Hotta Studio and Perfect World Games have dated NTE: Neverness to Everness's version 1.4 update. For Whom the Verses Mourn goes live on September 30, and the preview stream that announced it was the longest and densest the game has run since launch - a new district, a new main episode, two new characters, and a second round of the Porsche collaboration that turned heads back in June.
NTE launched globally in April and has been shipping a numbered update roughly every six weeks since. On phones that cadence is the whole product - a cross-save urban open world that runs the same account on an iPhone, a PC and a PS5 only stays interesting if there is somewhere new to drive to. 1.4 is the largest drop of new ground so far.
Pukaland and a new Location Anomaly
The headline addition is Pukaland, a new explorable area folded into Hethereau's supernatural sprawl. Alongside it, St. Arbor joins as a new Location Anomaly - the game's term for a zone where the ordinary rules of the city stop applying and the investigation mechanics take over.
Story-wise, 1.4 carries a new main episode called The Witch, plus a spin-off storyline titled To Us, Back Then. Two new Anomaly Commissions arrive with them - "Night of the Last Bus" and "Lilliput in the Looking Glass" - which are the bite-sized, self-contained cases that tend to be the best fit for a phone session.
Two new characters, and outfits for three more
Blackbird and Akane Rin headline the 1.4 roster additions, each arriving on their own Limited Board - Foretold Finale for Blackbird, Dazzling Star for Akane Rin - and each with dedicated outfits and interactions. Existing characters Haniel, Sakiri and Baicang are getting new cosmetics in the same window, which is how NTE has been keeping its older banners relevant instead of letting them go stale.
Porsche, round two
The vehicle collaboration returns, and this time it is reaching further back and further forward at once. The Porsche 911 Turbo (930) - the classic wide-body - and the Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach Package both join the garage via Mystery Boxes, with a dedicated Porsche Club activity handing out themed rewards. NTE's driving has always been more substantial than a gacha open world strictly needs it to be, and licensing real cars into it is the clearest sign Hotta knows which part of the game people actually talk about.
Quality of life
Three changes stand out for anyone playing primarily on a phone:
- Volley Star gets multiplayer. The side activity becomes something you can play with other people rather than against the game.
- Photo Mode gets a drone follow-camera. A tracking shot option, rather than the static framing the mode has been stuck with.
- Character unlock animations become replayable. Small, but NTE puts real production value into those sequences and until now they played once and vanished.
City Tycoon, the game's management side-mode, also gets extended progression through a Puka Membership Program tied to the new district.
Version 1.4 goes live on September 30 across iOS, Android, PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, and PlayStation 5, with progress shared across all of them. NTE is free-to-play.
