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Notable 2026 Game Releases
Feb 27 - Pokémon FireRed/Leafgreen
Feb 27 - Resident Evil: Requiem
Mar 2 - World of Warcraft: Midnight
Mar 5 - Marathon
Mar 26 - Life is Strange: Reunion
May 19 - Forza Horizon 6
May 27 - 007 First Light
Sep 15 - Marvel's Wolverine
TBD - Grand Theft Auto VI
TBD - Control Resonant
TBD - Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
TBD - Professor Layton/World of Steam -
2026 Videogame Events
GDC Festival of Gaming
Mar 9-13 / San Francisco, CA
PAX East 2026
Mar 26-29 / Boston, MA
Summer Game Fest 2026
June 5-8 / Los Angeles, CA
Summer Games Done Quick
July 5-11 / Minneapolis, MN
QuakeCon 2026
Aug 6-9 / Grapevine, TX
GamesCom 2026
Aug 26-30 / Cologne, Germany
PAX West
Sept 4-7 / Seattle, WA
Blizzcon 2026
Sept 12-13 / Anaheim, CA
Tokyo Game Show
Sep 17-21 / Chiba, Japan
The Game Awards 2026
Dec 10 / Los Angeles, CA Archives
World of Warcraft Archive
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![From the Well, Duh Department: Blizzard announced today that World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria will be released exactly two months from today, on September 25. And this post isn’t […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mop-165x115.jpg "WoW: Pandaria Coming Sept 25")
WoW: Pandaria Coming Sept 25
Posted on July 25, 2012 | No CommentsFrom the Well, Duh Department: Blizzard announced today that World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria will be released exactly two months from today, on September 25. And this post isn’t […] -
![I STARTED WRITING A POST about this a few days ago, since which time Blizzard added a small hotfix to how loot is distributed via the new Looking For Raid […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wowlfrloot-165x115.jpg "WoW v4.3: Fixing LFR Loot")
WoW v4.3: Fixing LFR Loot
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsI STARTED WRITING A POST about this a few days ago, since which time Blizzard added a small hotfix to how loot is distributed via the new Looking For Raid […] -
![I WASN’T INITIALLY OVERWHELMED with WoW’s 4.3 patch, released one week ago today. But as I’ve been playing through the new Hour of Twilight dungeons and Dragon Soul raid, I […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dmf-165x115.jpg "WoW v4.3: One Week Later")
WoW v4.3: One Week Later
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsI WASN’T INITIALLY OVERWHELMED with WoW’s 4.3 patch, released one week ago today. But as I’ve been playing through the new Hour of Twilight dungeons and Dragon Soul raid, I […] -
![TODAY IS AN UNOFFICIAL HOLIDAY for WoW players: the release of the v4.3 “Deathwing” patch. There’s a fair amount of cool stuff in this patch: the new “Dragon Soul” raid; […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wowtransmog-165x115.jpg "WoW v4.3: Patch Day and a Look Back")
WoW v4.3: Patch Day and a Look Back
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsTODAY IS AN UNOFFICIAL HOLIDAY for WoW players: the release of the v4.3 “Deathwing” patch. There’s a fair amount of cool stuff in this patch: the new “Dragon Soul” raid; […] -
![THE BIG NEWS AT BLIZZCON 2011 today, by a wide margin, was the unveiling of the Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft. Due “when it’s finished†(assumedly the […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pandaria-165x115.jpg "WoW: Mists of Pandaria Announced")
WoW: Mists of Pandaria Announced
Posted on October 21, 2011 | No CommentsTHE BIG NEWS AT BLIZZCON 2011 today, by a wide margin, was the unveiling of the Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft. Due “when it’s finished†(assumedly the […] -
![BLIZZCON 2011 OPENED ITS DOORS TODAY here in Southern California, and all three of the developer’s main franchises were represented well at the opening ceremonies, which just ended: Diablo III: […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/blizzconstage-165x115.jpg "Blizzcon 2011: The Big Three")
Blizzcon 2011: The Big Three
Posted on October 21, 2011 | No CommentsBLIZZCON 2011 OPENED ITS DOORS TODAY here in Southern California, and all three of the developer’s main franchises were represented well at the opening ceremonies, which just ended: Diablo III: […] -
![A FEW MONTHS AGO, after Activision announced 600,000 subscribers had left World of Warcraft, I wrote a long post describing my thoughts why. To sum up: daily random heroics, which […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/zulaman-165x115.jpg "WoW: The Decline of Cataclysm, Part II")
WoW: The Decline of Cataclysm, Part II
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsA FEW MONTHS AGO, after Activision announced 600,000 subscribers had left World of Warcraft, I wrote a long post describing my thoughts why. To sum up: daily random heroics, which […] -
![THIS WEEK, news came out of Activision’s quarterly earnings call that World of Warcraft lost 600,000 subscribers over the past few months, bringing the game back to pre-Cataclysm numbers. Immediately, […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wow_fly-165x115.jpg "Why 600,000 People Quit World of Warcraft")
Why 600,000 People Quit World of Warcraft
Posted on May 10, 2011 | 7 CommentsTHIS WEEK, news came out of Activision’s quarterly earnings call that World of Warcraft lost 600,000 subscribers over the past few months, bringing the game back to pre-Cataclysm numbers. Immediately, […] -
![After a long time baking on the PTR, the World of Warcraft 4.1 patch arrived this week, with the headline being two new high-level dungeons: 5-man remakes of the old […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wow_41ZG-165x115.jpg "WoW 4.1 Arrives, With iPhone Guild Chat?")
WoW 4.1 Arrives, With iPhone Guild Chat?
Posted on April 29, 2011 | No CommentsAfter a long time baking on the PTR, the World of Warcraft 4.1 patch arrived this week, with the headline being two new high-level dungeons: 5-man remakes of the old […] -
![THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED LAST WEEK, but my WoW guild recently got its first-ever “Realm First†achievement by hitting guild level 25 before anyone else on the server. We’re not anywhere […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/guildlevel25-165x115.jpg "WoW: [Realm First!] Guild Level 25!")
WoW: [Realm First!] Guild Level 25!
Posted on April 11, 2011 | No CommentsTHIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED LAST WEEK, but my WoW guild recently got its first-ever “Realm First†achievement by hitting guild level 25 before anyone else on the server. We’re not anywhere […]