Blade & Soul
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Blade & Soul logo
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| Genre | Fantasy |
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| Game | |
| Developer | Team Bloodlust (NCsoft Developer Division) (PC) Netmarble Neo (Mobile) |
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NCSOFT Tencent (CN) Innova (RU) Garena (TH) |
| Genre | Action MMORPG |
| Engine |
Unreal Engine 3 (PC) Unreal Engine 4 (Mobile) |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Takeuchi Hiroshi Hamasaki |
| Produced by | Eri Nagata |
| Written by | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Music by | Taro Iwashiro |
| Studio | Gonzo |
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| Original network | TBS, HBC, RKB, MBS, CBC, TBS Channel 1, BS-TBS |
| Original run | April 3, 2014 – June 26, 2014 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Blade & Soul (Hangul: 블레이드 앤 소울; RR: Beulleideu aen soul) is a Korean fantasy martial-arts massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by NCSOFT (Team Bloodlust). On September 13, 2012, NCSOFT announced that Blade & Soul would release in Western territories, which eventually happened on January 19, 2016. A Japanese animated television adaptation began airing on April 3, 2014 on TBS and other stations.
Blade & Soul features a combination of martial arts inspired combat and qinggong in an open-world environment. Players create playable characters that explore around the world by completing quests assigned by various NPCs. 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. According to NCSOFT, the game also features an innovative “Downed” mechanic, allowing players to recover from the brink of death. Players begin with “player-versus environment” (PvE) but may participate in “player-versus-player” (PvP) combat later in the game.
According to the developers, Blade & Soul will provide a highly customizable system and it has been stated that NPCs in the game were made with the character customization system. Customizations a player has access to include hair styles, facial structures, facial markings and makeup, eye color, height, and body sliders.
Characters may be one of four playable races based on the Four benevolent animals: The Gon, the Jin, the Kun(Yun), or the Lyn.
Weeks before NCmedia day, NCSOFT announced a new Unreal Engine 3 based MMORPG only known for its codename Project [M]. For the next two weeks, a teaser website was updated revealing more information about the project.
During E3 2007, Sony revealed that they had entered into an exclusive deal with NCsoft to produce new titles exclusively for the PlayStation 3. This contract included titles from both existing intellectual properties owned by NCsoft.
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