Weekly digest
This Week in MMOs — September 21–27, 2026
2026-09-21 → 2026-09-27. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dune: Awakening | 5.4K | 10K | +92% |
| Destiny 2 | 10K | 15K | +42% |
| RuneScape: Dragonwilds | 9.8K | 14K | +40% |
| Warframe | 53K | 66K | +25% |
| Wizard101 | 335 | 417 | +24% |
📉 Fallers this week
| Game | Prior week (avg) | This week (avg) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpiritVale | 6.1K | 2.9K | -52% |
| Farever | 267 | 228 | -15% |
| Tower of Fantasy | 260 | 220 | -15% |
| The Lord of the Rings Online | 835 | 738 | -12% |
| BitCraft Online | 446 | 396 | -11% |
🗓️ Release-schedule changes
- Dune: Awakening — Console Launch (PS5 / Xbox Series X|S): confirmed → released · Launched on schedule on September 22, 2026 — the publisher's "Out Now on Console" post. source
- Throne and Liberty — Colossus Vegamor update: confirmed → released · Shipped on schedule in Update 4.13.0 (maintenance 10:30 p.m. PT September 23 / 5:30 a.m. UTC September 24). source
- RuneScape: Dragonwilds — 1.0 Launch: confirmed → released · Shipped on schedule: Jagex's "Dragonwilds 1.0 Release is now live" post is dated September 15, 2026 and lists PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S and PC. source
- EVE Vanguard — Persistent Alpha (24/7, paid access): November 2026 (announced) → November 10, 2026 (confirmed) · Fenris Creations dated the 24/7 Alpha on September 17 — the month window narrowed to a committed day. Access is now paid (EVE Launcher only); the earlier free-playtest framing no longer applies. source
- Lost Ark — Dimensionalist class + Base Camp (Dimensions Unbound): September 2026 (announced) → September 16, 2026 (released) · Amazon never named a day in advance; the update went live on September 16, 2026 as Dimensions Unbound — the working-title Warpweaver class shipped as the Dimensionalist, with the Mokoko Base Camp event. source
- Guild Wars 2 — Visions of Eternity: Code of Creation: confirmed → released · Released as scheduled on September 15, 2026 — ArenaNet's launch-day post: "Visions of Eternity wraps up its dramatic story arc today with the release of 'Code of Creation.'" source
- Throne and Liberty — Colossus Vegamor update: Late September 2026 (delayed) → September 24, 2026 (confirmed) · The September 15 'Vegamor Awakens' devblog named the day — the late-September window narrowed to a committed date; the August → September slip stays on record above. source
- Aion 2 — Launch Scale Test (open stress test): confirmed → released · Ran as announced on September 17 (6 AM–12 PM PDT) and September 18 (12–6 PM PDT); Advance Access (September 30) and the October 5 launch are unchanged. source
- World of Warcraft: Forever — Beta: confirmed → released · Opened on schedule on September 17, 2026 — Blizzard's "Beta Now Live" post; the test runs through October 21 with pack buyers and selected opt-ins. source
🚀 Confirmed in the next two weeks
- Aion 2 — Advance Access (Founder's Packs) · Early Access · September 30, 2026
- Monsters & Memories — Early Access · Early Access · October 1, 2026
- Aion 2 — Global Launch (PC) · Launch · October 5, 2026
📰 Headlines
- Meridian 59 Turns 30 · Meridian 59 · Steam · Meridian 59
- 🎸 Battle Concerts, Bootleg Blades & Big Top Mayhem! 🎪 · AdventureQuest 3D · Steam · AdventureQuest 3D
- [9/28 Official Live Stream] Viewer Present Lucky Draw · Toram Online · Steam · Toram Online
- Make My MMO: Loftia's impending beginning, Ship of Heroes' inevitable end · MassivelyOP · Ship of Heroes
- Whatever happened to Path of Titans, Realm of the Mad God, and EverRail? · MassivelyOP · Realm of the Mad God
- The Elder Scrolls Online's devs are pushing through hard times after layoffs and delays: 'We didn't want to rush to just hit a date' · The Elder Scrolls Online · Steam · The Elder Scrolls Online
- [26/09 - 27/09] 34hr Happy Hour - let it rain NosDollars! · NosTale · Steam · NosTale
- Silvissira is Coming · Winds of Valen · Steam · Winds of Valen
- Community Q&A on Discord · Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen · Steam · Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
- RuneScape Sets Deadline For Remaining MTX Items & Which Will Be Removed, Revised, or Retained · MMORPG.com · RuneScape
- Betawatch: World of Warcraft Forever gets the beta explosion as Aion 2 cracks its doors open a bit · MassivelyOP · World of Warcraft
- Server Performance and other fixes · Winds of Valen · Steam · Winds of Valen
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