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First public Project Mugen teaser
Official accounts began a countdown ahead of the full reveal on August 24.
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ANANTA / Project Mugen Timeline & Historical Changes
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Project Mugen formally revealed
The first trailer, official website and preregistration launched together, presenting a free-to-play urban open-world RPG.
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Production video and platform changes
A development video showed city generation, character movement, indoor-outdoor connections and environmental interaction. Media reports subsequently said a PS4 version was no longer planned.
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The codename gives way to ANANTA
An official short explicitly ended the Project Mugen codename phase and adopted the ANANTA brand.
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ANANTA’s full reintroduction
A new gameplay trailer established Nova City, the ACD, free-to-play plans and global preregistration, and announced an offline technical test in Hangzhou.
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Mainland China publication approvals
The snapshot records publication approvals for the mobile, PC-client and PS5 versions of ANANTA.
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Invite-only technical test in Hangzhou
A small offline PC technical test began. It was not a public beta.
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TGS 2025 participation announced
Official material confirmed two PC demo modes, story and exploration, for September 25–28.
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Seven-minute gameplay trailer
The trailer presented NPC ecology, environmental combat, transport exploration, occupational roles and character switching.
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Public TGS demo and mission gameplay
The game became playable by a broad public audience, alongside a 10-minute-27-second mission gameplay video.
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Producer clarifies that 2026 was a target
The producer acknowledged showing Famitsu a 2026 target, while saying a formal announcement would follow when plans became more specific.
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Analyst forecasts the first half of 2027
JPMorgan moved its external release forecast to the first half of 2027. The eventual direction was similar, but this was not a NetEase announcement at the time.
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Release date announced at Gamescom ONL
The official release-date trailer introduced Chongxiao as the second main city and announced a global release on January 15, 2027.
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Planned simultaneous global release
The snapshot records the announced global launch date for PC, Steam, PS5 and mobile. At the time of that snapshot, this remained a future plan.
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