As of July 2026, The First Descendant is in its second anniversary period with Season 4 'The Great Clash' announced for August, a collaboration with Evangelion ongoing, and multiple figures from Good Smile Company and Max Factory in pre-order.
Nexon's free-to-play looter shooter The First Descendant is entering its second year with a major content update and a growing merchandise line. Season 4, subtitled The Great Clash, launches in August 2026 and introduces Mega Dungeons, a new Descendant named Raven, an Exceed Weapon system, 11 new weapons, and Trials missions. The July update overhauls Void Intercept Battles, and Ultimate Hailey arrives in September. The roadmap was revealed during the Descendant Fest 2026 livestream.
On the merchandise front, Good Smile Company and Max Factory announced three figures on July 2, 2026, with pre-orders opening the same day. The lineup includes a Valby figma, a Bunny Nendoroid, and a 1/7 scale Ultimate Bunny figure. A separate 1/7 scale figure of Bunny in her 'Light Speed Runner' ultimate form from Max Factory went up for pre-order at Rakuten Books for 34,580 yen.
The game's third major crossover, a cosmetic collaboration with Neon Genesis Evangelion, began on June 18, 2026, offering plug suit-style skins for Rei, Asuka, and Mari. Previous collaborations include NieR: Automata and Bayonetta. Behind the scenes, Nexon Games developed an automated test tool called M1 APT, presented at NDC26, to run continuously on console hardware for testing The First Descendant.
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Max Factory is releasing a 1/7 scale figure of Bunny from The First Descendant in her 'Light Speed Runner' ultimate form. Pre-orders are open at Rakuten Books for 34,580 yen. The figure captures Bunny with her hand on her mask, featuring metallic armor with gold paint and detailed panel lines. It is a painted finished figure.
Nexon revealed the Season 4 trailer and second-half 2026 roadmap for The First Descendant during its Descendant Fest 2026 livestream. Season 4, subtitled The Great Clash, launches in August with Mega Dungeons, a new Descendant named Raven, an Exceed Weapon system, 11 new weapons, and Trials missions. July brings a Void Intercept Battle overhaul, and September adds Ultimate Hailey.
Good Smile Company and Max Factory announced three new figures from the game The First Descendant on July 2, 2026. Pre-orders opened the same day. The lineup includes a figma of the swimmer Valby, a Nendoroid of the light-speed runner Bunny, and a 1/7 scale figure of Ultimate Bunny. The Valby figma stands 156mm tall and includes a removable helmet, water effects for swimming poses, and weapons Thunder Cage and Peace Maker. It costs 14,900 yen and ships in May 2027. The Nendoroid Bunny is 100mm tall, comes with a smiling face, closed-eye smiling face, thunder gauge, and a helmet-off head part. It costs 8,800 yen and ships in January 2027. The Ultimate Bunny 1/7 scale figure is 260mm tall, features a metallic full-face mask and detailed armor painting, costs 35,000 yen, and ships in July 2027. All three are available for pre-order through Good Smile Company's official shop, AmiAmi, Animate, Rakuten, and Amazon.
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.
NEXON announced on June 12 that a collaboration between its free-to-play looter shooter The First Descendant and the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion will begin on June 18. A trailer released alongside the announcement shows Descendants wearing plug suit-style costumes modeled after Rei Ayanami, Asuka Langley Shikinami, and Mari Illustrious Makinami. The collaboration is cosmetic, with full-body skins, weapon skins, and social motions expected. NEXON has not yet detailed the sales format or full item list. An upcoming developer livestream on the game's official YouTube channel will introduce collaboration items and events ahead of the June 18 launch, along with June update content. The First Descendant is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. The game previously collaborated with NieR: Automata and Bayonetta.