Our latest coverage of Blade and Soul.
NCSoft reported Q2, 2017 earnings today that showed overall sales increase 8% both quarter over quarter and year over year to $229M. Net income (profit) came in at $27.3 million. The most interesting bit of news from the earnings presentation as usual was the breakdown of sales by franchise: Guild Wars 2 sales hit an all time low this quarter [...]
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The latest Blade and Soul Producer’s Letter from Jonathan Lien gives fans a brief account of what the team has been working on during the first half of 2017. The letter also contained a few important announcements, not the least of which is the merging of servers. “To help all players have the ability to experience the new raids, we [...]
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The Blade and Soul Championship Series is looming on the horizon, and for the first time ever, North American and European players will be given the chance to participate and have a shot at winning the prize pool. A prize pool that will be funded by none other than the players themselves. From June 28th to July 19th NCSOft will [...]
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NCSoft announced recently that Blade and Soul's long-awaited Soul Gunner class, which is now known as the "Maestro," will finally go live in the Korean version of the game on June 14th. You may remember that the Soul Gunner was first announced alongside the announcement that the game would go free-to-play, but was nowhere to be found when the game [...]
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It's been more or less a year since Blade and Soul first launched in the West. As such, NCSoft Game Producer Nico Coutant starts the March 2017 Producer's Letter off by recapping the past year. As part of the recap, he notes that "over 4 million players have joined the Hongmoon Clan to pursue revenge." While it is not specified [...]
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Earlier today at GDC, Oculus gave owners an early look at upcoming Oculus-enabled games. Among those games was "Blade and Soul: Table Arena." One of a number of efforts to expand the Blade and Soul franchise—which now includes Blade and Soul, MMORPG Blade and Soul: Hongmoon Rising, and mobile game Blade and Soul Mobile—Blade and Soul: Table Arena surprise you somewhat, [...]
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Blade and Soul's next major update, "Wings of the Raven," is set to go live on February 8th. The update will introduce not one, but two 24-player dungeons, as well as "a new Legendary upgrade path," new Legendary accessories, and a "new 6v6 clan setting for Beluga Lagoon [and] Whirlwind Valley," complete with a clan ranking. The update's main villain is "the Raven [...]
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It's almost one year since Blade and Soul released in the West, and to celebrate you can attend the 1st Anniversary Festival event, starting January 18th and lasting until February 8th. The Hongmoon Store will have a present containing plenty of goodies. And while the festivities last, players can collect special coins to be turned in for rewards, such as [...]
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Welcome to the MMOs.com Game of the Year Awards 2016 Edition. This year, we have introduced some new categories and added separate categories for MMOs and MMORPGs, as we would like to distinguish both the best in class in the MMORPG genre and in the wider MMO industry. We have also introduced a new award, the Golden Coffee Cup. Why [...]
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Blade and Soul was previously a subscription game in South Korea. After hitting level 16, players were required to pay the equivalent of $30/month in subscription fees to keep playing. Last month, NCSoft announced that the game would be going free-to-play in Korea and yesterday, the move to free-to-play finally happened. The move to free-to-play is a bit unexpected, as [...]
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