Nimble Neuron (Co-CEOs Kim Seung-hoo and Jung Wook), a subsidiary of Neptune (CEO Kang Yul-bin), announced on the 13th that the pre-season for the official Season 13 of its survival game 'Eternal Return' has officially begun.

Titled "GLORY," Season 13's pre-season runs until November 18, allowing players to experience upcoming new content and system changes ahead of the official season launch on November 19.

Season 13 places a stronger emphasis on cooperative gameplay. The new "Experiment Project" system assigns tasks across three fields—material engineering, energy engineering, and life engineering—at the start of the match. Starting on Day 2 daytime, the first team to complete a field designates it as the match’s active experiment field, granting team-wide benefits such as discounted special materials, extra credits for defeating enemy test subjects, or bonus credits for hunting mutant animals. Additionally, a new gadget called the "Vector Gate" replaces the former CNOT Gate. One teammate can set up a rendezvous point, allowing others to use the departure point for instant relocation, greatly streamlining team coordination.

The weather system has also received a major update. "Lumi" drops supplies—such as shaved ice, umbrellas, and goggles—tailored to weather conditions like "Clear," "Rain," and "Sandstorm," granting buffs to nearby test subjects and leaving behind weather-specific installations like temporary campfires, lantern flowers, or enhanced vortices along its path. During sandstorms, the "EMP-X Drone" appears to temporarily disable CCTV zones controlled by enemies. Furthermore, environmental elements such as Lumi's shop inventory and audio ranges dynamically adjust based on the weather.

Lumial Island and user convenience features have likewise been improved. Terrains have been smoothed out and bushes rearranged to reduce discrepancies between skill indicator positions and actual usage locations. Food vending machines have been newly placed in every region except the Research Center. Four new shortcut keys have been added to let players instantly use food, cameras, and drones regardless of inventory placement. The game now also features cast bar notifications for noise-generating actions and timeline markers on replays indicating downed, death, and resurrection timestamps.

To celebrate Season 13, a themed Season Pack featuring a sanctuary concept centered around glory and faith has been released. The pack includes six skins—highlighted by the season special edition skin "Sanctuary Savior Coreline"—along with one new character and the ER PASS, which grants the "Devoted Light Abigail," "Faithful Spear Istvan," and "Judging Sword Blair" skins. Throughout the season, a steady rollout of new content is planned, starting on November 26 with a new character and the "High Teen Peace Colla" skin, followed sequentially by "Teatime Lady Lucia," "Wonder Rabbit Ceres," "Maid Jackie," and "Royal Inspector Johan."

A variety of pre-season events are also underway. Until the maintenance on November 26, players can gift bonus coupons to friends; both the sender and receiver will receive coupon rewards containing character selection tickets and premium skin selection tickets. In-game events tied to playtime offer rewards such as skin data sets and event NP. Moreover, a dedicated page for the official webtoon "Iri Webtoon" opened on November 12, offering extended content outside the game.

[ⓒ Global Economic Times. 무단전재-재배포 금지]