Release calendar: what we are writing next
Small sites do not beat the big wikis on evergreen terms. They beat them in the 48 hours after a game ships, while the wiki is still empty. This is the list of titles we are prepping for, and the reason each one earned a slot.
Figures are a snapshot as of 2026-10-03
| Release | Title | Platforms | Steam wishlists | Why this slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | Gears of War: E-Day Third-person shooter (prequel) | Xbox Series X|S, PC | 633k | Day-one campaign + Game Pass install/perf issues |
| Oct 8 | Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival Horror action | PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S | — | Puzzle walkthroughs — horror puzzles generate dense 'how do I' queries |
| Oct 13 | Planet Zoo 2 Management sim | PC | — | Best enclosure layouts + money efficiency. Sim audiences re-search for months |
| Oct 13 | Valor Mortis First-person soulslike | PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S | — (43k following) | Boss patterns + build paths, from the Ghostrunner team |
| Oct 14 | over the hill Off-road driving / adventure | PC | — (57k following) | Route finding and vehicle unlocks |
| Oct 15 | Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Metroidvania / 2D exploration | PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch | 563k | PRIMARY TARGET. No navigation arrows means hidden-route queries explode on day one, and only one small site has pre-built pages so far |
| Oct 15 | Neverway Horror life-sim RPG | PC | — (32k following) | Small-but-underserved niche: quest + relationship routes |
| Oct 22 | FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE Turn-based HD-2D RPG | PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 | — (18k following) | Job/crystal build guides + superboss routes; long tail lifetime |
| Oct 23 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 FPS | PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S | — | Campaign missables + DMZ mechanics |
| Oct 29 | Phantom Blade Zero Wuxia action RPG | PC, PS5 | 1.62M | HIGHEST-VALUE LATE-OCTOBER SLOT. Most-wishlisted 2026 release; hard difficulty means boss-query volume, and English guide supply will lag Chinese community content by days |
| Nov 19 | Grand Theft Auto VI Open world | PS5, Xbox Series X|S | — | Console-only at launch. Every other October release exists because publishers are avoiding this date |
How a title gets on this list
Three checks, all of them required. If a release fails any one of them it does not get a slot, no matter how big the game is.
- Search intent is specific. Players arrive with a concrete problem — a boss, a stuck quest, a crash, a missable. Browsing intent does not convert.
- The result page is beatable. Either no authority site has covered the term, or the ones that have are stale for the current patch.
- There is a time hook. Launch, a DLC, a difficulty rework, a big balance patch. Without a clock on it, a small site waits months for a ranking it may never get.
Wishlist figures are GameDiscoverCo's 2026-release ranking as reported 2026-08-04; Steam follow counts are 3DM's 2026-10 release table. Both are point-in-time snapshots and move daily — refresh before publishing. Wishlist counts measure pre-order interest, not sales or players, and Steam follows are a weaker signal again. Treat the ranking as a directional indicator of where attention will be, not a forecast of revenue.