Blade & Soul Gets Official NA Release Date

Michael Byrne
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Lock it in! NCSoft has announced that Blade & Soul will officially release in North America and Europe on January 19th. For you Founder's Pack purchasers, this means you'll get to access the free-to-play MMORPG on January 15th as your head start begins and you can start reserving your character name on January 11th.

“This is a big day for us, as we’re able to share the official launch date of Blade & Soul for all Western players,” said Tim Granich, senior director of Marketing at NCSOFT West. “We’ve already had tens of thousands of players in our first two closed beta weekends, and look forward to welcoming many more beginning with the next beta weekend on November 24th and all the way through launch.”

Blade & Soul will launch with 7 classes, 30 dungeons, a level cap of 45, and the much anticipated 1v1 skill-based Arena. This Arena was a highlight of the 2015 World Championships in Korea and North American and European players will have a chance to qualify for the 2016 event.

If January 19th is too far away for you, visit the Blade & Soul website to sign up for beta as the next Closed Beta test will run from November 24th to November 30th.

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Michael Byrne
Michael Byrne, Editor in Chief
Mike “Magicman” Byrne has been a part of the MMOBomb family for years and serves as the site’s current Editor-in-Chief. His love for MMOs and gaming in general has led him to covering games for numerous gaming websites including Gamebreaker TV and XIV Nation where he proudly displays his fanboy flag for FFXIV:ARR.

Discussion (7)

Zingler 7 years ago
i think I'm a little bit more hyped for Black Desert now than B&S.

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paytowin 7 years ago
pvp game, max lv ppl b4 others get 2 play? pay2win right there. fck that.

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starrk94 7 years ago
Good to know. Actually I thought it will take more time for them to actually release this, was hoping for march at least march. It's awesome tho that we can get our 45 lvls before other players even get access to servers, at least it's something for players who bought game and gave them some money :)


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