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Blade and Soul Neo has hit the ground running, launching earlier this week in the West, and NC America is wasting no time as its first major content update, Moonwater Plains, has already been announced with BnS NEO Classic Divine Gems a release date. The first major content update was announced today on the Blade and Soul Neo website. Moonwater Plains brings the eponymous region, complete with a new story to uncover. While exact details are light on exactly how big the new zone is and what all there is to do within it, we did get a few more details as to what’s to come with the update.
A new heroic dungeon, Blackram Supply Chain, is coming with the update, while players will be able to jump into a the new Beluga Lagoon (say that 5 times fast), as well as an all new free-for-all PvP zone, Skyhaven Bastion. The roadmap also includes a new solo dungeon, Mushin’s Tower, for players to romp through. We’ll have to wait for a bit more detail as we approach March 11th, but it’s exciting to see the team already talking about its content roadmap just a few days removed from its launch. We’re hard at work on our review and we’ll have our initial thoughts in our review-in-progress sometime next week.
NC America revealed today Blade and Soul NEO, the modern remaster of Blade and Soul’s signature fantasy universe, will be available for free on Tuesday, February 25, on PC in North America and Europe,” the studio says. “Enthusiastic players can act early in two ways before the launch date: First, by downloading the game ahead of time, on Tuesday, February 11, and second, by customizing their own unique character on Tuesday, February 18.
You read that right: Players will use NCsoft’s Purple platform to download the game early and then make their character a week before launch – with baked in name reservation. The tool “gives enthusiasts the ability to download Blade and Soul NEO’s powerful character creation tool to reserve the name of their character, and then customize, style, and personalize it before the buy Blade and Soul NEO Classic Divine Gems game launches[.]” NCsoft is also kicking off multiple contests, one for artists and one for costume designers.