Every MMO. Every date. Checked.
What a publisher announced, what it actually changes, and whether it is worth logging in for.
2 September 2026
Blizzard published the BlizzCon 2026 running order. What is streamed, what is not, and where the WoW panels and the two esports finals sit on each day.
Read this: BlizzCon 2026 has a schedule, and WoW gets ten sessions across two days
2 September 2026
Square Enix dated the First Hunt for Astronomy to 9 September. What the uolon horn needs, which duties award nothing, and why missing part one is survivable.
Read this: Moogle Treasure Trove returns on 9 September with a two-part hunt
2 September 2026
A separate subscription, half price only for existing subscribers, paid in FFXIV Coins from the eShop, and an account link that can never be undone.
Read this: FFXIV on Switch 2 starts charging on 8 September, and the account link is permanent
1 September 2026
Square Enix published nine overnight windows when maintenance may run before and after Patch 7.56, and warns that a wedding booked inside one can be cancelled.
Read this: FFXIV lists nine possible maintenance windows across September
31 August 2026
Jagex's Bronzeman poll won a majority and missed the 70 percent supermajority. The studio opened an in-game survey on the day to find out why it failed.
30 August 2026
LANscape streams from London on 5 September, 14:00 to 19:30 UTC. Four teams, in-game and real-world challenges, and viewer votes deciding the handicaps.
Read this: Old School RuneScape puts twelve creators in a room and lets Twitch chat sabotage them
29 August 2026
EVE's second HUD blog splits the medallion apart, adds a minimap and booster slots, and commits to an opt-in phase before anyone is moved onto it.
Read this: EVE Online is rebuilding its HUD, and you get to opt out for a long time
28 August 2026
Pearl Abyss opened a revamped Guild League regular season plus a sailing and barter hot time, with three dated windows running from August into November.
Read this: Black Desert's Guild League season runs to 23 September
28 August 2026
EVE has started moving off Python 2.7 onto Python 3. The measured scale: 3,300 blocking lines, and 20,000 more that compile fine and behave differently.
Read this: EVE Online is moving 2.4 million lines of Python off a version that died in 2020
27 August 2026
Amazon is transferring Throne and Liberty to NC in Q4 2026 and Lost Ark to Smilegate in early 2027, announced the same day in two near-identical posts.
Read this: Amazon is handing both of its MMOs back to their developers
26 August 2026
Blizzard has dated BlizzCon 2026 to a Saturday and Sunday at the Anaheim Convention Center. What the announcement commits to, and what it does not.
Read this: BlizzCon returns to Anaheim on 12 and 13 September
26 August 2026
Amazon dated the shutdown, delisted the game in January 2026 and stopped selling Marks of Fortune in July. No refunds, and Nighthaven runs to the end.
Read this: New World goes offline on 31 January 2027, and the shop closed first
24 August 2026
Mod Dutch promised a multi-year plan after the 15 September launch: more skills, quests, regions and bosses, with the detail due at Runefest in October.
Read this: Jagex says Dragonwilds 1.0 ends Kuldra's story, not the game
