Scarlet Blade (video game)
Scarlet Blade (in Europe and America) and Queen's Blade (in Asia) was a sci-fi/fantasy adult massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Korean developer Liveplex, released in Asia in 2012. It was localized to English by Aeria Games and released to the West in March 2013. The game closed in March 2016 due to economical and technical reasons. From April 2016 the game is hosted by Vendetta Gaming Network. Which is also a unofficial server without a copyright license.
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Release | 2012 |
Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game ![]() |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer ![]() |
Development
Siliconera first-covered the game in December 2011.[1] They expected the first closed-beta test to occur in Q1 2012.[1] Initially, the game had female only playable characters of six classes[1] (Defender, Medic, Punisher, Sentinel, Shadow Walker, Whipper). The first and sole male playable class (Cyberblade) was later added.
References
- "Take A Look At The Female-Only Queen's Blade MMO". Siliconera. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
Sources
- Lee, Chi (28 March 2012). "Queens Blade MMORPG Has Sexy Women, No Apostrophe, Few Scruples". Kotaku. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- "Aeria highlights Scarlet Blade's skimpy armor". Engadget. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- Ashcraft, Brian (12 November 2012). "South Korea's "Too Sexy" MMO Is Heading Westward". Kotaku. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- "Scarlet Blade Preview". GameRevolution. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- "Scarlet Blade Event Impression". News Bulletin. www.rpgamer.com. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- "Scarlet Blade might be the most shameless F2P game yet". Destructoid. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- "Rise and Shiny: Peeking into the half-naked world of Scarlet Blade". Engadget. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- "Second Wind Roundtable: NSFW edition". Engadget. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- "Aeria Games On Anime MMO Aura Kingdom And Bringing Scarlet Blade Overseas". Siliconera. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- "Scarlet Blade - Schluss mit Brüsten – Das freizügige MMO steht vor dem Aus". GameStar (in German). 26 February 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- Cobbett, Richard (21 March 2016). "The RPG Scrollbars: Farewell And Begone, Scarlet Blade". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- "Scarlet Blade Game Review". MMOBYTE. 30 January 2018.