One page with the new events, DLCs, and dates that matter across four games: Grand Theft Auto VI, Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold, The Elder Scrolls Online, and Destiny 2 — researched as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
Researched Nov 10, 2026. 4 games covered. Next big date: Thu, Nov 19 — GTA VI.
At a Glance
- Thu, Nov 19 — GTA VI launches — Pre-load is live now, up to 212 GB
- Tue, Feb 23, 2027 — FFXIV: Evercold — Early access Fri, Feb 19, pre-orders open
- Live now — ESO: Echoes of Skyrim — Season Two runs to Jan 27, Markarth now free
- Ended Jun 9 — Destiny 2’s final update — Monument of Triumph, vaulted content returning, earliest 2028
Grand Theft Auto VI — Launches Nov 19
The biggest story of the month: the return to Vice City and Leonida is nine days out, and the pre-load is already live.
Facts: Release Thu, Nov 19, 2026, midnight local time. Platforms PS5, Xbox Series X|S. No PC version announced. Price (Rockstar Store) $79.99 Standard, $99.99 Ultimate. Pre-load live since Nov 10, up to 212 GB.
- Pre-load is live now (from Tue, Nov 10) on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Physical copies are a download code in a box — no disc — reaching retailers Nov 12.
- Pre-order by Nov 20 and the Vintage Vice City Pack plus one month of GTA+ are included (GTA+ auto-renews).
- Trailers: the launch trailer arrived Oct 15 (about 90 seconds, captured entirely in-game on PS5), and a new pre-load trailer dropped Nov 10 with fresh Vice City footage.
- GTA VI: The Festival hits Mana Wynwood, Miami on Sat, Nov 21 — Travis Scott (Cactus Jack, with Don Toliver, Kodak Black, SoFaygo), Cardi B, a Justice DJ set, Metro Boomin, Tainy, and more. General sale opened Nov 11 via DICE; the ticket lottery closed Nov 10.
- Music: GTA VI: The Album — 34 original tracks — is out Nov 19 with the game; the original score by Justice (30 tracks) follows on Dec 11.
- GTA Online: no new DLC is announced for launch week. The Heist Event runs Nov 5–11, the next bonus block runs Nov 12 – Dec 2, and the last major DLC was The Kortz Center Heist (Jul 14, 2026). The next weekly reset lands on launch day itself.
Summary: After two delays, GTA VI’s Nov 19 date is set and holding — no further delay has been announced. If you are playing on day one, start the 212 GB pre-load now, and note there is still no PC version on the calendar.
Sources: Rockstar Newswire — Pre-Load Begins Nov 10 · Rockstar Support — regional pre-load & release times · Rockstar Store — editions & pricing · VGC — GTA VI: The Festival
Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold — Feb 23, 2027
Expansion 8.0 was announced Oct 31 at Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo — and slipped about four weeks from its original January 2027 window.
Facts: Release Tue, Feb 23, 2027. Early access Fri, Feb 19, 2027, ~1:00 a.m. PST, pre-order only. Pre-orders opened Nov 4, 2026. Platforms PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC, Mac.
- Two new jobs, both Evolved Mode only: Bastion, a main tank wielding twin greatshields, and Zephyr, a physical ranged DPS with a crossbow and an avian familiar.
- Level cap rises 100 → 110, alongside the new Reborn & Evolved battle modes — Evolved gives jobs a stronger individual identity.
- A new world: the icebound Fourth reflection, home to four giant realmships and the new cities of Fargarth and Hjartadunur.
- New raids: the EVANGELION – Ghosts of Desire alliance raid, the Beyond the Lifestream raid series, an FFVII Remake Trilogy crossover raid series, a new Ultimate raid, and a new “Fierce” 8-player difficulty between Normal and Savage.
- Pre-order bonuses: the Wind-up Köttr minion and Halone’s Earring (+30% EXP to Lv 100) — and registering Evercold also grants Endwalker and Dawntrail.
- Live right now: Patch 7.58 landed Tue, Nov 10. All Saints’ Wake 2026 ended Nov 2, and the next seasonal event, Starlight Celebration, has not been dated yet (it usually lands mid-December).
Summary: Evercold is dated and pre-orders are open, but plan around the delay: early access starts Feb 19, 2027 for pre-orders (Dawntrail must be registered and certain quests completed). Some listed features arrive through the 8.x patches, and everything on the official site is still in development and subject to change. A benchmark test is expected in December 2026; the exact date is not announced yet.
Sources: Official Evercold site · Evercold product & pre-order page · Square Enix press — Bastion reveal · Lodestone news
The Elder Scrolls Online — Season Two live now
Season Two: Echoes of Skyrim runs Oct 21, 2026 – Jan 27, 2027 — and ESO’s DLC model has changed: there is no new paid chapter to buy in 2026.
Facts: Current season Season Two: Echoes of Skyrim, Oct 21, 2026 – Jan 27, 2027. Cost: season gameplay is free for base-game owners; only the premium Tamriel Tome track is paid. Next event Whitestrake’s Mayhem, Nov 12–23, 2026. Coming next Update 52 — Jan 19, 2027; Season Three starts Jan 27.
- Older DLC is folding into the base game: the Greymoor chapter and Wolfhunter DLC went free in October (Western Skyrim, Solitude, Blackreach, the Antiquities system, the Kyne’s Aegis trial, and two dungeons), and the Markarth DLC joined free on Nov 9 — the Reach and the conclusion of the Dark Heart of Skyrim story.
- New this season: solo versions of the Moon Hunter Keep and March of Sacrifices dungeons, redesigned for one player plus a Companion, and a new Tamriel Tome with free and premium tracks.
