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C. Custer · · 2 min read

MMOs Blade & Sword 2 and Black Gold hit open beta in China this week

Are you a fan of Chinese MMORPGs? If so, this is your lucky week because you’re getting a new-fer twofer in the form of Tencent’s Blade & Sword 2 (刀剑2) and Snail Games’s Black Gold (黑金), both of which are hitting open beta this week.

Blade & Sword 2

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Blade & Sword 2 is an ancient-China-themed MMORPG from Pixel Soft that hopes to set itself apart from the pack in this upcoming beta with an all-new horseback combat system, giant monsters, and impressive art design and atmospheric effects. Want to give it a shot? Here are the details:

Beta begins: March 20 (Thursday).

Client download: here.

Official site: here.

Black Gold

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Black Gold is a steampunk fantasy MMORPG developed and published by Snail Games. If you like a little fantasy and magic in your steampunk, this one may be of special interest to you. (It also might be of interest to you if you like Avril Lavigne, whose face is plastered all over the game’s marketing materials).

Beta begins: March 21 (Friday).

Client download: here.

Official site: here.


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C. Custer

Former editor and motion graphics artist for Tech in Asia. Currently content marketer at Dataquest.io