Blood Message

Blood Message ^[a] is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by 24 Entertainment and published by NetEase Games. The game follows a messenger and his son, who are caught in the chaos of the Shazhou uprising and embark on a perilous journey to Chang'an.

Blood Message
Developer(s)	24 Entertainment
Publisher(s)	NetEase Games
Producer(s)	Zhipeng Hu [1][2][3]
Engine	Unreal Engine 5
Platform(s)	PC, consoles
Release	TBA
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Blood Message is set to be released on PC and consoles, but its release date has not been announced yet.

Gameplay

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

The player controls a messenger and his son.^[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

Setting

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

A messenger and his son, caught in the chaos of the Shazhou uprising, embark on a perilous journey across vast and hostile territories to Chang'an during the late Tang dynasty.^[9]

Development

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

Blood Message is set to be released on 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

• Naraka: Bladepoint, another game by 24 Entertainment
• Western Regions, a location mentioned in the reveal trailer
• Silk Road, a trade route mentioned in the reveal trailer

Notes

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