Project RX Is Now FAREIDOLIA, Revealing Anima City and Four Characters Ahead of TGS 2026

After nearly two years under the Project RX codename, NEXON Games' next project finally has an official title. NEXON announced FAREIDOLIA (ファレイドリア) on August 24, 2026 alongside new details about its world, the player's role, and four central characters.

The game is being developed by RX Studio under IO DIVISION, the organization that also oversees Blue Archive development. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, FAREIDOLIA places particular emphasis on living alongside its characters while retaining the combat elements shown in earlier footage.

Quick Summary

• Official title: FAREIDOLIA
• Japanese title: ファレイドリア
• Former codename: Project RX
• Format: Video game
• NEXON positioning: Bishoujo / anime-style game
• Developer: NEXON Games
• Development studio: RX Studio
• Division: IO DIVISION
• Publisher: NEXON
• Engine: Unreal Engine 5
• Previously announced platforms: PC, mobile, and console
• Specific console systems: Unannounced
• Release date: Unannounced
• Price: Unannounced
• Business model: Unannounced
• Setting: Anima City
• World: A place very similar to Earth, but with key differences
• Player role: Director of the Anima City Restoration Center
• Second role: Caretaker of Tasogare Hall
• Tasogare Hall: The Restoration Center's office and shared living space
• Mates: Girls who possess unique abilities
• Core experience: Immersive storytelling, character interaction, and lifestyle content
• Visuals: High-quality 3D graphics
• Combat: Dynamic combat is confirmed
• Daily-life activities: Shopping, gardening, shared meals, and other routines
• Character relationships: Built around living closely together
• Minieh: Explorer who lives for the “ultimate adventure”
• Ohana: Self-proclaimed genius all-rounder
• Shami: Perpetually broke cat-eared girl
• Elevator Girl: Mysterious operator of Tasogare Hall's elevator
• Producer: Cha Minseo
• IO DIVISION Director / EPD: Kim Yongha
• Art Director: YutokaMizu
• Project first announced: October 2024 as Project RX
• Official teaser trailer: December 2025
• FAREIDOLIA name revealed: August 24, 2026
• TGS 2026: World-first playable demo
• Venue: Makuhari Messe, Chiba
• NEXON booth: Hall 7-C04
• TGS dates: September 17–21, 2026
• New trailer: Scheduled for September 17

Official Title Reveal, Teaser, and FAREIDOLIA's World

Project RX Finally Has Its Own Identity

NEXON says FAREIDOLIA was chosen to represent a story about discovering familiarity within a new world and forming new bonds there.

The project was first introduced in October 2024 without a final name. Following its 3D teaser in late 2025 and a broader global promotional push in 2026, the Project RX codename is now being retired.

The title announcement also marks the point where NEXON is beginning to explain not only the characters and visuals, but the player's actual place within the world.

You Run the Restoration Center and Live at Tasogare Hall

FAREIDOLIA takes place in Anima City, located in a world that strongly resembles Earth.

Players become Director of the Anima City Restoration Center while simultaneously managing Tasogare Hall, the organization's office.

It is also where the player lives alongside the Mates. NEXON's TGS site describes everyday moments such as shopping together, growing vegetables in a home garden, and sharing meals around the same table like a family.

One major mystery remains: why the Director is apparently the city's only public servant, and what their true responsibility really is.

Four Mates Step Into the Spotlight

Minieh is an explorer from the Explorer Guild whose knowledge can rival that of specialists. Usually cheerful and composed, she tends to lose that restraint whenever adventure enters the conversation.

Ohana calls herself a genius all-rounder. She displays extraordinary talent in almost anything she attempts, yet frequently wastes it on pranks and entertainment.

Shami is a cat-eared girl who is perpetually broke, partly thanks to bad luck and her habit of spending money on protective charms. Despite claiming she has no time to dream, she never misses her favorite idol programs.

Elevator Girl remains the most mysterious of the four. NEXON has only revealed that she is responsible for operating the elevator inside Tasogare Hall.

