
Players begin with "player-versus environment" combat (PvE) but may participate in "player-versus-player" (PvP) combat later in the game. The game also features an innovative "Downed" mechanic, allowing players to recover from the brink of death. 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.

Players create playable characters that explore around the world by completing quests assigned by various NPCs. Gameplay īlade & Soul features a combination of martial arts-inspired combat and qinggong in an open-world environment. The mobile game adaptation Blade & Soul Revolution was released on December 6, 2018. A Japanese animated television adaptation aired on April 3, 2014, on TBS and other stations then finished on June 26.

Blade & Soul was released in Western territories on January 19, 2016. TBS, HBC, RKB, MBS, CBC, TBS Channel 1, BS-TBS, Anime Networkīlade & Soul ( Korean: 블레이드 앤 소울 RR: Beulleideu aen soul) is a Korean fantasy martial-arts massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by NCSoft (Team Bloodlust).
