Weekly digest
This Week in MMOs — August 10–16, 2026
2026-08-10 → 2026-08-16. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RuneScape | 1.5K | 2.4K | +64% |
| Mabinogi | 331 | 395 | +19% |
| SpiritVale | 10K | 11K | +9% |
| PSO2: New Genesis | 743 | 789 | +6% |
| Old School RuneScape | 1.3K | 1.3K | +5% |
📉 Fallers this week
| Game | Prior week (avg) | This week (avg) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellowship | 573 | 329 | -43% |
| PIONER | 373 | 224 | -40% |
| Farever | 773 | 517 | -33% |
| NosTale | 178 | 128 | -28% |
| Throne and Liberty | 4.1K | 3K | -28% |
🗓️ Release-schedule changes
- Aion 2 — Global Launch (PC): September 2026 → October 2026 · 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
- ArcheAge Chronicles — Steam Early Access: Full launch (Q4 2026, announced) → Steam Early Access (Q4 2026, announced) · 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
- EverQuest — Shattering of Ro (32nd Expansion): December 2026 → December 2, 2025 · Correction, not a slip: the tracker carried the 32nd expansion a year forward — Shattering of Ro shipped December 2, 2025. source
- World of Warcraft — Patch 12.1: The Curse of Ula'tek: confirmed → released · Went live as scheduled on August 11, 2026 (NA; EU realms followed August 12 after extended maintenance). Season 2 starts August 18. source
- Book of Travels — Online server shutdown: confirmed → released · Servers shut down as scheduled on July 31, 2026; a final patch with new content shipped beforehand. source
🚀 Confirmed in the next two weeks
- Stars Reach — Steam Early Access · Early Access · August 18, 2026
- EverQuest — Lethar (Time-Locked Expansion server) · Fresh Server · August 26, 2026
📰 Headlines
- The MOP Up: RIFT's Razorback Roundup is back, yeehaw! · MassivelyOP · RIFT
- [8/17 Official Live Stream]Crysta Present!? BeMMO Channel Gem Journey! · Toram Online · Steam · Toram Online
- Make My MMO: Stars Reach's imminent early access, Book of Travels' farewell · MassivelyOP · Book of Travels
- Fenris Creations' fumbled moderation of an alleged EVE Online RMT streamer frustrates fans · MassivelyOP · EVE Online
- EverQuest Legends preps cursor resizing, group XP benefits, and a cash shop mount August 18 · MassivelyOP · EverQuest Legends
- [15/08 - 17/08] Double Jackpot Event · NosTale · Steam · NosTale
- Patch Notes #143 - PxEngine Launch · Fantasy Online 2 · Steam · Fantasy Online 2
- The Stream Team: Chasing a cure for vampirism and lycanism in AdventureQuest 3D · MassivelyOP · AdventureQuest 3D
- NC Reports Strong Growth in Latest Financial Report, Lineage IP, Overseas Market Growth, and PC Leading the Way · MMORPG.com · Lineage
- MapleStory Fest 2026 Merch ShoAp Open for Pre-Orders! · MapleStory · Steam · MapleStory
- Betawatch: Soul's Remnant wins over MMO fans as Guild Wars 3 talks playable humans · MassivelyOP · Guild Wars 3
- The Starside – AUG.14.2026 · Stars Reach · Steam · Stars Reach
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