Mabinogi Mobile Launches October 7 for PC and Smartphones
Mabinogi Mobile reaches Japan after launching in South Korea last year and taking the top Grand President's Award at the 2025 Korea Game Awards, so the Japan release arrives with an established track record rather than as an untested debut.
Key Facts
- Nexon announced on September 17, 2026 that Mabinogi Mobile will launch in Japan on October 7.
- Mabinogi Mobile is free to play with item purchases and supports PC, Android, and iOS, with cross-play between mobile and PC.
- Mabinogi Mobile is a reconstruction of the PC MMORPG Mabinogi, which has been in service since 2005.
- Mabinogi Mobile launched in South Korea last year and won the top Grand President's Award at the 2025 Korea Game Awards.
- Tokyo Game Show 2026 public days run September 19 to 21, where the Nexon booth offers trial play in a space recreating Tir Chonaill.
Reporting from 3 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), 4Gamer.net, Automaton.
Nexon announced during a Tokyo Game Show 2026 special program on September 17 that the online RPG Mabinogi Mobile will launch in Japan on October 7. The game is free to play with item purchases and will be available on PC, Android, and iOS. It is a reconstruction of the original Mabinogi, the PC MMORPG that has been in service since 2005, keeping its pastoral tone, music performance system, and production elements while adopting faster combat, an intuitive interface, and cross-play between mobile and PC. Players can customize characters, fight in dungeons, cook, and build homes. Content includes the Stella Dome, where players meet across servers, an Assist Mode for auto-progression in easier dungeons, and a Chance Encounter system that matches players for dungeon runs. Pre-registration is open. The game launched in South Korea last year and won the top Grand President's Award at the 2025 Korea Game Awards.
The September 17 Tokyo Game Show 2026 special program was streamed on the official TOKYO GAME SHOW YouTube channel. Esports caster Taiga Kishi was the MC. Streamer Yuta Seki and VTuber Kaede Higuchi joined for hands-on play. Higuchi voices Daisy, an NPC in the Stella Dome.
In Seki's tablet session, the screen switched smoothly between portrait and landscape orientation. Graphics quality is higher than the original Mabinogi, and skill effects are stronger. Higuchi's PC session used the Chance Encounter system to match her with Seki; the two shared a campfire, were wiped out once, then beat the boss.
- Tell Us! Your Mabinogi Style Campaign: follow the official X account and post about what you want to do in game, with Amazon gift cards won by lottery.
- Right Before Release! Voice Actor Autographed Shikishi Present Campaign: autographed boards from the voice cast, first round set for September 23.
- Nexon booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026: a photo spot recreating Tir Chonaill, cosplay, and trial play, with original cool towels given first come, first served to pre-registrants and players who try the game.
- Home customization: wallpaper changes and furniture placement, plus additional home features and furniture designed for Japan planned for the future.
Nexon lists the copyright as (C)2026 NEXON Co., Ltd. & devCAT CO., LTD.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- GAME Watch (Impress) MMORPG「マビノギモバイル」が10月7日に国内正式サービス開始
- 4Gamer.net 「マビノギモバイル」，10月7日に配信決定。エリンでの冒険を描いたオンラインRPG
- Automaton 基本プレイ無料MMORPG『マビノギモバイル』PC・スマホで10月7日リリースへ。バトルもマイホーム作りもできる「新しいマビノギ」、ほのぼの生活がまもなく到来