Last updated: August 19, 2026
2026 has already delivered a packed year for gaming, but the biggest stretch may still be ahead of us.
From Marvel’s Wolverine and Gears of War: E-Day to Phantom Blade Zero, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and, of course, Grand Theft Auto VI, the final four months of the year are loaded with major releases.
September in particular is almost absurdly crowded, while November has effectively become GTA VI month.
Below, we’re keeping track of the major confirmed games still scheduled to launch before the end of 2026 across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.
Release dates can always move, so this page will be updated as publishers announce delays, new dates and additional games.
August 2026 — The Calm Before the Storm
There are only a couple of weeks left in August, but the month still has some serious releases waiting in the wings.
Mortal Shell 2 arrives on August 20, followed by Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 on August 25. August 27 is especially busy, with Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy and Star Wars: Zero Company all currently targeting the same day. Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition then brings FromSoftware’s enormous RPG to Switch 2 on August 28.
September 2026 — Absolute Chaos
If you are planning to buy several games this year, September may be dangerous for your wallet.
The month opens with The Blood of Dawnwalker on September 3 and Onimusha: Way of the Sword on September 4.
Then things accelerate.
Halloween arrives September 8, followed by Marvel’s Wolverine on September 15. PlayStation has officially confirmed that Insomniac’s Wolverine adventure launches exclusively on PS5 on that date.
September 17 brings another huge wave including Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, Endless Legend 2 and Trine 6: Together in Time.
Then comes September 24.
Both Control Resonant and Silent Hill: Townfall are currently scheduled for the same day, making it one of the strongest individual release dates on the calendar.
The month closes with Minecraft Dungeons II, Nivalis Nights, TOEM 2 and Way of the Hunter 2 on September 29.
September may end up being the most competitive month of the entire year.
October 2026 — No Breaks Allowed
Normally, you would expect things to calm down after a September like that.
They do not.
October begins with Rayman Legends Retold, Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition, Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remastered and several other releases on October 1.
Then one of Xbox’s biggest releases of the year arrives.
Gears of War: E-Day launches October 6 for Xbox Series X|S and PC, taking Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago back to the beginning of the Locust War. Xbox has confirmed both the release date and day-one Game Pass availability.
The same day also brings Star Wars: Galactic Racer.
October 8 is another busy date, with Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, Echo Weaver, Silver Pines and a wave of Kingdom Hearts releases.
October 15 then brings Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, Enshrouded, Ratatan and Tales of Eternia Remastered.
And then comes Call of Duty.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches October 23 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2. Activision has officially confirmed the October release date, with Infinity Ward leading development.
Finally, October closes with one of the most anticipated action games of the year:
Phantom Blade Zero — October 29.
November 2026 — Everything Stops for GTA VI
November looks unusually quiet compared with September and October.
There is a fairly obvious reason.
Grand Theft Auto VI.
Rockstar Games has officially scheduled GTA VI for November 19, 2026, launching on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Before that, November includes Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered on November 3, while Metaphor: ReFantazio reaches Switch 2 on November 12.
But November 19 is the date the entire industry has circled.
GTA VI returns players to Vice City and the state of Leonida, and its presence appears to have left considerably more breathing room around the second half of November than we see in September or October.
Gothic 3 Classic currently follows on November 24.
But realistically?
November belongs to Rockstar.
December 2026 — One Last Wave
The year ends with a smaller but still interesting December lineup.
December 3 currently features three notable releases at once: Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV and the Switch 2 version of Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
Dawn of War IV was previously targeting September before being moved to December 3 to give developer KING Art additional time for polishing and optimization.
Then Attack on Titan 3 is currently scheduled for December 10 across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Switch 2.
More December announcements are still possible, particularly as publishers finalize their holiday schedules.
