Weekly digest
This Week in MMOs — October 19–25, 2026
2026-10-19 → 2026-10-25. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellowship | 182 | 556 | +205% |
| Tower of Fantasy | 161 | 252 | +57% |
| Once Human | 16K | 18K | +13% |
| Trove | 507 | 562 | +11% |
| Where Winds Meet | 13K | 14K | +6% |
📉 Fallers this week
| Game | Prior week (avg) | This week (avg) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dune: Awakening | 8.7K | 5.6K | -36% |
| Aion 2 | 252K | 164K | -35% |
| Farever | 419 | 276 | -34% |
| The Elder Scrolls Online | 6.9K | 5.2K | -25% |
| Realm of the Mad God | 1.1K | 859 | -23% |
🗓️ Release-schedule changes
- Monsters & Memories — Early Access: confirmed → released · Early Access went live October 1, 2026 as scheduled. source
- Camelot Unchained — 1.0 Launch (Early Access exit): TBA (announced) → December 2026 (announced) · The tracker had no window; the studio's Steam Early Access FAQ states a December 2026 target. Recorded on review — narrowed, not slipped. source
- The Elder Scrolls Online — Season Two: Echoes of Skyrim: confirmed → released · Season Two: Echoes of Skyrim launched October 21, 2026 as scheduled. source
- EVE Online — Fractured Skies (second Theaters of War expansion): 2026 (announced) → November 10, 2026 (confirmed) · CCP named and dated the expansion on October 20 — the year window narrowed to a committed day, it did not slip. source
- The Lord of the Rings Online — The Wolves of Mordor expansion: Autumn 2026 (announced) → October 21, 2026 (confirmed) · SSG opened pre-orders on September 30 with an October 21 launch — the autumn window narrowed to a day. source
- The Lord of the Rings Online — The Wolves of Mordor expansion: October 21, 2026 → October 28, 2026 · Pushed back one week on October 6; no reason given. source
- World of Warcraft: Forever — First content update: March 2027 (announced) → Spring 2027 (announced) · Correction, not a slip: Blizzard's roadmap says spring. "March" came from one secondary source's reading and was more precise than anything Blizzard published. source
- ArcheAge Chronicles — Steam Next Fest Demo: confirmed → released · The demo opened October 19 as scheduled and runs to October 26. source
🚀 Confirmed in the next two weeks
- The Lord of the Rings Online — The Wolves of Mordor expansion · Expansion · October 28, 2026
- World of Warcraft: Forever — Launch · Launch · November 4, 2026
📰 Headlines
- Stars Reach adds Halloween quests and a spooky building contest with its Harvestwake event · MassivelyOP · Stars Reach
- [Notice] Daily Reset Issue (Oct 25) · Aion 2 · Steam · Aion 2
- The Starside - OCT. 24.2026 · Stars Reach · Steam · Stars Reach
- Торговые боты окончательно уничтожили экономику Черного рынка в европейском регионе Albion Online · Albion Online · Steam · Albion Online
- FF14's Koji Fox believes Yoshi-P is "finally starting to crack" on butt sliders: "Keep it up" · Final Fantasy XIV · Steam · Final Fantasy XIV
- Star Citizen's latest Q&A video discusses fighting bugs, server stutters, and desync problems · MassivelyOP · Star Citizen
- [10/26 Official Live Stream] Halloween Event Chapter 11 play! · Toram Online · Steam · Toram Online
- The Daily Grind: What class and race are you maining in World of Warcraft Forever? · MassivelyOP · World of Warcraft
- [24/10 - 25/10] 35hr Happy Hour - let it rain NosDollars! · NosTale · Steam · NosTale
- The Stream Team: Pup patrol and Priests in AdventureQuest 3D · MassivelyOP · AdventureQuest 3D
- Account Restrictions | 23 Oct (PDT) / 24 Oct (CEST) · Aion 2 · Steam · Aion 2
- Fellowship debuts an 'adventure mode' that promises a more flexible early to mid-game experience · MassivelyOP · Fellowship
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