Weekly digest
This Week in MMOs — July 27 – August 2, 2026
2026-07-27 → 2026-08-02. Movers compare average Steam concurrent players this week against the week before; games under 150 average players are excluded. Generated automatically from daily tracking, the release tracker, and the news archive.
📈 Risers this week
| Game | Prior week (avg) | This week (avg) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsword | 119 | 189 | +59% |
| Final Fantasy XIV | 13K | 18K | +44% |
| Lost Ark | 4.2K | 5.6K | +35% |
| Wakfu | 194 | 244 | +26% |
| Black Desert Online | 17K | 20K | +18% |
📉 Fallers this week
| Game | Prior week (avg) | This week (avg) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellowship | 1.3K | 968 | -26% |
| Gloria Victis | 1.2K | 973 | -22% |
| Farever | 1.6K | 1.3K | -21% |
| EverQuest | 207 | 181 | -13% |
| Mortal Online 2 | 1K | 941 | -10% |
🗓️ Release-schedule changes
- Stars Reach — Steam Early Access: Summer 2026 (announced) → August 18, 2026 (confirmed) · Playable Worlds pinned the exact day in its July 30 Starside update — the summer window narrowed to a committed date, it did not slip. source
- EverQuest Legends — Launch: confirmed → released · Launched on schedule at Noon PT with a staged server rollout. source
🚀 Confirmed in the next two weeks
- World of Warcraft — Patch 12.1: The Curse of Ula'tek · Major Update · August 11, 2026
📰 Headlines
- The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot rotates its Sigilbound Frontiers event · MassivelyOP · Dark Age of Camelot
- Updates on what's happening this weeks. · SpiritVale · Steam · SpiritVale
- SpiritVale opens a PTR to test item trading, guild storage, and its still-broken auction house · MassivelyOP · SpiritVale
- Broken Ranks Shows Off Revamped Party Finder Features In New DevBlog · MMORPG.com · Broken Ranks
- Community Event | Community Sign-In Event · Star Resonance · Steam · Star Resonance
- ESO’s August 2026 Survival Guide · The Elder Scrolls Online · Steam · The Elder Scrolls Online
- Season 7 has begun with new rewards! · Drakensang Online · Steam · Drakensang Online
- Wehype Community Rewards · Albion Online · Steam · Albion Online
- [01/08 - 03/08] 30% Discount Off NosWheel Spins! · NosTale · Steam · NosTale
- 🎸🤘🦝 Concert, Chaos, and Critters! Battle Concert, Shrade Origins, & Jimothy. · AdventureQuest 3D · Steam · AdventureQuest 3D
- Get Ol’ Betsy This Referral Season · Albion Online · Steam · Albion Online
- Patch The 2026 Atys Games are here! · Ryzom · Steam · Ryzom
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