# \[Announcement\] MakeCode Arcade 2026 release is live! **URL:** \ **Category:** Arcade\ **Created:** [February 13, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136 "2026-02-13T22:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/1 "2026-02-13T22:12:11Z")
Hey folks! We here on the MakeCode team are pleased to announce that the new version of MakeCode Arcade just went live! You can find all the details of what’s new in the official blog post here: > **[MakeCode Arcade 2026 Update](https://makecode.com/blog/arcade/update-feb-2026)** > > Posted on February 13th, 2026 by Jaqster But here are some highlights: - An all new share experience! You can now include a project description with your game when you share it - A gallery in the Tilemap editor! Check out some prebuilt examples in the gallery that show you how to use our builtin tilesets! - A new unfollow block in the Sprites category! - A complete rework of the music/sound pipeline! Now there should be way fewer bugs when playing songs or sound effects Please give it a shot! If you run into any bugs, please let us know here or on our github at [https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-arcade/issues](https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-arcade/issues) Also, if you’re reporting a bug make sure to check out my post on [how to write good bug reports](https://forum.makecode.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-encounter-a-bug/35120)! ---
**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/2 "2026-02-13T22:12:31Z")
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**Author:** ![Peau12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peau12/32/29299_2.png) [@Peau12](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Peau12)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/3 "2026-02-13T22:15:32Z")
Yayaz! ---
**Author:** ![BotWarrior](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/botwarrior/32/25328_2.png) [@BotWarrior](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BotWarrior)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/4 "2026-02-13T22:17:20Z")
Going to check this out ❤ ---
**Author:** ![BitBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/bitbot/32/33272_2.png) [@BitBot](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BitBot)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/5 "2026-02-14T00:13:09Z")
Wow! This is COOL! ---
**Author:** ![Josef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/josef/32/12457_2.png) [@Josef](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Josef)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/6 "2026-02-14T00:13:44Z")
so i come back to ANOTHER update. gg mods, gg ---
**Author:** ![Octodemon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/octodemon/32/15417_2.png) [@Octodemon](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Octodemon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/7 "2026-02-14T00:39:14Z")
![IMG_0656](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/c/c/cc0ce6c2d93ac8545a3645e80d8e043e8b7b0d3e.jpeg) After half a decade of me using MakeCode we finally have an unfollow block! Really nice update overall, great job team! ---
**Author:** ![ChimbroDaPro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/chimbrodapro/32/15852_2.png) [@ChimbroDaPro](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ChimbroDaPro)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/8 "2026-02-15T00:09:56Z")
Oh this is HUGEEEE WOW!!! And they somehow still say Scratch is better than MakeCode… ---
**Author:** ![redSprite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/redsprite/32/34262_2.png) [@redSprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/redSprite)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/9 "2026-02-15T00:19:40Z")
YYYEEEEAAAAHHHHH ![Excited Cheering GIF by Minions - Find & Share on GIPHY](https://media.giphy.com/media/cKbLJzS0cOTklEmzto/giphy.gif) ---
**Author:** ![CopySprite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/copysprite/32/35475_2.png) [@CopySprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CopySprite)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/10 "2026-02-15T00:22:46Z")
The unfollow block will be super super usefull. ---
**Author:** ![YamJam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yamjam/32/29681_2.png) [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/11 "2026-02-15T00:25:28Z")
Let’s goooo! This update is great! Now the website even alerts me when there’s a bug! ---
**Author:** ![Peau12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peau12/32/29299_2.png) [@Peau12](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Peau12)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/12 "2026-02-15T03:23:36Z")
Someone gets me: ![Screenshot (25)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/b/9/b9bd6af0babf3a87107e3023875fb8ac133d0304.png) ---
**Author:** ![Kikketer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/kikketer/32/16551_2.png) [@Kikketer](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kikketer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/13 "2026-02-15T22:40:48Z")
Love it! Unfollow (which is typically a negative thing, but today unfollow is my favorite word). Also my son asked “did they change the sound? the drum sounds different” crazy what people notice 🙂 Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Ima.notarobot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/ima.notarobot/32/26551_2.png) [@Ima.notarobot](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Ima.notarobot)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/14 "2026-02-17T02:05:26Z")
What’s the point of the unfollow block if you can just set the follow speed of a sprite to zero? ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/15 "2026-02-17T02:06:11Z")
Because not everyone knew that trick (or any of the others to get a sprite to stop following another). ---
**Author:** ![CopySprite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/copysprite/32/35475_2.png) [@CopySprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CopySprite)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/16 "2026-02-17T05:13:12Z")
The point is that… _It seems useful…_ I’ve never needed a special block to stop a sprite from following another one but it’s nice to have… _For saving like 5 seconds setting the speed to 0._ 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/rune/32/18951_2.png) [@Rune](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/17 "2026-02-17T18:19:17Z")
The other changes are cool, but AI? I want to believe this was pushed by the higher-ups at microsoft. ---
**Author:** ![MeatballDev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/meatballdev/32/28502_2.png) [@MeatballDev](https://forum.makecode.com/u/MeatballDev)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/18 "2026-02-17T18:21:52Z")
> [@richard](#): > > A complete rework of the music/sound pipeline! Now there should be way fewer bugs when playing songs or sound effects Wait I talked about this and I got yelled at for misinformation, or do I remember it incorrectly ---
**Author:** ![RoboVacDev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/robovacdev/32/29619_2.png) [@RoboVacDev](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RoboVacDev)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/19 "2026-02-17T18:49:51Z")
This is just amazing. ---
**Author:** ![TeddyB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/teddyb/32/35627_2.png) [@TeddyB](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TeddyB)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136/20 "2026-02-17T19:30:11Z")
> [@richard](#): > > A complete rework of the music/sound pipeline! Now there should be way fewer bugs when playing songs or sound effects bug fixes are good, but can there be a way to change the music sounds back because all of my songs sound completely different [Next page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-2026-release-is-live/42136.md?page=2)