MMO calendar
Every dated MMO event on one page, with the publisher's own notice against every one.
Last change recorded . Every entry re-checked against the publisher's own page on or before .
September 2026
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The Elder Scrolls Online
Last day to claim the ESO Plus members-only mount
Paid ESO Plus members only; trial accounts cannot claim it.
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Old School RuneScape
Old School LANscape, live from London
Streamed 14:00 to 19:30 UTC. Twelve creators in four teams, hosted by Soup and J1mmy, with viewers voting on handicaps.
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Albion Online
Dragonfire launch gift ends
Free gift in Albion's web shop and native store, until 10:00 UTC.
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Final Fantasy XIV
Switch 2 free subscription period ends
Ends 11:59 p.m. local time in each region. The 30-day free play period from a Starter or Complete Edition registration begins 8 September, and Switch 2 payment registration opens the same day at 3:00 a.m. PDT.
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Final Fantasy XIV
Patch 7.56
Square Enix dates it to the start of maintenance on Tuesday 8 September, and closes PvP Series 11 with it.
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to 14 Sep 2026 World of Warcraft
The Venomous Abyss, Raid Finder wing 4
The last scheduled unlock of Midnight Season 2. Blizzard names the week of 8 September rather than a day, so the range is the week.
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Final Fantasy XIV
Moogle Treasure Trove, the First Hunt for Astronomy
Two installments. The second has no announced date; the uolon horn is available in both.
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Black Desert
Sailing and barter hot time ends
Ends before maintenance. +100% sailing and barter experience, double sailor experience from Great Ocean monsters.
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to 13 Sep 2026 World of Warcraft
BlizzCon 2026, Anaheim
At the Anaheim Convention Center, across both days. Blizzard's own announcement names the opening ceremony, panels, the Darkmoon Faire, competition and hands-on play, and nothing further.
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to 13 Sep 2026 World of Warcraft
AWC and MDI Grand Finals at BlizzCon
MDI grand finals on day one from 12:45 p.m. PDT, AWC grand finals on day two from 10:45 a.m. PDT, streamed on the Warcraft Twitch and YouTube channels. Combined prize pool of $600,000.
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Albion Online
Dragonfire doubled Twitch drops end
Until 09:30 UTC. Regular and Noble drops at twice the usual rate on participating streams.
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds
RuneScape: Dragonwilds 1.0 leaves early access
PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, simultaneously, plus Steam and the Epic Games Store on PC.
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World of Warcraft
Deadline to link a BlizzCon Pass to a Battle.net account for rewards
In-person attendees only. Blizzard's own wording is no later than 18 September 2026.
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Black Desert
Guild League regular season ends
Ends before maintenance. Began 27 August with revamped rules; rewards tier at 3, 6 and 12 total victories.
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Throne and Liberty
Primordial Wanderer milestone ends
Moved with Vegamor, which update 4.9.0's notes reschedule to the end of September without giving a day.
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The Elder Scrolls Online
Update 51
Moved back a week from 21 September by the game director's letter, which names the Nowhere Vault, the Rumors system and the player-experience improvements as its contents.
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Guild Wars 2estimated
Visions of Eternity's final update
ArenaNet says Visions of Eternity wraps up in September and has not published a day; the date shown is the end of that month. Nothing on guildwars2.com names Code of Creation or a 15 September date, checked 2026-09-02, so neither is carried here.
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to 4 Oct 2026 Aion 2estimated
Founder's pack head start
NC says a Founder's Pack grants access five days before launch and dates launch to 5 October. The days shown are that subtraction, not NC's own words.
October 2026
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RuneScape: Dragonwildsestimated
Runefest 2026
Jagex names October 2026 for the post-1.0 Dragonwilds detail and has not published a day; the date shown is the start of that month.
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Aion 2
Global launch (free to play, Steam and PURPLE)
NC's own announcement names servers in North America, South America, Europe and Japan, and says the game is free to play at release. Steam and PURPLE are the platforms named for the launch scale test.
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Final Fantasy XIVestimated
All Saints' Wake
Square Enix has announced nothing. Estimated from prior years.
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to 3 Nov 2026 The Elder Scrolls Onlineestimated
Witches Festival
ZeniMax says the festival returns as usual and gives no dates. These are estimated from prior years.
November 2026
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Black Desert
Olvia Academy combat boost ends
Ends before maintenance. An ordered event quest chain giving cron meals, perfumes and selectable harmony draughts.
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World of Warcraftestimated
WoW 22nd anniversary
Estimated from prior years until Blizzard announces.
Recent, and what happened
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World of Warcraft
Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary: Arena Season 3 begins
Starts with each region's weekly content reset. Season 2 ended the week of 16 August and unspent Arena Points converted to Honor Points at ten to one.