More than 3 years after the initial announcement, The House in Fata Morgana’s creators NOVECT have shared a brand-new trailer and announced the English release of their upcoming murder-mystery adventure game Project Code Name M (working title). Keika Hanada, head of NOVECT and the author of Fata Morgana and Code Name M, wrote on his X account that he just finished writing one of the big scenes in the game – promising his fans that they’ll be in for a masterpiece when the new game is released.
The murder mystery game tells one story from two different perspectives. You get to be the detective trying to get to the bottom of a serial murder case in downtown Tokyo. However, you’ll also have to be the one to plan out all the murder scenes and execute perfect crimes – the killer is also you. While Hanada admits the story Code Name M is taking on a completely different direction from the emotionally charged supernatural suspense Fata Morgana was, he exclaims that the big portion of the story he finished writing ended up reminding him of Fata Morgana’s Final Door. Apparently, the game is supposed to be so huge that the developers have spent around 7 years working on it – and according to Hanada, it’s still in development. With that much volume packed into it, and with it still holding on to some of the sensibilities of Fata Morgana while introducing completely new characters and worldbuilding, Hanada promises his fans that the new game is going to blow them away.
On a related note, it was announced at Anime EXPO 2025 that the English localization for Project Code Name M will be handled by AksysGames, a publisher who worked on localizing some of the titles for the Guilty Gear and Zero Escape series, among many others. While the release date has not been decided yet, the fact that NOVECT already struck a deal with a big localization studio means that the game could be out much faster than we think. Hamada also said that the official title and logo for Code Name M have also been decided and that the team is just waiting for the right timing to show them to the public.
Project Code Name M (working title) is set to release for the PC, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Release date TBA.