The Full 2026 Release Calendar From August 20
- AUGUST
- Aug 20 — Mortal Shell 2 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Aug 20 — DayZ — Switch 2
- Aug 25 — Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Aug 25 — 1666 Amsterdam — PC Early Access
- Aug 25 — Once Human — PS5, Xbox Series X|S
- Aug 26 — Brigandine Abyss — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Aug 27 — Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PC
- Aug 27 — Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Aug 27 — Star Wars: Zero Company — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Aug 28 — Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition — Switch 2
- Aug 28 — Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC
- Aug 31 — Serious Sam: Shatterverse — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- SEPTEMBER
- Sep 1 — Crimson Moon — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Sep 2 — Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Sep 3 — NBA 2K27 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Sep 3 — The Blood of Dawnwalker — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Sep 3 — Orbitals — Switch 2
- Sep 3 — SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC
- Sep 4 — Onimusha: Way of the Sword — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Sep 8 — Halloween — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Sep 9 — Valheim — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Xbox One, PC
- Sep 10 — Hot Wheels Infinite Rush — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Sep 10 — BrokenLore: Don’t Lie — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Sep 11 — NHL 27 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S
- Sep 15 — Marvel’s Wolverine — PS5
- Sep 15 — RuneScape: Dragonwilds — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Sep 16 — Fallen Tear: The Ascension — PC
- Sep 16 — Roman Sands RE — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC
- Sep 16 — Woodo — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PC
- Sep 17 — Endless Legend 2 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Sep 17 — Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave — Switch 2
- Sep 17 — Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter — PS5, Switch, Switch 2, PC
- Sep 17 — Trine 6: Together in Time — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PC
- Sep 18 — NASCAR 26 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Sep 18 — The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PC
- Sep 22 — Dune: Awakening — PS5, Xbox Series X|S
- Sep 23 — Stick It To The Stickman — PC
- Sep 24 — Control Resonant — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Mac
- Sep 24 — Silent Hill: Townfall — PS5, PC
- Sep 24 — Sin: Reloaded — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Switch 2, PC
- Sep 29 — Minecraft Dungeons II — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PC
- Sep 29 — Nivalis Nights — PC
- Sep 29 — TOEM 2 — PS5, Switch, PC
- Sep 29 — Way of the Hunter 2 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- OCTOBER
- Oct 1 — Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remastered — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 1 — Rayman Legends Retold — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 1 — Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 2 — Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Oct 6 — Gears of War: E-Day — Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Oct 6 — Star Wars: Galactic Racer — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Oct 8 — Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 8 — Echo Weaver — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 8 — Kingdom Hearts Collection [I–III] — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 8 — Silver Pines — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC
- Oct 9 — Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 13 — Planet Zoo 2 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Oct 13 — Valor Mortis — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Oct 15 — Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC
- Oct 15 — Enshrouded — PS5, PC
- Oct 15 — Ratatan — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 15 — Tales of Eternia Remastered — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PS4, PC
- Oct 22 — Final Fantasy Resonance — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 22 — Nintendo Switch Sports Resort — Switch 2
- Oct 23 — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 27 — Remothered: Red Nun’s Legacy — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Oct 29 — Phantom Blade Zero — PS5, PC
- NOVEMBER
- Nov 3 — Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
- Nov 5 — Crymelight — PS5, Switch 2, PC
- Nov 12 — Metaphor: ReFantazio — Switch 2
- Nov 19 — Grand Theft Auto VI — PS5, Xbox Series X|S
- Nov 24 — Gothic 3 Classic — PS5, Xbox Series X|S
- DECEMBER
- Dec 3 — Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, PC
- Dec 3 — Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV — PC
- Dec 3 — Xenoblade Chronicles 3 — Switch 2
- Dec 10 — Attack on Titan 3 — PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC
Still Expected in 2026 — But Without a Firm Date
There are also several games still officially targeting 2026 but without an exact release date.
Among the most interesting are The Duskbloods, Kena: Scars of Kosmora, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement, Edge of Memories, Mudang: Two Hearts, At Fate’s End, Armatus and the Switch 2 version of 007 First Light.
Any of these could still slot into the final months of the year — or slip into 2027.
Ludavio’s Five Biggest Games Still to Come in 2026
If we had to narrow the remaining calendar down to five releases, these are the ones we would watch most closely:
5. The Blood of Dawnwalker
A dark fantasy RPG arriving during one of the busiest weeks of the year.
4. Gears of War: E-Day
The Coalition is going back to where the nightmare began, and October 6 could be one of Xbox’s biggest days of 2026.
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Whatever your opinion of the franchise, a new Modern Warfare remains one of the largest annual launches in gaming. October 23 is locked in.
2. Marvel’s Wolverine
Insomniac is stepping away from Spider-Man’s cleaner superhero action for something considerably more aggressive. September 15 cannot come quickly enough.
1. Grand Theft Auto VI
Was there ever another answer?
November 19 may not simply be the biggest remaining release of 2026.
It could be one of the biggest entertainment launches of the decade. Rockstar has confirmed the game for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
2026 Isn’t Done Yet
September alone could have carried an entire holiday season.
Instead, it is followed immediately by Gears, Call of Duty and Phantom Blade Zero in October — and then GTA VI in November.
There will inevitably be delays. There will probably be surprise announcements. And Gamescom, Tokyo Game Show and the remaining showcases of the year could still add more names to this calendar.
But even with what has already been confirmed, the final stretch of 2026 looks ridiculous.
And we’ll keep this list updated as it gets even bigger.
Which game are you waiting for the most?
LUDAVIO — The Player’s Perspective.