The closed beta officially began on October 29. In 2015, Blade & Soul was announced for the NA and EU region and was released in January 2016. In 2013, HTK gained the rights for an English version, initially intended to be released sometime in 2014 after the Chinese commercial launch of the new Blade & Soul anime in Japan alongside Taiwan and Russia. During this event, the Assassin class was playable for the first time.Īfter an open beta test on June 21, 2012, with a record number of 150,000 players, the official Korean Blade & Soul launch commenced on June 30. The second closed beta test took place from August 29 to September 10, 2011. Blade & Soul launched in China on Novemwith an open beta which seamlessly moved into official launch. In July 2011, Tencent gained the publishing rights of Blade & Soul in China, and made its first appearance at ChinaJoy. The first closed beta test was scheduled for April 27, 2011, while the open beta test and commercial release were to be determined within the year. There have been no updates on the development of the titles for the consoles and the console versions were cancelled.

This contract included titles from both existing intellectual properties owned by NCsoft.īlade & Soul, alongside Guild Wars 2, was being developed for release on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. For the next two weeks, a teaser website was updated revealing more information about the project.ĭuring E3 2007, Sony entered into an exclusive deal with NCsoft to produce new titles exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Weeks before NCmedia day, NCSOFT announced a new Unreal Engine 3-based MMORPG only known by its codename Project. Customizations a player has access to include hairstyles, facial structures, facial markings and makeup, eye color, height, and body sliders.Ĭharacters may be one of four playable races based on the Four Chinese Symbols: The Gon (based on the Azure Dragon), the Jin (based on the Black Tortoise), the Yun (based on the Vermillion Bird, also known as the Fenghuang), or the Lyn (based on the White Tiger). Character customization īlade & Soul provides a highly customizable system and NPCs in the game are made with the character customization system. Players begin with 'player-versus environment' combat (PvE) but may participate in 'player-versus-player' (PvP) combat later in the game. The game also features an innovative 'Downed' mechanic, allowing players to recover from the brink of death. The game uses a real-time battle system in the third-person camera view and requires players to 'combo' a series of attacks, much like that of fighting games. Players create playable characters that explore around the world by completing quests assigned by various NPCs. Blade & Soul features a combination of martial arts-inspired combat and qinggong in an open-world environment.

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