Mobile gaming keeps getting better and better. While consoles like the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 Pro (and PC, of course) dominate gaming news and have the biggest library of games, more and more of the best upcoming video games are making their way to mobile devices.
No matter which of the best gaming phones you’re playing on, there’s certainly a new game on its way for you to pay attention to. Here’s everything that’s set to release in the next few months.
The games listed below either have 100% confirmed release dates or solid release windows that we expect them to hit this year. Anything that’s up in the air due to more vague launch predictions or previous delays will be listed under the following header.
The latest Genshin Impact expansion introduces two new tribes from Natlan: the Flower-Feather Clan and the Masters of the Night-Wind, along with their elite warriors and new Saurian companions. The seasonal event will send players off to investigate a mysterious accident and march northwest to uncover the secrets of a ruined, multilayered city that towers into the clouds. You can learn more about the update on the Genshin Impact website.
The fifth entry in the mega-popular Nikki series, Infinity Nikki takes a mobile dress-up gacha game and turns it into a full open-world console game with shades of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild peppered in. This may sound like a super niche title, but we think it could be one of the year’s biggest video games.
Embark on a captivating journey through a mesmerizing puzzle world in Monument Valley III. Join Noor, an apprentice lightkeeper, as she sets out on a heroic quest to save her community by navigating mind-bending optical illusions, uniting a scattered village, and guiding the residents toward a new home.
All we know about the game listed below is that it’s in development.
The next chapter in the Destiny saga is approaching, but it isn’t in the form most Guardians were expecting. Instead of a proper Destiny 3 from the original developer, Bungie, Destiny: Rising was revealed by developer NetEase Games as a free-to-play mobile game.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.