Blade & Soul slashing western markets

NCsoft has announced that its free-to-play MMORPG Blade & Soul will be seeing a North American and European release.

The game is set in an Asian fantasy setting filled with Asian martial arts that players will use to initiate combat with. Gamers can choose between four races (gon, jin, kun and lyn) and six classes (assassin, blademaster, destroyer, force master, kung fu master, summoner).

The title is developed by NCsoft internal studio Team Bloodlust and was released in Korea on June 30, 2012. The game has surpassed Diablo III as the most talked-about game during its open beta session in the country.

No official release date has been announced as of yet.