Blood Message

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Blood Message
Developer24 Entertainment
PublisherNetEase Games
ProducerZhipeng Hu [1][2][3]
EngineUnreal Engine 5
PlatformsPC, consoles
ReleaseTBA
GenreAction-adventure
ModeSingle-player

Blood Message [a] is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by 24 Entertainment and published by NetEase Games. The player assumes the roles of a messenger and his son, who are caught in the chaos of the Shazhou uprising and embark on a perilous journey to Chang'an. Set during the late Tang dynasty, the story follows their expedition across vast and hostile territories to ensure a crucial message reaches the destination.

Blood Message is scheduled to be released for PC and consoles. The release date has not been announced yet.

Gameplay

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Blood Message is an action-adventure game.[1][6][7][8][9] It is played in single-player mode from a third-person perspective.[6][9]

The player controls a messenger and his son.[7][9] The gameplay involves combat blended with stealth and survival mechanics.[6][7][9][10]

The game has a linear story progression.[9][11]

Synopsis

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Setting

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File:Dunhuang Zhang Yichao army.jpg
The June 2025 trailer reproduced a Tang-era mural from the Mogao Caves, depicting Zhang Yichao's army.[11]

Blood Message is set during the late Tang dynasty.[7][9][10] Thematically, the developers aimed to highlight the struggle for survival of ordinary individuals against the backdrop of grand historical events.[11] They said that they conducted extensive historical research in order to present a realistic setting, mentioning that this is not a story infused with strong elements of fantasy.[11]

Historically, Zhang Yichao, whose allegiance was with the Tang Empire, led a successful uprising to reclaim the regions of Guazhou and Shazhou.[6] Following the capture of Shazhou, he dispatched ten groups of messengers—most of whom were ordinary people—across vast and hostile territories to relay the news to Chang'an.[6] Adapting these actual events, the game is centered on one such messenger.[6]

Plot

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A messenger and his son are caught in the chaos of the Shazhou uprising and embark on a perilous journey across vast and hostile territories to ensure a crucial message reaches Chang'an.[9]

Development

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Blood Message is a game developed by 24 Entertainment.[1][6][7][10][12] The studio is a subsidiary of NetEase Games.[12] The game is built using Unreal Engine 5.[1][7][8][6]

The development team, in collaboration with the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, conducted historical site scanning, geomorphological restoration, cultural relic digitization, and ecological detail reproduction of the Hexi Corridor.[13]

Release

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Blood Message is scheduled to be released for PC and consoles.[2][7][10][9]

Blood Message was unveiled with a trailer on 20 June 2025.[3][14] The trailer showed game footage, both gameplay and cutscenes, in real-time rendering.[11]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Simplified Chinese: 归唐; traditional Chinese: 歸唐; pinyin: Guī Táng.[4][5]

References

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