NARAKA: BLADEPOINT News

24 Entertainment of global games developer and operator NetEase Games is proud to have hosted its inaugural NARAKA FEST, which featured exciting announcements for NARAKA including upcoming Bruce Lee skins, crossovers with Fall Guys and Shadow Warrior, and more.


To celebrate an exciting year for NARAKA, 24 Entertainment announced a free weekend for players from December 17th at 8 am PST through December 21st at 8 am PST. New players will be able to explore and learn NARAKA at their own pace as matchmaking will be divided between players that already own the game and those trying out the game for the first time.


The highlight of Naraka Fest was the revealing of the Bruce Lee / NARAKA crossover event. Players can gear up in official Bruce Lee apparel: with a new outfit for Tianhai that takes inspiration from Lee's unrestrained flowing movements and limitless martial prowess. Outfits for other male and female characters Inspired by Bruce Lee will be available for Tarka Ji, Tianhai, Temulch, and Yueshan，Viper Ning, Matari, Kurumi, and Valda.

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These 'Dragon Will' and 'Dragon Shadow' outfits for Tianhai ,Yueshan,Kurumi and Valda be available beginning on December 14th, at 11 am CST / December 13th 7pm PST. The remaining outfits will be introduced in the weeks to follow.

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Commemorating Lee’s kung-fu 'system' , Jeet Kune Do — Nunchucks, an all-new melee weapon, will arrive in NARAKA on December 14th.The Nunchucks 'JIngwu' with Bruce Lee's signature will be also available for every player.

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NARAKA Fest also saw an update on NARAKA’s Global Championship. The NARAKA: BLADEPOINT World Championship, now underway. Following several rounds of play-offs, 24 three-player teams and plenty of solo players contended for spots in the NARAKA World Championship tournament. Catch up or rewatch all the battles on:
https://www.twitch.tv/narakabladepoint

From December 17-20, NARAKA will be rolling out a variety of in-game events. During the game’s holiday event, players can find troves by breaking boxes, completing quests, or slaying foes that will award players with XP, Battle Pass Levels, or materials like Spectral Silk and loot boxes Every player that logs in during the event will receive a new skin for the brand-new weapon, nunchucks — the legendary ChinWoo Nunchucks.

Other NARAKA Fest announcement highlights included:

• Viper Ning to appear in Mediatonic's Fall Guys (without a grappling hook!)

• Raikou, NARAKA’s Katana skin, will be available in Shadow Warrior’s 3, while Shadow Warrior’s 3 Shuriken Spitter will appear in NARAKA.

• NARAKA FEST also hosted Mr. Wen Chenhua, the founder of Armor Forgers, a renowned Chinese armor restorer of the Tang and Song dynasties, and the designer of the armor in The Longest Day in Chang’an.

• “History in action in NARAKA” — 24 Entertainment and Armor Forgers collaborate together to make all in-game armor historically accurate.

• Yueshan will be receiving new apparel honoring the great power and majesty of the Terracotta Warriors.

• The Wuxia Crossover will also show off “The Legend of Sword And Fairy” and the “Xuanyuan Sword''. Naraka will carry on Meteor, Butterfly & Sword legacy.

• In March, Li Xiaoyao and three other characters will reunite in Naraka in an all-new fashion.

1. Will there be any crossover announcements?

Yes! There will be not one, not three, but five major collabs! The crossovers will be a variety of titles, from games well-known in the west and some popular titles in the East. Some of these crossovers have been (bean?!) asked quite frequently from the devs, and we're happy to see that you have guessed some of the games we're collabing with correctly! Some collabs, however; the players haven't figured out just yet!



2. Where can I watch the show? Will it be available in languages other than English?

The show will be available in English, Korean, Vietnamese, and Chinese, and we will also upload subtitles on YouTube to make it easier for players of different languages to watch.
The livestream will be on the official YouTube and Twitch channels in each language, and we have also made an integrated livestream page for your convenience. The detailed address will be released later!
The time for the livestream is: December 12, 19:30 GMT +8. (Pssst! Make sure to watch the livestream and get a mystery gift!)
NA players, fear not! There will be a second round for the livestream from 12PM PST on December 12.



