Community Blog – April 2025

Welcome to our April 2025 Community Blog! It’s hard to believe that we’re less than one month away from launching Blades of Fire. It feels like yesterday we announced ‘Project Iron’ to the world and now we’re getting ourselves geared for launch. It’s pretty wild! But we’re excited and we know many of you are too!

Today, we want to reflect on the last few weeks and give you an insight into what’s around the corner.

HEADING STATESIDE
Last month, we packed our suitcases and flew stateside to San Francisco. With GDC in town, we wanted to give press in attendance the opportunity to check out Blades of Fire. To everyone that showed up and expressed their appreciation for our game, thank you so much! Check out some of the articles to come out of our GDC preview event.

“Blades of Fire has got the right tools for the job, featuring an engaging combat system unlike anything in the gaming space today.”

“Blades of Fire is the most surprising game I played at GDC 2025. I went into my Blades of Fire demo at GDC 2025 with little hype or expectation. I came out ridiculously excited about it.”

“MercurySteam’s upcoming original action game shows some signs of a Soulsborne game…”

GETTING STARTED IN BLADES OF FIREE
Since our last community blog, we’ve launched 2 more videos in our Blades of Fire – Getting Started series. This time, focusing on Weapon Mastery and Combat. Our next video is just around the corner, so keep your eyes peeled for that! (It’s about time you get to know the characters in Blades of Fire a bit better, right?)

Missed any of our previous videos? Don’t worry, we’ve linked our playlist below. They’re worth a watch – Promise you’ll learn a thing or two!

GAMEPLAY SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Over the last few weeks, we’ve published several 5-minute gameplay videos on our official YouTube channel. Our community wanted to see more gameplay, so we booted up Blades of Fire, recorded some raw, unedited gameplay and published it on YouTube. Check out our Blades of Fire – Gameplay Showcase series below.

Oh, and as a reminder, gameplay is all WIP and does not represent the final quality of the game!

MEET MERCURYSTEAM
The team have poured their hearts into developing Blades of Fire, and we want to put a few of them in the spotlight. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be introducing you to several developers who have played a key part in the development of the game. What are they most proud of? What advice do they have for new players? What has been their biggest challenge working on Blades of Fire? Find out the answers to these questions and more in our upcoming #MeetMercurySteam developer interviews! While our talented video team work on the final videos, let us share some behind the scenes snaps.

STUDIO PRESS TOUR
Last week, we welcomed media to the studio. This was an opportunity for them to not only play Blades of Fire before launch but also meet the team and take a tour around MercurySteam. A big thank you to everyone that attended! We really enjoyed your company.

铸就传奇
Before we wrap up for the day, here are several new screenshots from Blades of Fire for you to enjoy. Anticipation is building behind the scenes and we are honestly so excited for you all to get hands-on with the game!

Blades of Fire launches physically and digitally on May 22nd on Epic Games Store (PC), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

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