🗞 April 20 INVEN News Briefing - Urban Open - World RPG 'Project Mugen'

Monday, April 20, 2026

📺 'Project Mugen', the Subculture GTA

On the 18th, Hotta Studio—a subsidiary of Perfect World—held a preview broadcast for its upcoming title, Neverness to Everness (NTE), announcing a 'guaranteed pull system with no off-banner characters,' enhanced dating mechanics, and collaborations with Porsche and Persona. The removal of off-banner pulls has been met with particularly positive reactions from the subculture gaming community. With its high degree of freedom—featuring city exploration, vehicle theft, and prison visits—there is growing anticipation over whether the game will be able to cultivate a new, distinct player base.

🎮 Major Game Releases Today

✔ Chipmatic releases April 20

📅 Upcoming Major Games

✔ Tides of Tomorrow releases April 22

✔ Vampire Crawler releases April 22

✔ Crystrant releases April 22

✔ Honkai: Star Rail 4.2 'Thus, the Laughter Never Stops' releases April 22

🎫 Notable Events

🔍 None today 😴

💼 Today's Job Openings

📌 [Kakao Games] UA Marketing Manager (3+ years experience)

📌 [Smilegate] 'Lost Ark' BGM Composer (3+ years experience)

📌 [HAEGIN] Game Operations (CM) (2+ years experience)

📈 Securities Research

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🔗 The Main Event

❝ Revenue is projected at ₩494.4B (+37.2% YoY, +22.3% QoQ), with an operating profit of ₩87.6B (+1,578.1% YoY, +2,597.9% QoQ) and net income attributable to controlling interests of ₩81.9B (+116.8% YoY, turning to profit QoQ), with operating profit expected to meet consensus. While revenue from legacy titles is expected to decline quarter-over-quarter, overall revenue will grow due to the performance of and on PC, and the consolidated earnings of casual game companies Lihuhu and Springcomes on mobile. However, operating expenses are expected to remain at similar levels to the previous quarter due to incentive payouts and increased UA marketing costs for mobile casual titles. ❞

™️ Notable Trademarks

🔍 None today 😴

📰 Catch Up on Yesterday's Major Articles

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🔗 A Game Made by One Person Over four Years Finds Success

🔗 BAFTA GOTY goes to Expedition 33... The second game to sweep all 5 major game awards

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🔗 [Reporter's Notebook] Public Sentiment Remains Cold Despite Repeated Apologies

This article was originally written in Korean and translated with the help of NC AI. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom. [Read Original]