The First Descendant (previously known as Project Magnum) presents beautiful visuals and attractive and unique characters based in a sci-fi-style player vs. environment worldview. It also provides exciting battles using various skills, actions, and guns, as well as the fun of high-quality PvE shooter battles that target huge bosses.

Experience the fun of strategic boss fights through 4-player co-op and various unique characters, exciting gunplay, and looting. A variety of equipment is necessary for growth, and you can obtain them through clearing scenario missions within the game or in the World Missions where cooperation is crucial and battles with huge bosses.

The player becomes a Descendant in the game and is given a mission to fight against the invaders for the survival of humans and to protect the ‘Ingris continent’. The player can experience a spectacular story by growing stronger through various missions and stories to finally discover the Descendants' secret. You can also feel the First Descendant’s unique atmosphere through high-quality fields developed with Unreal Engine 5 and gain a new experience of reality and SF fantasy coexisting in one place.

The gameplay includes strategic boss fights with 4-player tactics, grappling hooks, unique character abilities, gripping gunplay, and tons of looting. After clearing missions and defeating enormous bosses, players can unlock powerful new characters, equipment, and upgrades. 

The First Descendant hosted a Livestream event featuring key members of the development team showing a sneak peek at Season 2 Episode 2 coming in next month’s update,as well as discussing a major Season Update Policy change and more!  

The team has determined that the three-month seasonal update cycle has been lacking in terms of content scale and quality.

Season 3 is scheduled for release this summer and will feature entirely new content, including an exciting 1st-Anniversary event and collaboration.

The previously planned March update will be rebranded as Season 2, Episode 2: Beyond the Void.

This does not mean S2 Ep. 2 will have less content volume, there will still be New story, a New Descendant, a New Ultimate Descendant, growth system and more.

The story of Season 2 expands, with Descendants undertaking missions in a new region, called Sigma Sector and will feature key clues about ‘Dia” the daughter of Gley. A new enemy will emerge, Obliviant, a squad of Descendants now under the control of the Vulgus.

A new Descendant will be revealed, Serena. A fire-attribute Descendant with the ability to fly and utilize skills mid-air.

Blair’s story will bring a fresh, comedic tone to the game, offering aunique contrast to the more serious narratives of characters like Freyna and Sharen.

Players will be able to enhance the Descendants’ Arche to further boost their performance growth.

S2 Ep.2 will also includes new features such as:

• Ultimate Transfer System: This system will allow 100% transfer of Crystallization Catalysts and Energy Activators used on regular Descendants to the corresponding Normal Descendants. Transfer items enabling this feature will be provided exclusively through events in line with the Ultimate update.
• Information on the Party Finder System, Expansion of leaderboard-supported content, Medal system etc will be revealed in a future March Developer Livestream.
• Physics, Photo-mode, Paint etc.
  • Physics: Targeting May Update
  • Photo-mode: Will be added in March Update
  • Paint areas to be more segmented.
  • Customizing Preset Mode to be supported

Season 2 Week 11 Update Events

Entire Schedule: 2/12 update ~ maintenance on 3/12 (PST)

• EVENT 1. Operation Initiation (Login Event)
  • Schedule: After the 02.12.2025 (Wed) update - 02.18.2025 (Tue) 22:59 PST
  • Log in during the Event Period and get special rewards like emote and echive
• Event 2. Operation: Daily Report
  • After the 02.12.2025 (Wed) patch - maintenance on 03.12.2025 (Wed) PST
  • Depending on the number of days you've logged in, you can earn special item customizations and enhancement material.
• Event 3. Operation: Kate's Experiment Assistant
  • After the 02.12.2025 (Wed) patch - maintenance on 02.26.2025 (Wed) 22:59 PST
  • Complete Daily Operations and Continuous Operation to get Rewards like Gold/Kuiper Shards/Enhancement material including Spawn "Flutter".
• Event 4. Operation: Burning Embers
  • After the 02.26.2025 (Wed) patch - maintenance on 03.12.2025 (Wed) PST
  • Complete Daily Operations and Continuous Operation to get Rewards like Enhancement materials including crystallization Catalysts.

 

Key Features:

• 4-Player Co-Op Play - Team up with other players for four-player co-op strategic battles. Each player’s amazing powers and abilities will lead to tactical battles for the win.
• Charming and Unique Characters: You can play various characters with distinctive concepts and battle styles. We plan to add various customizable elements such as skins for each character to support character decoration.
• Exciting Battles and Dynamic Action Using Various Skills and Firearms: Experience the First Descendant’s exciting battles composed of various characters with unique skill sets, free movements, and chain actions through Grappling Hooks, colorful firearms, and additional effects. With these, the player can create any battle style they desire.
• Battles With Huge Boss Monsters Through Cooperative Play: You can target huge boss monsters with different appearances and abilities through 4 player co-op play. The various difficulties will stimulate your competitive spirit, and you can destroy or extract various parts of the huge bosses through 4-player cooperative play. By targeting the huge boss’s gimmicks, you will be able to experience a more compact team play.
• Motivating Play and Growth: You can equip a character with 3 guns, 4 secondary equipments, and various sub-weapons. Of course, there will also be items to enhance a character or their firearm stats or add a new ability all together. A variety of equipment is a necessary element for growth, and you can obtain them through clearing scenario missions within the game, or in the World Missions where cooperation is crucial and battles with huge bosses. We provide equipment so you can develop the characters to play continuously through character growth and acquiring and combining the various equipment. Use it to challenge yourself with more difficult tasks and enjoy the thrill of clearing them.

The First Descendant is available for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam).