Blood Message

Blood Message‍^[a] is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by 24 Entertainment Lin'an and published by NetEase Games. The player assumes the role of Pei Changguan, as he faces the turmoil of the Shazhou uprising and embarks on a perilous journey across East and Central Asia to deliver a crucial message to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Empire.

Blood Message is scheduled to be released for PC and consoles.

Blood Message is an action-adventure game.^{[1] [5] [6] [7] [8]} It is played in single-player mode from a third-person perspective.^{[5] [8]}

The player controls the messenger Pei Changguan.^[9] The gameplay involves combat blended with stealth and survival mechanics.^{[5] [6] [8] [10]} The combat maneuvers include light attacks, heavy attacks, dodges, blocks, parries, counters, and executions.^[11]

The game has a linear story progression.^{[8] [12]}

Blood Message is set in East and Central Asia during the late Tang dynasty.^{[6] [8] [13]} Its story is centered on a group undertaking a journey in order to deliver a crucial message to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Empire.^[14]

Thematically, the developers aimed to highlight the struggle for survival of ordinary individuals against the backdrop of grand historical events.^[12] They said that they conducted extensive historical research in order to present a realistic setting and that the story is not infused with strong elements of fantasy.^[12]

Historically, Zhang Yichao, whose allegiance was with the Tang, led an uprising against the Tubo that reclaimed the regions of Guazhou and Shazhou.^[5] Following the capture of Shazhou, he dispatched ten groups of messengers, who were mostly common people, across vast and hostile territories to relay the news to Chang'an.^[5] Adapting these actual events, the game places the player in the role of a messenger.^[5]

Pei Changguan and his son Ning face the turmoil of the Shazhou uprising and embark on a perilous journey across East and Central Asia to deliver a crucial message to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Empire.

Blood Message is a game developed by 24 Entertainment Lin'an.^{[5] [8] [13] [15]} The studio is a subsidiary of NetEase Games.^[13] The game is built using Unreal Engine 5.^{[1] [5] [6] [7]}

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.^[16]

Blood Message is scheduled to be released for PC and consoles.^{[2] [6] [8] [10]}

Blood Message was unveiled with a trailer on 20 June 2025.^{[17] [12] [18]} The trailer showed game footage, both gameplay and cutscenes, in real-time rendering.^[12]

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