December 2026 Video Game Releases: Professor Layton, Attack on Titan 3 and More

Game releases · December 2026

December brings a new Professor Layton mystery, the final chapter of Koei Tecmo’s Attack on Titan games and Monster Hunter Wilds on Nintendo Switch 2. Path of Exile 2 also leaves early access. Every date below comes from the publisher or developer.

Before then, Grand Theft Auto VI arrives Nov. 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

New games

Dec. 1

• Hela: of Mice & Magic (Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC): A cozy open-world adventure from Knights Peak and Windup Games. You play a mouse helping a witch look after the land she guards.

Dec. 3

• Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World (Switch 2, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC): Square Enix’s monster-raising RPG stars new wranglers Bianca and Nera, who befriend, combine and battle Dragon Quest monsters.
• Rayman Legends Retold (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC): Ubisoft’s reimagined platformer adds new visuals and a retold story, supports four-player couch co-op and includes Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition.
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV (PC): The real-time strategy series returns from King Art Games and Deep Silver. Commander Edition owners can start playing Nov. 30.
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2): Adds the Heroes’ Vault wave-battle mode, a new hero named Shimmer, newly voiced scenes and up to 4K at 60 frames per second in TV mode.

Dec. 4

• Monster Hunter Wilds (Switch 2): Capcom’s 2025 hunting game comes to Switch 2 with cross-play, a first for the series. Its Ascendance expansion follows on Switch 2 in 2027.

Dec. 10

• Attack on Titan 3 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC): The last game in Koei Tecmo and Omega Force’s action series follows the story from the Survey Corps’ early days to the end.
• Professor Layton and the New World of Steam (Switch 2, Switch, PS5, PC): Level-5’s puzzle adventure picks up a year after Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, with Layton and Luke reuniting in Steam Bison, a steam-powered American town.
• Stage Tour (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC): RedOctane Games’ band rhythm game launches with more than 90 songs, Gibson-branded guitar controllers and local play for up to four.

Dec. 11

• Path of Exile 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S): Grinding Gear Games’ action RPG leaves early access with its free-to-play 1.0 release.

DLC and expansions

• Dune: Awakening – Blood and Ice (Dec. 1; PC, PS5, Xbox): Funcom’s free expansion adds the Polar Sink, a frozen survival map in the far north of Arrakis, with about 35 hours of new progression.
• The Outer Worlds 2: Side Effects Guaranteed (Dec. 2): The first of Obsidian’s two story expansions follows a distress signal to an abandoned settlement and a power struggle inside the Sub Rosa crime group. It comes with the Premium Edition or the Premium Edition Upgrade.
• Barotrauma: Home & Harbor (Dec. 2): Adds outposts you can take over, build up and defend, plus a new faction, the Descendants. A free companion update arrives first, on Nov. 26.
• Pokémon Pokopia: Dazzling Decorations (Dec. 9; Switch 2): Part 2 of the paid Expansion Pass lets you dress Ditto and your Pokémon neighbors in accessories and adds more Pokémon and items. It needs the free version 3.0.0 update.

Big updates

Out now: Cyberpunk 2077’s Edgerunners 2 Update (2.5) arrived free Oct. 22 on PC, Mac, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, two days after Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 premiered on Netflix. Switch 2 players got it a few days later.

CD Projekt Red’s update adds Clampdown, a side quest set before the events of Edgerunners 2; a five-piece gear set based on King; and HKGN 102.0 FM, a radio station with music from the anime. A new Double Trouble perk lets you dual-wield pistols and revolvers, Glamdoc shops sell new looks for your hand cyberware, and cross-platform mod support through mod.io works on consoles too.

More Cyberpunk 2077 on TSC News: Cyberpunk 2077 Next Gen Review – Xbox Series X, Cyberpunk 2077 PC Review and Emily Woo Zeller on Playing Panam Palmer.

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Sources: Dates and details come from each publisher or developer’s announcement, official site or store listing, linked above. Release dates can change. · Videos: official publisher and developer channels on YouTube.

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