3. Will there be any in-game gifts during the NARAKA FEST event?

NARAKA FEST is a festival for all players, and the live show is just a part of it.
In addition to the show, there will also be a large number of in-game activities.


4. After the show, when will the new content update arrive to the game?

Because this update contains a lot of new content, the development team needs more time to produce and polish, the new version of the update will be postponed to 12.14 (next Tuesday).
There will be another update in December later on.


5. When will Naraka: Bladepoint arrive to console?

The devs are continuing to work hard on the console version and we're planning to release the PS5 and XBOX version of Naraka: Bladepoint in 2022.

This week, our Performance Optimization Group has been adapting and integrating the latest hardware and display technology for NARAKA.

On October 31, Intel released its 12th generation Core processors, containing large and small core architectures; with the optimization of both cores being the latest and greatest challenge. Before the processors were officially launched, key members of our newly-established Performance Optimization Group began multiple rounds of optimization tests, working in tandem with Intel engineers.

Through thread priority settings, the number of working threads was adjusted and optimized, enabling optimum performance with the new architecture. So much so that game performance improvement is really very obvious on the i9, i7 and i5 — with an average frame rate improvement of around 10%. Even as much as 20% in some instances.

After the CPU was released, the team released the optimization for the 12th generation CPU for the first time on November 25, 2021; putting NARAKA among the first batch of games, worldwide, to properly support Intel's large and small core architecture CPUs.

In addition to the optimization of the latest hardware, the Performance Optimization Group will also focus on improving experiences, for a wide range of NARAKA’s gamers, by applying the latest technology to the game.

This week our team accessed NVIDIA's latest super-resolution technology, which can dramatically improve rendering performance through ‘super-resolution computing’. The technology is also available on 10-series (and below) graphics cards that do not support DLSS technology, meaning players can automatically start the NIS technology by adjusting the rendering ratio setting in the settings screen. We still need some time to test it however, but we’re confident it will come online once testing is over.
For more performance optimization related content, please keep watching and supporting NARAKA’s Performance Optimization Group!

Last but not least, the nomination period of Steam Awards will be closed soon. Don't forget to nominate us for "Best Game You Suck At" at the Steam Awards!

1. Can the devs add an icon below the team status bar showing the ultimate cooldown so that players don’t have to ask teammates frequently? It would also help players' judge the battlefield situation.
A: There is already an icon below the team status bar showing if players' ultimates are ready or not. Adding the cooldown as well, we think, will be too much information on the UI.

2. Could it be possible to save all the settings in Custom Match so that we can load the same settings next time we create a new lobby?
A: This is a great idea at making custom lobbies much more convenient. Thank you for the idea and this has been passed on for consideration!

3. Dyeing hair gives players a lot of freedom in character customization. Will there be more options for hairstyle customization in the future?
A: We are currently in the works of developing a dye highlight function, which will be available soon.

4. Choosing the same hero in the Duo mode is too imbalanced. Will this be changed?
A: We are currently evaluating the option of adding DUO mode to Ranked match, as well as limiting players from locking in the same heroes in one team.

5. We've received many reports that the dagger is too OP right now. Are the devs planning to balance it?
A: Dagger currently ranks 2nd in solo win rate, and 5th in trios win rate. We’re monitoring all the data from the use of the dagger, and will adjust the moves that are too OP, to improve players’ combat experience.

6. After changing my password, many players' Twitch account doesn’t link to their NARAKA accounts anymore. How can this be fixed?
A: We received numerous reports of this issue for some time now following the recent security breach at Twitch where players' were advised to change their passwords. Twitch hasn’t provided a solution, however; we are currently working on resolving the issue on our end. We are developing a new function in our Twitch account linking page, with which players can unlink and then re-link your Twitch account with your NARAKA account, which will be online before Dec 12th.

With the Holidays fast approaching, what better time to sit back, relax, and tone up your skills in NARAKA:BLADEPOINT. In the notion of ‘sharing is caring’ and all that, we are pleased to say that NARAKA:BLADEPOINT is up for another nomination! This time, it’s the ‘Best Game You Suck At’ award and let’s be honest here, sometimes we too suck at our own game, but hey, the game wouldn’t be as fun as it is if it was easy right? Embrace the challenge!

[h3]Nominate us for "Best Game You Suck At" at the Steam Awards now![/h3]