Ananta Release Date: January 15, 2027 — Confirmed

Status: Dated. Last updated: August 25, 2026

When Is Ananta Releasing?

Ananta launches globally on January 15, 2027. The date was announced at gamescom Opening Night Live on August 25, 2026, alongside a Launch Date Trailer, and it is published on the official site’s front page as GLOBAL RELEASE — JANUARY 15, 2027.

After three years without a date, this is the real thing: a first-party announcement on the game’s own website and its official X account on the same day, mirrored on the Chinese-language official site, whose page title now reads 《无限大》官方网站 | 27年1月15日全球上线.

Pre-registration is open on every platform as of the same announcement, and NetEase’s own launch press release put the running total at over 17 million pre-registrations across 110 countries and regions on the day the date was announced.

Where the date came from

Two first-party sources published it simultaneously, which is what separates this from the leaks and earnings-call framing that preceded it.

• anantagame.com — the front page reads GLOBAL RELEASE / JANUARY 15, 2027, and the site’s own title tag is now “ANANTA Official Website | Global Release on January 15th, 2027.”
• @Ananta_EN on X — posted the Launch Date Trailer under the headline “ANANTA Launch Date Trailer | Global Release January 15th, 2027,” and separately: “We can’t wait to see you in Chongxiao and Nova City on January 15th, 2027!”

This is a different class of evidence than anything the game produced in 2026 before it. NetEase’s May 21 and August 20 earnings calls both said the team was “polishing” and named no window; the gamescom slot itself was announced on August 18 promising only “a fresh look at the game.” The date was not promised in advance and arrived on the stage.

What else was confirmed at the same time

One thing to be careful about: the Steam page itself still says “Coming soon” with no date on it, and its system requirements fields read TBD. The January 15 date comes from the official site and the official X account, not from the storefront. If you see a claim sourced to “the Steam page,” it is wrong about where the date is published.

Platforms at launch

Ananta is confirmed for PC, PlayStation 5, iOS and Android, with cloud gaming named in NetEase’s original platform commitment. Every one of those now has a live pre-registration or wishlist route:

Whether all platforms go live simultaneously on January 15 has not been stated. The announcement gave one global date and did not break it down by platform. See the Platforms Guide for the full picture, including where Xbox and Switch stand.

What is still not confirmed

The date answers the biggest question and leaves several open. None of the following have been announced, and this page will not guess at them:

• A launch time or unlock schedule — no hour, no timezone, no staggered-region detail
• Final PC system requirements — the Steam page’s spec fields are still TBD; the system requirements guide carries the pre-release build figures and labels them as such
• Whether all five platforms launch on the same day
• Xbox and Nintendo Switch — still not announced, and the launch reveal did not change that
• Cross-play and cross-save
• A further beta or technical test between now and January

A Brief Timeline: Project Mugen → Ananta

• 24 August 2023 — Announced at Gamescom under the working title Project Mugen, alongside its first promotional video. The anime-styled open-world city and parkour traversal did most of the talking.
• November – December 2024 — Renamed Ananta. NetEase Games published the official reveal and a new trailer on 5 December 2024, and the game was approved for release in China later that month.
• January 2025 — An offline technical test runs in Hangzhou, announced on the official site in December 2024 alongside the “Ananta Vanguards” recruitment.
• 23 September 2025 — A full gameplay trailer drops, and Ananta is playable at Tokyo Game Show 2025 — the first time the public gets hands-on. NVIDIA confirms DLSS support and ray-traced effects the same week.
• January 2026 — A second round of closed testing runs. On NetEase’s Q4 2025 earnings call that February, management said the closed test’s metrics and player feedback met expectations.
• 21 May 2026 — On NetEase’s Q1 2026 earnings call, management calls the game an “urban open world” built on everyday city life rather than combat and says the team is “focused on refining the game’s content quality.” No date, window or beta is given.
• June – August 2026 — Four event windows pass with no dated news: a no-show at Summer Game Fest, a partner-booth appearance at Bilibili World running re-edited footage, and no showing found at ChinaJoy.
• 20 August 2026 — On NetEase’s Q2 2026 earnings call, CEO William Ding, translated live: “Ananta is well on track with its development as the team is now keep polishing the game experience. We’ll unveil the game’s latest progress at the Gamescom next week.” Still no date.
• 25 August 2026 — The date lands. At gamescom Opening Night Live, Ananta gets a Launch Date Trailer and a global release date of January 15, 2027. Pre-registration opens across PC, PlayStation, iOS and Android, and the Steam page goes live the same day. NetEase’s press release the same day puts pre-registrations over 17 million across 110 countries and regions.

The rename mattered. “Ananta” is Sanskrit for endless — fitting for an open world designed around exploration rather than a finish line. Note that the rename happened in late 2024, not at TGS 2025; TGS 2025 is where the game first became playable, which is a different milestone.

What to do now

1. Pre-register on every platform you might play on. It is free, there is no limit on how many, and the reward tiers are shared globally rather than per-platform. Step-by-step for each store: Pre-Registration Guide.
2. Wishlist on Steam if you are a PC player — the page is live and wishlisting is the signal that storefront responds to.
3. Check your machine against the pre-release specs, with the caveat that final requirements have not been published: system requirements.
4. Watch the September window. Tokyo Game Show runs September 17–21, and a dated game four months from launch is the kind that turns up at it. Nothing is confirmed — see the TGS tracker.

Our Take

January 15, 2027 is later than the framing implied and earlier than the silence suggested. NetEase never walked back its 2026 language, and plenty of coverage read “well on track” as a sign of an imminent launch. It wasn’t — but the slip is five months, not a year, and it comes with a full storefront rollout on day one rather than a date floated in isolation.

The stronger signal is not the date, it is what came with it. A live Steam page, four store listings, published milestone rewards and a vendor tech partnership announced the same afternoon is a coordinated launch campaign, not a placeholder. Publishers do not open pre-orders on the App Store for dates they intend to move.

What that means for the next four months: expect character reveals, a likely beta or technical test, and a Tokyo Game Show showing. The gamescom tracker has the full record of what was and wasn’t said on the ONL stage, including which circulating rumors the announcement confirmed and which it left untouched.

See also: Platforms Guide, Pre-Registration Guide, and Ananta at Gamescom 2026. Want something to play before January? Games like Ananta covers six that are already out.

Release date, Launch Date Trailer and pre-registration platform list: anantagame.com front page and @Ananta_EN on X, August 25, 2026; Chinese-language official site ananta.163.com. The 17 million pre-registration figure and the 110 countries and regions: NetEase Games and Naked Rain’s launch press release, dated Hangzhou, August 25, 2026, quoted verbatim — “To date, the game has accumulated over 17 million global pre-registrations from players across 110 countries and regions.” Steam listing details (Free To Play, Windows, Naked Rain Studio / NetEase Games, “Coming soon” status): Steam store app 4814120, checked August 25, 2026. DLSS 4.5 and ray tracing: NVIDIA GeForce gamescom 2026 announcement, August 25, 2026. Earlier timeline: the Gamescom 2023 announcement and the 5 December 2024 ANANTA reveal on neteasegames.com; the 23 September 2025 gameplay trailer on anantagame.com. AnantaDex.com is an unofficial fan site and is not affiliated with NetEase Games.