Everyday Life Is More Than Background Decoration

Even when it was still Project RX, the team repeatedly described a sense of everyday life as one of the game's central ideas.

In an earlier interview, Kim Yongha and Cha Minseo explained that the relationship between players and characters is intentionally designed to feel closer than Blue Archive's teacher-and-student structure. Players are meant to do things directly with the characters rather than simply watch their stories unfold.

Unreal Engine 5 is being used to render those characters, shared spaces, and lifestyle interactions in high-quality 3D.

Combat Is Still Part of FAREIDOLIA

Despite the emphasis on living alongside the Mates, FAREIDOLIA is not being presented as a purely social experience.

NEXON explicitly lists dynamic combat among the game's features, while the old Project RX teaser briefly showed skill animations after several peaceful daily-life sequences.

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The exact combat genre, party structure, controls, progression systems, and relationship between lifestyle content and battle remain undisclosed.

The World-First Demo Arrives at Tokyo Game Show 2026

FAREIDOLIA will become publicly playable for the first time at Tokyo Game Show 2026, running September 17–21 at Makuhari Messe.

NEXON's dedicated zone will recreate Tasogare Hall, with attendees able to try the game and play a rock-paper-scissors mini-game against their preferred character.

The official event page also confirms that a new FAREIDOLIA trailer is scheduled for September 17, making TGS the next major information drop after the official title reveal.

Why This Matters

1) The player's role is finally clear

One of Project RX's longest-running mysteries now has an answer: players manage the Restoration Center while living with the Mates as caretaker of Tasogare Hall.

2) FAREIDOLIA is aiming for closer character relationships

Rather than repeating Blue Archive's teacher-student framework, RX Studio is building its new game around shared living and everyday experiences with the Mates.

3) TGS 2026 will be its first real gameplay test

A public demo and new trailer arrive in September, finally giving players a chance to see how lifestyle systems, Anima City's problems, and combat connect in practice.

Game Information

Additional confirmed information currently includes:

• FAREIDOLIA became the official Project RX title on August 24, 2026
• development is handled by RX Studio under NEXON Games' IO DIVISION
• IO DIVISION contains Blue Archive's MX Studio and FAREIDOLIA's RX Studio
• Project RX was first publicly introduced by NEXON in October 2024
• an approximately 31-second in-game teaser appeared in December 2025
• Unreal Engine 5 powers the project
• NEXON previously listed PC, mobile, and console as target platforms
• individual console systems have not been announced
• individual digital storefronts have not been detailed
• the release date, price, and business model remain TBA
• FAREIDOLIA is its own IP rather than a Blue Archive spin-off
• Cha Minseo serves as RX Studio producer
• Kim Yongha leads IO DIVISION as Director / EPD
• YutokaMizu serves as Art Director
• the experience combines immersive storytelling, character interaction, lifestyle content, and combat
• players solve various problems around Anima City with the Mates
• Tasogare Hall functions as both the Restoration Center office and a shared home base
• NEXON's event page shows activities such as shopping, gardening, and eating together
• the reason the Director is Anima City's only public servant remains part of the story's mystery
• FAREIDOLIA will be playable at NEXON booth Hall 7-C04 during TGS 2026
• business days run September 17–18
• public days run September 19–21
• a new trailer is scheduled for September 17
• the booth includes a character rock-paper-scissors mini-game
• limited TGS merchandise will also be distributed while supplies last
• official updates are available through FAREIDOLIA Official X
• TGS information is available through the NEXON TGS 2026 FAREIDOLIA Page
• the older teaser is available through NEXON Games on YouTube

Closing

FAREIDOLIA has finally emerged from the Project RX codename phase with a much clearer identity: players live at Tasogare Hall with the Mates while handling problems across Anima City as Director of the Restoration Center.

Several crucial pieces are still being kept under wraps, including detailed combat systems, the business model, specific console hardware, pricing, and the release date. Tokyo Game Show 2026 will be the next major opportunity to see FAREIDOLIA as an actual playable game.