobal
Stars Reach1.0 Launch (free-to-play transition)
Playable Worlds expects at least six months in Early Access before 1.0, when the founder packs retire and the game moves to free-to-play with optional supporter packs; no date has been announced.
Source: Steam store — Early Access FAQ (at least six months; free-to-play at 1.0) ↗verified Free / open to everyonePC
World of Warcraft: ForeverFirst content update
Blizzard's stated post-launch cadence: a first content update in March 2027, then updates roughly every four months, with larger free expansions planned annually — no exact date yet.
Source: MeinMMO — first update March 2027, updates every four months ↗verified PC · Mac
Q2 2027
Chrono OdysseyGlobal Launch
UE5 action MMO launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series. Pushed out of 2026 after closed-beta feedback showed the game needed more development time, then one more quarter to Q2 2027 in Kakao Games' August 2026 earnings call, which slots ArcheAge S: Straits of Freedom into the same quarter.
Source: Icy Veins ↗verified Purchase requiredPC · PlayStation · Xbox
Date history (2 changes)
- 📅 was Q4 2026 → now Q1 2027 · changed — Pushed in Kakao Games' quarterly report after closed-beta feedback. source ↗
- 📅 was Q1 2027 → now Q2 2027 · changed — Pushed one more quarter in Kakao Games' 2Q 2026 earnings call (August 5, 2026); the co-CEO told investors there will not be further delays. source ↗
ArcheAge S: Strait of FreedomGlobal launch on Steam
Kakao Games and XLGAMES target a Q2 2027 global launch on PC, Steam-first — narrowed from the plain '2027' given when the game was announced with the publishing agreement on August 3, 2026. The window arrived with the official BI and key visual on September 7, 2026; a developer-preview video with the first in-game footage is promised for later in September. Business model and access details are unannounced, and no Steam store page has surfaced yet. Development is due to move from XLGAMES to Align Studio, a new Kakao Games-funded studio headed by Kim Kyung-tae, when the business-transfer deal disclosed on September 8, 2026 completes on October 27, 2026.
Source: MMORPG.com — PC launch window and developer preview ↗verified PCGlobal
BitCraft Online1.0 Launch
Full free-to-play launch after Early Access iteration.
Source: Official site ↗verified
ProfaneLaunch
No committed window; the PvP sandbox is still in alpha playtests — a large-scale test ran in early 2026 and a May playtest was cut short over bugs.
Source: Official site ↗verified PC
DrakantosLaunch
No committed date; closed beta weekends ran through May 2026, most recently testing free movement and a full action-combat rework.
Source: Official site ↗verified
SoulframeFull Launch
Digital Extremes' fantasy MMO-lite is playable now in an open 'Preludes' pre-alpha (PC only); the studio has committed to no launch date, with PS5 and Xbox versions planned after alpha.
Source: Official site ↗verified Signup requiredPCGlobal
Samsara Saga1.0 Launch
Renewal Games' RO-inspired 2.5D pixel-art MMORPG is in active development with ongoing devlogs, but no beta or launch date has been announced.
Source: Official site ↗verified Free / open to everyonePCGlobal
Q3 2027
Camelot UnchainedLaunch
No committed date; beta weekends resumed in 2026.
Source: Official site ↗verified
Q4 2027
Guild Wars 3First Beta Test
The first public test of ArenaNet's Unreal Engine 5 prequel, targeted for fall 2027. Newsletter signup on the official site offers a chance to join; no exact date has been set.
Source: ArenaNet — official announcement (beta fall 2027) ↗verified Signup requiredPC · PlayStationGlobal
Q1 2028
Star Citizen1.0 Feature-Complete Release
CIG outlined a 1.0 vision at CitizenCon 2024; no date attached.
Source: RSI official roadmap — release view carries a Star Citizen 1.0 column with no date or quarter ↗verified
Q2 2028
Guild Wars 3Launch
Formally announced at Summer Game Fest on June 5, 2026 — a buy-to-play Unreal Engine 5 prequel set in Orr, over a thousand years before the original Guild Wars, coming to PC and PlayStation 5. NCSoft first acknowledged development at its March 2024 shareholder meeting. No release date; the first public milestone is the fall 2027 beta.
Source: ArenaNet — official announcement ↗verified PC · PlayStationGlobal
Q1 2029
Riot MMORe-reveal
Riot has said the rebooted project will stay quiet 'for several years'.
Source: Riot Games ↗verified
Subscribe to this calendar
A live feed for your own calendar app — new dates, delays, and changes update automatically. Estimated windows stay marked with “~” so they never look like confirmed dates.
Google Calendar: Other calendars → + → From URL and paste the feed URL (Google refreshes subscribed feeds every ~12–24 h). Outlook.com: Add calendar → Subscribe from web.
Follow by RSS
One feed, release changes and confirmed launches — new items only when something actually happened. Works with Feedly, NetNewsWire, or any reader.