Official Site:Â Blade & Soul
Studio:Â NCsoft
Launch Date:Â Western ETA Q1 2016
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid Free-to-play
Platform: PC
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One Shots: MMOs as emotional therapy
Poor Vincent, he just survived Last of Us 2 and probably choked about six hundred puppies in the process. That's bound to mess up...
Blade & Soul shows off all the new features with today’s Divine Break update
Haven't you earned a break in Blade & Soul? The newest update is dubbed Divine Break, and it... actually doesn't give you a break...
Blade & Soul details new items and a returning summer event arriving with the Divine Break update
Blade & Soul's upcoming Divine Break update isn't just about giving Force Masters a new spec. It's also about celebrating the summer season and...
Blade & Soul demos Way of the Lightning spec as Korean version preps new class
Players of Blade & Soul's western version are in for a treat, at least if they play the Force Master, as NCsoft West has...
The MOP Up: Granado Espada got a brand-new server
Have you completely forgotten that Granado Espada -- also called Sword of the New World -- still exists? It does, and in fact, the...
Blade & Soul’s Steel Bonds update is now live
The first part of the Steelbreaker raid in Blade & Soul lies broken behind you. It doesn't lie lifeless behind you, or at least,...
Blade and Soul confirms the launch of the Steel Bonds update for May 20
Players of Blade and Soul have already had to deal with a Steel Uprising, and now that story is due to continue with the...
One Shots: Day of the Cats
As the reluctant owner of a slightly deranged cat, I have nightmares of when felines grow into towering, snide monstrosities and roam the planet...
Blade & Soul launches the Steel Uprising patch today
Bad news, Blade & Soul players, you are going to once again be fighting robots. This is a challenge. Reports indicate that robots are...
Blade and Soul hammers out a Steel Uprising patch
You know what would go down really nice right about now? A huge, hefty MMO content update. Or a shamrock milkshake from McDonald's. But...
COVID-19 roundup: #PlayApartTogether, Blade & Soul perks, and Twitch Aid’s $2.7M charity raise
Welcome back to another quick roundup of pandemic-related MMO and gaming news. We'll start with the big one: The World Health Organization, which made...
Blade & Soul launches the Forgotten Souls update today
Gosh, don't you hate when you're going from the Earth Realm to the Spirit Realm and you forget all your souls? Has that never...
Blade & Soul Revolution kicks off pre-registration for its English version
Yes, if you want to get Blade & Soul in a more mobile spin-off form, you can start pre-registration for the English version of...
The MOP Up: Big huge numbers for Monster Hunter World and Sky
We assume that there are some of you out there who get an injection of dopamine anytime that we mention Big Huge Numbers here...
One Shots: Mining the safe, responsible way
When it comes to the careful and meticulous extraction of natural resources from the planet, it pays great dividends to hew to our 32-point...
Blade & Soul previews the item changes and treasure trove for its Forgotten Souls update
How could Blade & Soul have a Forgotten Souls update? Souls are right there in the title! You can't forget about them! Ah, well, it's...
Desert Arena: First impressions of Shadow Arena, the Diet Black Desert of battle royales
Did someone just cast Arcane Echo? Because this'll be our second piece on Shadow Arena this week, following its deep-dive by our PvP columnist...
One Shots: Breaking the speed of awesome
Face it: No matter how long you live, you'll never look as amazing as Utakata here in Blade and Soul. Apparently she's being shot...
Hands-on with Dragon Raja: First impressions of Tecent’s new mobile MMORPG
I enjoy mobile MMOs. It's a hit-or-miss kind of genre: Some are great, others are terrible. I personally love the adventure of finding those good...
Check out footage of Blade & Soul’s upcoming Unreal Engine 4 client from the Korean server
It's a well-known fact that Blade & Soul is getting an engine upgrade to Unreal Engine 4. How much will that actually do for the...