Nexon will exhibit Mabinogi Mobile and Fareidria at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held September 17-21 at Makuhari Messe. The two titles take different routes into the Japanese market: Mabinogi Mobile reinterprets the 20-year-old Mabinogi IP with life content, while Fareidria, led by Blue Archive's Cha Minso PD, applies that game's success formula. Nexon has many new titles planned but chose only these two for the show.
Nexon held a media preview for Mabinogi Mobile on August 19, with a presentation from the development team including Mabinogi creator Kim Dong-gon. The free-to-play MMORPG carries over Performing and Production elements from the original, rebuilt for PC and Android/iOS. The Magic Compass auto button advances quests and dungeons almost automatically, while Assist Mode handles combat skills. The game won the Grand Prize Presidential Award at the 2025 Korea Game Awards after launching in South Korea last year.
Mabinogi Mobile pre-registration began on August 24. In an interview, DevCAT studio head Kim Dong-gon and development director Lee Ji-hoon discussed the game's relationship to the PC Mabinogi. They described it as a different bard's interpretation of the same world, not a remake or a separate work, incorporating ideas Kim could not realize originally.
Nexon announced on August 24 its lineup for Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to September 21. The centerpiece of the Nexon booth in Hall 7-C04 is Mabinogi Mobile, the online RPG scheduled for domestic service in Japan during 2026. The title rebuilds the Mabinogi world, originally launched as a PC game in 2005, with a new story, mobile-optimized controls, and community functions. It supports cross-play between mobile and PC. The booth recreates the starting village Tir Chonaill, where visitors can try the demo around a campfire, plus a photo spot featuring the Goddess Statue. Demo players who pre-register receive an original cooling towel, and general visitors get A4 clear files. The second playable title is Faleidria, a new game from NEXON Games' IO DIVISION, known for Blue Archive. Built in Unreal Engine 5, it is set in the fictional Anima City and features interactions with characters called Mates. The booth recreates its Twilight Manor setting, and characters Minie, Ohana, Shami, and Elevator Girl will greet visitors. A rock-paper-scissors mini-game offers cooling towels and 15cm can badges as rewards. Faleidria's release timing remains undecided.
Nexon opened pre-registrations for Mabinogi Mobile on August 24, 2026, ahead of a planned Japan launch within 2026. The online RPG, developed by devCAT, will be free-to-play with some paid content, and is set for iOS, Android, and PC with cross-play support. The game rebuilds the world of the long-running Mabinogi IP, featuring a new original main story alongside familiar characters like Nao, Rona, and Pan, plus new original characters. Players choose from 18 classes across six systems, including Warrior, Mage, Archer, Healer, Bard, and Thief, and can switch classes by changing weapons. The game includes life content such as sheep shearing, cooking, fishing, and housing, as well as social features like musical instrument performance and campfires. Mobile play is optimized with a screen mode that switches based on device orientation, an auto-battle system, and a 'Serendipitous Encounter' system for joining other players in dungeons. Pre-registration milestones offer in-game rewards, including a 'Swordsman School Uniform Set' at 200,000 registrants. The game will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe.
Nexon announced on August 21 that the official program for Mabinogi Mobile, an online RPG scheduled to launch in Japan within 2026, will stream on August 24 at 8 PM. Host Chunii will be joined by voice actors Tomomi Isomura and Tomoaki Ono, plus Nijisanji virtual liver Kaede Higuchi. The program will show the latest gameplay footage and reveal new information, including pre-launch campaigns. The game supports cross-play on PC and mobile.
NEXON Korea announced on July 23 that the MABINOGI ETERNITY PROJECT, the Unreal Engine version of the MMORPG Mabinogi, will hold an alpha test in Korea from September 3 to 6. It is the first test aimed at a large number of players. Applications run July 23 to August 12 at 23:59. Players experience early stages with newly appearing characters, with movement and hit feel improved from past trial play feedback.
Nexon announced its booth lineup for Tokyo Game Show 2026, featuring Project RX, a new subculture game from Blue Archive developer IO DIVISION, and Mabinogi Mobile, the cross-play mobile remake of the classic MMORPG. A teaser site is live, with more details to come.
At NEXON's NDC26, DevCAT developers Kim Hye-jin and Cho Sol-bin presented how Mabinogi Mobile's main quest is designed for players who skip text. They cited South Korean data showing average screen focus has dropped to 47 seconds, and described a philosophy of making story content function as gameplay rather than text to be read.