In Korea, the MMORPG Blade & Soul is making significant strides with new content. NCSoft has now announced what we can look forward to in the West. The update to Unreal Engine 4 is the highlight.
NC Soft announced: The company released a roadmap for 2020, showcasing the new content that is expected to be available for the Western version of Blade & Soul by June.
What is the highlight? We also get the update to Unreal Engine 4. However, there is no date set for this yet. Producer Nico Coutat explains that Blade & Soul will definitely be transitioning to the new engine in 2020.
New Content for 2020
What does the roadmap show? There are some new features planned, which we will list for you according to the respective months in which they are expected to be released.
March
- New hero dungeon
- A new belt and a new necklace
- A skill update
- Level increase at the Hongmoon school
April
- Part 2 of the story surrounding the Silversteel Army
- Part 1 of the Silversteel raid
- New Bagua, new ring, new earring
- Raid event
May
- Part 2 of the Silversteel raid
- New weapon level
- Treasure pot event
June
- Act 11 of the story
- Elemental Master – Third specialization
- New hero dungeon
- Clan renewal
- PvP renewal
- A new system for upgrading accessories
- A new PvP earring
An Exciting Year 2020
There is more to come: This is of course not everything that the MMORPG Blade & Soul will receive in terms of new content in 2020. The roadmap will be expanded with the remaining months throughout the year.
It will be particularly exciting to learn when we will finally get the new engine so that Blade & Soul looks as good for us as it does in Korea. The MMORPG is already partially using Unreal Engine 4 there.
Fans of the martial-arts MMORPG have a lot to look forward to this year. It could give Blade & Soul the necessary boost.
