NEXON Games is developing Fareidolia, a turn-based RPG from its IO DIVISION RX Studio, shown in a preview build ahead of Tokyo Game Show 2026. The studio also continues engine and voice technology work for The First Descendant and Blue Archive.
NEXON Games is currently defined by two tracks in its published coverage: a game in development and internal technology work presented at its own conference. Fareidolia, developed by NEXON Games IO DIVISION RX Studio, was announced on August 24 under the working title Project RX. The game is a turn-based RPG with a combat system called Live Turn Battle, where enemies keep moving while the player decides. A preview build shows the player as the Center Director of the Anima City Reconstruction Center and manager of Tasogare Manor, a dormitory shared with Mates, girls who wield powers. The core loop runs from daily life at the manor to deployment to resolve erosion anomalies and back home. Each turn, a Mate picks one of two skills, the player checks enemy positions, and a Boost Gauge can move a character's action order forward. Voice input lets players call Mates by name and answer dialogue choices aloud. The game will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026 at Makuhari Messe, with platforms set as PC, mobile, and console. Release timing and service regions remain undecided.
Separately, NEXON Games has been detailing the technology behind its live titles. At NDC26, engine programmer Kang Jang-hoon presented M1 APT, an automated test tool for The First Descendant. The tool runs continuously on console hardware without external automation tools, using a four-pipeline system for pathfinding, combat, mission detection, and crash recovery. It prioritizes uninterrupted data collection over perfect reproducibility. Also at NDC26, engineer Kim Myeong-ji detailed a new text-to-speech model for Blue Archive. The team adopted Style-Bert-VITS2, an open-source Japanese-focused model, to improve emotional expression and naturalness in character voices. The upgrade targets better reproduction of nuances like distress and joy, and addresses specific feedback on long vowels and pitch in Japanese lines.
Together, the stories show a studio balancing a new RPG project with ongoing technical work on its existing titles. Fareidolia is the only new game named in the coverage, while The First Descendant and Blue Archive appear through the lens of engineering talks at NEXON Korea's NDC26 conference. No release dates or service regions are established for Fareidolia, and the technology stories do not state deployment timelines for the tools or voice model.
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Sep 17
Nexon's Fareidolia, developed by NEXON Games IO DIVISION RX Studio, is a turn-based RPG where enemies keep moving while the player decides. The game was announced on August 24 under the working title Project RX and will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026 at Makuhari Messe. In a preview build, the player is the Center Director of the Anima City Reconstruction Center and manager of Tasogare Manor, a dormitory shared with Mates, girls who wield powers. The core loop is daily life at the manor, deployment to resolve erosion anomalies, and return home. Combat is called Live Turn Battle. Each turn a Mate picks one of two skills, checks enemy positions, and can spend a Boost Gauge to move a character's action order forward. Voice input lets players call Mates by name and answer dialogue choices aloud. Platforms are PC, mobile, and console. Release timing and service regions are undecided.
Jun 18
At NDC26, Nexon Games engine programmer Kang Jang-hoon presented M1 APT, an automated test tool for The First Descendant. Designed to run continuously on console hardware without external automation tools, it uses a four-pipeline system for pathfinding, combat, mission detection, and crash recovery, prioritizing uninterrupted data collection over perfect reproducibility.
Jun 18
At NEXON Korea's NDC26 conference, NEXON Games engineer Kim Myeong-ji detailed the development of a new TTS model for Blue Archive. The team adopted Style-Bert-VITS2, an open-source Japanese-focused model, to improve emotional expression and naturalness in character voices. The upgrade targets better reproduction of nuances like distress and joy, addressing specific feedback on long vowels and pitch in Japanese lines.