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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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...
One Shots: Imitation and flattery
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then MMO players are the biggest flatterers in the world. When we're not making avatars to...
Blade and Soul touches on the western UE4 update and lays out plans for the rest of 2020
Senior producer Nico Coutant has provided a look ahead that will be of interest to Blade and Soul fans, marking the next few months...
Blade & Soul patches in the third specialization for the Assassin along with Lyn Assassins
Yes, you can now make a Lyn Assassin in Blade & Soul. If you have a burning need to do an in-game version of that...
Blade & Soul Korea announces ‘Frontier World’ alternate servers and continues its Force Master spec tease
Don't get me wrong, Blade & Soul players here in the west are getting some nice stuff with the next update, but the Korean...
Valentine’s Day 2020 across the MMO universe
Per tradition, we've been covering the launch of Valentine's Day events in MMOs and MMORPGs over the last couple of weeks, but tomorrow is...
NCsoft Q4 2019: It was a rough quarter for MMORPGs, especially Guild Wars 2
NCsoft corporate had a solid financial quarter for the last three months of 2019, with increases in revenue quarter over quarter and year over...
Blade and Soul takes a closer look at the upcoming Way of the Phantom Assassin specialization
While by no means the deep dive that one might want for a new class spec, Blade and Soul has at least offered a...
One Shots: Star Butts – The Next Generation
I am sincerely glad that we have a mature and grown-up community here at Massively OP that does not abuse its posting power to...
Lyn Assassins and a third Assassin spec arrive to Blade and Soul February 19
My favorite class in Blade and Soul is easily the Assassin. It has so many fun tricks, utilizes a reactive playstyle that lets you...
One Shots: Dragons — why’d it have to be dragons?
Dragons: They come in every shape, size, and element, and about all of the ones that have ever been invented exist inside one MMO...
