China’s NPPA September notice lists 源初之结, identified as Nodusfall by a named reveal report, under mobile and client categories. The approval is dated 29 September; the notice was published 30 September. This establishes a mainland-China regulatory milestone, not a global iOS or Android release, beta date, storefront or cross-play commitment. The record was directly checked on 6 October 2026.
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What the China approval record actually says
The NPPA September 2026 domestic online-game approval notice contains a row for 源初之结. We directly read that row on 6 October, rather than relying on an excerpt of the page or a search snippet.
| Field | Directly checked value |
|---|---|
| Game name | 源初之结 |
| Categories | 移动、客户端 — mobile and client |
| Publishing organization | 上海文艺音像电子出版社有限公司 |
| Operating organization | 上海米哈游影铁科技有限公司 |
| Approval number | 国新出审〔2026〕2401号 |
| ISBN | 978-7-498-17754-4 |
| Approval date | 29 September 2026 |
| Notice publication | 30 September 2026 |
The Chinese name is connected to Nodusfall by 都市现场’s 26 August reveal report, republished by Sina. That is a named-media identity source; the approval table itself does not contain the English brand name. These are two separate links in the evidence chain, not an assertion that an English name was printed in the regulator’s table.
Does this confirm Nodusfall on mobile?
It supports a precise, region-bound answer: the Chinese regulatory record includes a mobile category. It is meaningful new information, and saying there is no mobile-related evidence at all would now omit that record.
It does not name iOS, Android, minimum phone specifications, eligible countries outside mainland China, an app-store listing, or a release date. We therefore keep the regulatory category separate from a publisher-announced global mobile launch. This is not a prediction that mobile will—or will not—launch elsewhere.
Our platform matrix separates device, region and evidence. Use it for PC, consoles, storefronts and cross-play rather than treating one approval entry as an answer to all of them.
Does “client” mean a confirmed Steam release?
No. The record’s client category is not a Steam or Epic Games Store announcement. The earlier developer Q&A supplies the distinct PC-at-launch statement in the global evidence record; see the release and platform guide for its attribution.
A storefront decision needs its own evidence, such as a publisher-linked store page. An approval category does not provide a purchase link, installer, launcher name, Windows version or hardware target. Avoid unofficial downloads whose only justification is “the game has a license.”
Approval, beta and launch are different milestones
| Question | What would answer it? | Does this notice answer it? |
|---|---|---|
| Was this title listed in a China approval notice? | The regulator’s matching row | Yes |
| When is the global release? | A dated publisher announcement or verified schedule | No |
| Can I join a beta now? | A dated test notice with regions, eligibility and access instructions | No |
| Will mobile and PC players share sessions? | An explicit cross-play statement | No |
| Which phones or PCs can run it? | Published requirements for the relevant build | No |
The dates matter. 29 September is the approval date; 30 September is the notice date; 6 October is our verification and article publication date. None is a beta or launch date. We have not used the article’s publication date to refresh the site-wide all-source “Last checked” stamp.
What players can do safely now
Use the official pre-registration route if you want to record interest. Registration is not a guarantee of a beta invitation. Do not buy keys, install an APK from an unknown host, or treat an unofficial store placeholder as a confirmed distribution channel.
If your decision is about buying hardware, the requirements page keeps unpublished CPU, GPU, RAM and storage fields visibly unknown. The approval record supplies none of those values. For future notices, check the platform and region first, then the date, eligibility and publisher-controlled client source.
How this report will change
We will update the relevant fields when new evidence answers them: a publisher mobile announcement for mobile launch support, a dated test notice for beta access, and a verified schedule for release timing. A second outlet repeating the approval does not independently confirm a launch feature.
Gamersky’s 30 September approval-list report and IT Home’s report, republished by Phoenix at 18:11 on 30 September, independently report the same notice. Both provide secondary context; neither replaces the directly checked regulatory row or confirms a global launch. The illustration below is an original AI-assisted editorial explanation, not a government document or gameplay screenshot. The official reveal trailer is background about the game, not evidence of this approval or a mobile launch.