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Neverness to Everness

Neverness to Everness (NTE) is an open-world urban action RPG developed by Hotta Studio and published by Perfect World Games. It launched globally on April 29, 2026 for PlayStation 5, PC, iOS, Android and Mac, with the Steam and Epic Games Store versions following on July 7, 2026. The game is set in the city of Hethereau, in the wider region of Hesperia, where ordinary urban life coexists with Anomalies, supernatural incidents that bend reality and occasionally breed hostile entities. Players take the role of the Appraiser, an anomaly investigator contracted to the Eibon Antique Shop, and build a team of four Espers whose elemental Cycles react with one another when they swap in during combat. Around the combat loop sits a full city life layer: drivable vehicles, property and business management in the City Tycoon system, anomaly commissions, exploration collectibles and the permanent 999 Nights fantasy mode. NTE is free to play and monetises through character and Arc banners.

• Esper Cycle Elemental Combat - Every Esper belongs to one of six types (Chaos, Cosmos, Anima, Incantation, Lakshana, Psyche). Swapping characters with an entry attack triggers an Esper Cycle reaction such as Scorch, Hexed, Nova, Discord, Stain, Remora or Charge, and the Cycle Intensity stat scales the bonus damage those reactions deal.
• Four-Esper Teams - Players field a squad of four and rotate through them mid-fight, using their support skills, Redirect Skills and Ultimates to keep a reaction chain alive rather than relying on a single carry.
• Arcs and Adapter Types - Weapons are called Arcs, card-like items with an Adapter type (Bose, Condensate, Gas, Liquid, Plasma or Solid) that only matches Espers of the same type. Each Arc carries a base ATK value, a substat and a passive effect, and most five-star Espers have a signature Arc tuned to their kit.
• Cartridges and Modules - The gear layer runs on Cartridges and Modules that slot into a console grid, with set bonuses rewarding matching combinations on top of raw stats.
• Anomaly Hunting - The core PvE loop sends players after Anomaly Commissions (38 common and 12 high-risk at launch), Anomaly Zones, Hunts and Pilgrimages, with appraisal progression gating the harder investigations.
• City Tycoon - A management layer where the Appraiser buys into and runs businesses and property around Hethereau, levelling Tycoon rank for rewards that include the free S-rank Esper Chiz and the Contemplative Cat Arc at Tycoon level 21.
• Open-World City Life - Hethereau is traversable on foot and by car, with racing events, vehicle collaborations, shops, banks, hidden safes and Oracle Stone collectibles spread across its districts.
• 999 Nights - A permanent single-player fantasy mode set on the Warren Continent, presented as a tabletop-style RPG run with four classes, a seven-slot gear system and Story, Challenge and Nightmare difficulties.