Release calendar · online games
Upcoming online game releases
Release dates of new online games, betas, new servers and the big patches and seasons, day by day in UTC.
219 dates · 13 in the next 7 days · 73 still TBA · updated
9 entries in October 2026: exact days first, then dates with only the month.
Warframe: Epoch Operation: Taubound
EventCommunity event leading into the Tau update. It follows Iceblade of Narin (23 September), which added Narin, the 66th Warframe, a Banshee rework and Citrine Prime.
Accounts 10 accounts availableGuideOfficial announcement
Elder Scrolls Online: Witches Festival
EventHalloween in-game event.
Accounts 4 accounts availableOfficial announcement
Raid: Shadow Legends: Festival of Frights (Halloween)
EventHalloween event with the fusion champion Orynyx Mindcrawler, the Harvest Jack pumpkin hunt and a themed Bastion. End date not announced.
Accounts 283 accounts availableOfficial announcement
WoW Forever: Early name reservation & character creation
EventName reservation and character creation open ahead of launch, according to Blizzard's roadmap. WoW Forever is Blizzard's new Classic+ game: level-60 Azeroth with new zones, quests, dungeons and raids, separate from retail and Classic.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Keybound Brawler collaboration
EventCollaboration event from 28 October, running until Patch 8.0.
Accounts 18 accounts availableOfficial announcement
Old School RuneScape: Halloween Event 2026
EventAnnual Halloween holiday event.
Honkai: Star Rail: Version 4.7 Special Program (livestream)
EventExpectedSpecial Program livestream expected at 19:30 (UTC+8); HoYoverse has not announced it yet.
No exact day yet
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Fan Festival 2026 Tokyo
EventExpectedThe last Fan Festival before Evercold. Tie-in campaigns from 23 October to 1 November point to late October; the exact date is not confirmed.
Accounts 18 accounts availableOfficial announcement
All days are UTC days; an exact start time is shown in the publisher's time zone and in UTC. Last updated .
About this calendar and how we check dates
New MMORPGs, gacha and anime games, online shooters and strategy games, with every beta and the big patches, seasons and expansions of games people already play. Month by month on a calendar, with a week view for full details and a list for titles still waiting for a date.
How we check dates
- Online games only: MMOs, gacha and anime games, online shooters and battle royales, strategy and MOBA titles, plus major patches, seasons and expansions of big live games.
- New games covers releases, betas and early access, New platform launches (a mobile game arriving on Steam or PC) and New server openings (fresh servers, worlds and economies). Updates covers expansions, patches and seasons; Events covers livestreams, tournaments, in-game events and deadlines.
- Days are UTC days. When the publisher gives an exact time, we store it with its time zone (for example 19:00 PDT) and place the entry on the UTC day it falls on, so a 19:00 PDT launch on 27 October sits on 28 October. Without a time, the day is the publisher's date.
- Confirmed means the publisher or developer announced the date. A link to the source is shown only when it is an official announcement: the publisher's or developer's site, an official store page or Steam news, or an official press release.
- Expected means a window rather than a day, or a date expected from the game's usual update schedule that the publisher has not announced yet.
- Unconfirmed means the date is listed on a store page or reported, but the publisher has not confirmed it. Rumors go under Date TBA.
- When the same game is listed by several sources we keep one entry with the most precise official date, and a separate entry only where a region gets a different date.
- Every entry shows the day its date was last checked. The calendar is rebuilt every day; found a wrong date? Tell us in Discord.
Facts checked: 24 October 2026