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2021 · Round 8 Studio · MMORPG · Role-playing

Bless Unleashed

Timed Xbox exclusive

Bless Unleashed is an open-world online game that can be enjoyed with your friends and countless others. Venture out to engage in intense combat while exploring vast regions and treacherous dungeons. Explore the massive and lively world with your allies and friends. Or embark on an epic adventure alone and push your limits.

Released: 6 August 2021
Platforms: PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One
Genres: MMORPG Role-playing
Developers: Round 8 Studio
Publishers: VALOFE
Modes: Multiplayer
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Fantasy
Age ratings: PEGI 16 ESRB T
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 190hmain story626hcompletionist

About

Bless Unleashed is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Round 8 Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One in 2020. It is a reboot of Bless Online. Similarly, Unleashed uses a free-to-play business model. It was also released for the PC by Neowiz, then later published by VALOFE, in 2021.

The game featured multiple classes and races. The game is currently available for Windows but unavailable on consoles.

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Story

After a dream sequence fighting the Archon of Fire, the Hero of Lumios wakes up inside their house on the neutral island of Telarion. Temperate and cultured, it teems with festivities and trade, and serves as a safe haven for refugees fleeing the cruelties of war. Guiding them is a lighthouse that stands unguarded and always lit. Each year, travellers gather from all over the world to attend a grand festival that commemorates the day that the first inhabitants built the lighthouse and watched a holy fire burst to life inside it.

During this year's festivities, the island is attacked by a powerful mage named Gideon who summons hell spawn to aid in the invasion. After defeating a handful of these creatures, the Hero of Lumios narrowly escapes when their new ally, Don Diego, swoops in and grabs them with his griffin. This starts the long and treacherous journey to defeat Gideon and his minions, and prevent the Breaking from happening again.

Development

Bless Unleashed was announced in 2018.

Closed beta releases for the game were held during April and July 2019. The first open beta for the game was held in November 2019. In January 2020, the same beta reopened for the purposes of stress testing the game's servers.