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The Quarter Ahead — Q3 2026
2026-07-01 → 2026-09-30, snapshotted from the release tracker on 2026-08-14. Every window is shown exactly as announced — day, month, or quarter precision, never rounded — and dates recorded as slipped carry their badge. Dates move: the release calendar and updates hub are the live view.
🚀 Launching this quarter
- Stars Reach — Steam Early Access · Early Access · August 18, 2026 · purchase required
- RuneScape: Dragonwilds — 1.0 Launch · Launch · September 15, 2026 · purchase required
- Dune: Awakening — Console Launch (PS5 / Xbox Series X|S) · Launch · September 22, 2026 · purchase required
- Aion 2 — Advance Access (Founder's Packs) · Early Access · September 30, 2026 · founder pack required
🧭 Expansions & major updates
- Throne and Liberty — New Colossus + Castle Siege updates · Major Update · August 2026
- Albion Online — Dragonfire update · Major Update · August 31, 2026
- Lost Ark — Warpweaver class + Base Camp · Major Update · September 2026
🔄 Fresh starts
New or wiped servers — the launch-day feeling without a new game.
- EverQuest — Lethar (Time-Locked Expansion server) · Fresh Server · August 26, 2026
🗓️ Already happened this quarter
- SpiritVale — Early Access Launch · Early Access · July 15, 2026 · purchase required
- Ragnarok: The New World — Southeast Asia Launch · Regional Launch · July 16, 2026 · open to everyone
- Open MMORPG — Open-source release + pre-alpha browser demo · Alpha · July 20, 2026 · open to everyone
- Ragnarok Origin Classic — Americas Launch · Regional Launch · July 23, 2026 · open to everyone
- EverQuest Legends — Launch · Launch · July 28, 2026 · purchase required
- Book of Travels — Online server shutdown · Sunset · July 31, 2026
- World of Warcraft — Patch 12.1: The Curse of Ula'tek · Major Update · August 11, 2026
👀 Loose windows to watch
Announced for this year without a firmer window. Nobody has committed to a quarter — these could land here, later, or slip.
- EVE Online — Theaters of War: second expansion · Expansion · 2026 · last checked 2026-07-31
- Guild Wars 2 — Visions of Eternity: third major update · Major Update · 2026 · last checked 2026-07-31
↩️ Worth coming back to
Thinking about going back to RuneScape this quarter? The era-by-era return guide covers what you missed, whether your progress survived, and what resuming costs.
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