Category: Blade & Soul News

On February 10th, Blade & Soul will be updated with the Rising Waters content expansion, the centerpiece of which is Mushin’s Tower. The official site has a new lore piece to give players a feel for the importance of the tower and how it will test each warrior’s skill and ability to survive.

ESL has announced that Blade & Soul will become part of its stable of eSports titles. The site will host both North American and European 1v1 Community Cup tournaments set to begin on February 7th. All players of level 15 and above can take part according to region and can sign up on the ESL site.

We’ve been playing Blade & Soul alongside the million-plus new players to NCSOFT’s latest game over the past week and a half. In that time, we’ve leveled up an Assassin to 25, a Blade Dancer to 25, and several other alts. One thing’s for sure… B&S combat is superb. But is there more to it than that? Read on for our review in progress.

The Rising Waters update to Blade & Soul is now announced as being ready for deployment on February 10th. The update will feature new end game content with three new max-level content adventures that will increase a player’s martial abilities. In addition, Bloodshade Harbor, a 4, 6 or 24 player dungeon will be released.

NCSoft has announced that over a million active players have taken part in Blade & Soul since its official launch less than a week ago.

The Blade & Soul team has posted on the official forum that a second round of servers will be deployed as all servers, including the most recently added, are full. Two more servers each for North America and Europe will be added and new hardware has been ordered proactively in case more are required.

Our own Bill Murphy will be streaming a bit of Blade & Soul action tonight. Join the MMORPG.com Streams channel at 6:30 pm Pacific / 9:30 pm Eastern. Hang out with Bill’s Blade Dancer, Toboko on Old Man Cho!

Our own Bill Murphy will be streaming a bit of Blade & Soul action tonight. Join the MMORPG.com Streams channel at 6:30 pm Pacific / 9:30 pm Eastern. Hang out with Bill’s Blade Dancer, Toboko on Old Man Cho!

NCSoft has released a new trailer that gives hints to players about what they can expect in the next several months via content updates. The video features snow-capped mountains, beautifully detailed palaces, wicked looking monsters, epic fights and much more. See what you think in this minute plus teaser and leave us your thoughts in the comments.

The Blade & Soul team has taken to the game’s official forums with the welcomed news that steps are being taken to ease the overcrowded servers and to reduce the long queue times that many players are experiencing.