- Whitestrake’s Mayhem, Nov 12–23: the PvP event returns with +100% Alliance Points, Tel Var, and XP in Cyrodiil, Imperial City, and Battlegrounds.
- Golden Pursuits: Return to Western Skyrim runs Nov 9 – Dec 2, and the New Life Festival runs Dec 16, 2026 – Jan 6, 2027.
- Season Three (from Jan 27, 2027) brings a brand-new zone in a fan-favourite region of Skyrim — ESO’s first “Excursion Zone,” with dynamic blizzards. ZeniMax has teased Winterhold, but the zone’s name is not officially confirmed.
- One correction worth knowing: Solstice (Seasons of the Worm Cult) is 2025 content, not a 2026 DLC — no new Solstice content is coming in 2026.
Summary: ESO quietly became the best value on this page: a whole Skyrim storyline is now free in the base game, the season’s new gameplay costs nothing extra, and the next two months are stacked — Whitestrake’s Mayhem this week, New Life Festival in December, Update 52 on Jan 19, then a new Skyrim zone when Season Three opens Jan 27.
Sources: ESO — Season Two official page · ESO news — November Survival Guide / Markarth · Polygon — Season Two & free DLC (Oct 21, 2026) · UESP — Events calendar
Destiny 2 — No new DLC coming
The honest headline: Destiny 2 has no new expansion, DLC, or season on the way. Its final planned update has already landed.
Facts: Final update Monument of Triumph, Update 9.7.0, Jun 9, 2026. Last expansion Renegades, Dec 2, 2025, the final standalone expansion. Seasonal events retired, no Festival of the Lost in-game in 2026. What’s next: unvaulting, earliest early 2028, no date set.
- Monument of Triumph (Jun 9, 2026) was the send-off: a permanent in-game monument, free armour ornaments, accessories and weapon engrams, a new Title and ornament set, and a final Triumphant Rewards Pass with no end date. Pantheon (2.0) and Sparrow Racing League were added permanently, and raid and dungeon loot was refreshed.
- Bungie, in its own words: “Following the release of Update 9.7.0 on June 9, 2026, Destiny 2 will no longer receive planned live-service content updates.” The game stays playable; only health and stability hotfixes may follow.
- Cancelled: Shadow & Order, Shattered Cycle, and The Alchemist — all three planned 2026 releases were cancelled when support ended (announced May 21, 2026).
- Seasonal events are retired — Guardian Games, Solstice, Festival of the Lost, and The Dawning. A fan-run Community Hub event stood in for Festival of the Lost (Oct 13 – Nov 3, 2026), and some event rewards moved to the Monument of Triumph and Eververse.
- The hopeful note: Bungie says “we are not done with Destiny.” Vaulted campaigns are coming back for all players — the first pass is Red War, Curse of Osiris, Warmind, and Forsaken, plus their strikes, raids and raid lairs, and the Menagerie, with reprised rewards.
- Destiny 2: The Collection now bundles every expansion, content pack, and dungeon key in one package, including Renegades and The Edge of Fate.
Summary: For Destiny 2 players, the wait is now measured in years, not months. The unvaulting plan runs through pre-production until about Jan–Feb 2027, then roughly 12 months of full production — putting restored campaigns in early 2028 at the earliest. Bungie has given no release date.
Sources: Bungie — Monument of Triumph / 9.7.0 support guide · Dexerto — 2026 roadmap & cancellations · GodIsAGeek — unvaulting timeline (Oct 2026)
Dates to Circle
- Nov 12–23 — ESO — Whitestrake’s Mayhem (PvP event)
- Thu, Nov 19 — GTA VI launches · GTA VI: The Album out the same day · GTA Online weekly reset
- Sat, Nov 21 — GTA VI: The Festival — Mana Wynwood, Miami
- Dec 11 — GTA VI Original Score by Justice released
- Dec 16 – Jan 6 — ESO — New Life Festival
- Tue, Jan 19, 2027 — ESO — Update 52
- Wed, Jan 27, 2027 — ESO — Season Three begins (new Skyrim Excursion Zone)
- Fri, Feb 19, 2027 — FFXIV: Evercold — early access (pre-orders)
- Tue, Feb 23, 2027 — FFXIV: Evercold — full release
- Early 2028? — Destiny 2 — vaulted campaigns return (earliest estimate; no date set)
Still Unconfirmed
- ESO’s Season Three zone: Winterhold is strongly teased by ZeniMax but not officially confirmed as the new zone’s name.
- FFXIV’s Starlight Celebration 2026: dates not yet announced; the Evercold benchmark’s exact December date and Evercold’s exact launch hour on Feb 23 are also unannounced.
- Destiny 2’s unvaulting: Bungie gave a production timeline only — no release date. A “next major Destiny update planned for February” was reported from Bungie’s Oct 29 update, but which February and what it contains were not pinned down.
- GTA VI on PC: no PC version or date announced; the only official unlock time is midnight local time on Nov 19.
- GTA Online: no new DLC announced for launch week — only weekly bonuses are confirmed through Dec 2.
Bottom line: GTA VI owns November. ESO’s free Skyrim season and Evercold give MMO players dates to circle in January and February — and Destiny 2’s story, for now, is about what comes back, not what’s next.
Researched Nov 10–11, 2026 (GTA VI pre-load status verified live on Nov 11). Full source list: Rockstar Newswire · Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold — official site · The Elder Scrolls Online — news hub · Bungie — Monument of Triumph support guide · UESP — ESO Seasons
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