ChinaJoy — Shanghai's giant games expo — opens at the end of July, and it is the next realistic window for ANANTA news. The logic is simple: the game skipped both the NetEase 520 showcase in May and Summer Game Fest, it already holds a Chinese release license (approved December 2024), and NetEase traditionally uses ChinaJoy for its domestic flagships.
What a reasonable reveal could look like: a release window at minimum, a dated launch at maximum, possibly paired with a new beta announcement — the January 2026 technical test ended with positive feedback and no follow-up test has been dated since.
What we are not expecting: a shadow drop. A free-to-play launch of this size needs a pre-registration ramp on all platforms, and global pre-registration hasn't opened yet — only the Chinese one at ananta.163.com.
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