<s>
Bless	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
(	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
developed	O
by	O
Neowiz	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
date	O
was	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
for	O
Founder	O
's	O
Pack	O
purchasers	O
and	O
May	O
30	O
for	O
Early	O
Access	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bless	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
uses	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
business	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bless	B-Protocol
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
seamless	O
fantasy	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bless	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
features	O
humanoid	O
races	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
when	O
creating	O
a	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bless	B-Protocol
was	O
initially	O
announced	O
as	O
BLESS	B-Protocol
,	O
back	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bless	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
with	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
3	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
engine	O
by	O
Epic	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bless'''	O
western	O
version	O
was	O
cancelled	O
by	O
game	O
publisher	O
Aeria	O
Games	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
response	O
Neowiz	O
plans	O
to	O
self-publish	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
TwitchCon	O
2017	O
,	O
Neowiz	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
release	O
date	O
would	O
be	O
sometime	O
in	O
2018	O
and	O
that	O
Bless	B-Protocol
will	O
become	O
available	O
at	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
access	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steam	B-Application
's	O
early	O
access	O
included	O
localized	O
versions	O
for	O
English	O
,	O
German	O
and	O
Russian	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
mobile	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Bless	B-Protocol
IP	O
were	O
announced	O
,	O
one	O
using	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
closed	O
beta	O
testing	O
began	O
in	O
2014	O
https://www.facebook.com/Pmang.Bless/photos/a.261217727333621.59820.258195107635883/491593837629341/?type=3	O
in	O
South	O
Korea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
open	O
beta	O
phase	O
of	O
Bless	B-Protocol
is	O
available	O
on	O
South	O
Korean	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
December	O
2016	O
until	O
May	O
2017	O
an	O
open	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Bless	B-Protocol
client	O
was	O
hosted	O
on	O
servers	O
located	O
in	O
Russia	O
before	O
being	O
shut	O
down	O
after	O
failing	O
to	O
gain	O
traction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	O
release	O
(	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Europe	O
)	O
Bless	O
Online''	O
released	O
in	O
Early	O
Access	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
for	O
Founder	O
's	O
Pack	O
purchasers	O
on	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
Early	O
Access	O
on	O
May	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
closed	O
on	O
September	O
9	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
struggling	O
userbase	O
size	O
cited	O
as	O
a	O
main	O
reason	O
by	O
media	O
outlets	O
.	O
</s>
