At Tencent Games Carnival 2012, Tencent has officially announced that the Second Closed Beta for Blade and Soul (CN) will be coming on Dec.5th and using the Korean Open Beta client. At the carnival, Tencent also released an awesome new trailer with features of this epic game explained briefly but clearly.Blade and Soul has made great achievement in Korean game market, the Chinese gamers are also quite enthusiastic on BnS....

According to Korea-based NCsoft's announcement on May 23rd, its anticipated next generation action MMOG Blade & Soul will enter open beta on June 21st. The energy system that became the target of argument in the 3rd CBT will be deleted eternally....

On April 21st, NCsoft held a "Soul Party" for gamers at Beyond Museum, Seoul to announce its Blade & Soul, scheduled to launch in the first half of 2012, will enter the third closed beta test from May 9th to May 22nd....

Jaeho Lee, NCsoft's chief financial officer announced during NCsoft Q3 2011 earnings conference call that Blade & Soul would launch its 3rd CBT in the first quarter of 2012 and implement its commercial service plan after the 3rd CBT...

Since it's possible that few of you have a real and legal korean account (as I do) I wanted to share a way to apply to the second closed beta test of blade and soul...

The first day screenshots from first Korea Closed Beta Test. Original posted on a Chinese Blade&Soul Forum. ...

Blade and Soul New Avatars and Arts for KR CBT! Enjoy them!

NCsoft made an announcement about Blade & Soul's OBT date at a recent conference. Jae-Sung Lee, NCsoft's director, said "This year top quality MMORPG's will rule the market. Games like TERA, ArchAge and Blade & Soul will stand in the forefront." he then proceeded to talk about Blade & Soul's OBT saying "Blade & Soul will definitely have its OBT this year."...

Korea-based NCsoft's highly anticipated project Blade & Soul recently announced that it would conduct its second CBT between August 29 and September 10....

NCSOFT has announced the Beta Test Schedule of Blade & Soul(KR). Every day, there will be more than 10 hours for testers to play.
The time schedule is based on KST(GMT +9) from April 27th to May 1st:

Known for Lineage, Lineage II, Guild Wars and Aion, NCsoft will usher players to a brand-new game feast with another self-developed blockbuster Blade & Soul, which will rise to the surface and perform its first CBT from April 27th to May 1st for 5 days....

According to a post on bladeandsouldojo.com, the first closed beta test for Blade & Soul could potentially start as early as April 27th. Can it come true? As a fan of Blade & Soul, I hope it will be a confirmed date, which means my long waiting will end and next step I need to upgrade my PC....

With the release date of Blade & Soul coming closer, Korea-based NCsoft reached Taiwan again to keep abreast of local customs. The company also took a Taiwanese medium's interview, and disclosed to the eagerly-waiting players Blade & Soul's current development status as well as its Taiwanese version's release schedule....

At the beginning of this year, the number "111111" was chosen as the "Golden ID No." through several South Korean SNS sites like Facebook and Twitter, which made many Korean couples plan to have a baby according to this special number, like on Nov. 11, 2011 (20111111). Meanwhile, Korean media began to talk about domestic games relating to the number "1"....

The long wait is finally over. NCSoft is set to launch their CBT of Blade & Soul around the end of April. OBT is scheduled to happen around August to October. NCSoft is hoping the announcement of the CBT for Blade & Soul will pull some attention away from its rival, TERA....

Director Lee Jae Seong from Korea-based NCsoft made a speech at the recent "2011 Global Game Market Outlook Seminar", and disclosed that Blade & Soul would launch its OBT this year....

Korea-based NCsoft announced financial results for the third quarter on November 4th when its CFO Jaeho Lee indicated that Blade & Soul would launch its first test in 2012. The exact date will be determined based on the trial reports of G-star 2010 players. Furthermore, he said that when the developers have 100% confidence in the game, they will launch CBT or OBT immediately....