Where Winds Meet “Liangzhou” Update Available Today,
Introducing the Legendary Heng Blade to the Snow-Swept Frontier
GUANGZHOU, China – (April 1st, 2026) – Everstone Studio today announced that “Liangzhou,” the highly anticipated second chapter of the massive Hexi expansion for the free-to-play open-world Wuxia ARPG Where Winds Meet, is available for players globally today. Following the perilous journey through the yellow sands of Jade Gate Pass, players can now venture into a vastly different landscape of snow-capped mountains and fortified frontier towns.
Focus Feature: The Legendary Heng Blade Arrives
New Weapon: Heng Blade Gameplay Trailer:
A major highlight of today’s launch is the debut of the highly anticipated new weapon, the Heng Blade. Regarded as a pinnacle of Tang Dynasty cold weapon craftsmanship, the Heng Blade introduces a new mechanism that fundamentally shifts the game’s combat dynamics.
- The Spirit of a Glorious Era: Forged with hundreds of folds, the Heng Blade features a straight-angled tip and a reverse edge. It embodies a rigid and upright demeanor, distinct from the sinuous curves of scimitars, reflecting the unparalleled confidence of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
- Masterful Action Choreography: To authentically capture its lethal elegance, the combat animations were designed by Stephen Tung Wai, a seven-time winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography.
- Game-Changing “Deflect-and-Counter” Mechanism: The Heng Blade introduces a revolutionary “deflect-and-counter” combat mechanism. Moving away from passively dodging and waiting for openings, players can now actively parry incoming strikes, immediately execute powerful counter-attacks, and proactively interrupt a boss’s momentum to create their own windows of opportunity.
Liangzhou Update Highlights:
- Frontier Aesthetics & Dual Narratives: The new region’s artistic design draws from the ancient eastern poetic imagery of “grape wine in a night-glowing cup,” blending romantic aesthetics with the harsh reality of a fortified city. Players will unravel two distinct journeys- “Liangzhou Melody” and “Paper Moon”- revealing how conflicts alter the destinies of individuals amidst chaotic times.
- An Iron-Willed Sect: Players can now join “Raging Tides,” a new sect born from military service that emphasizes an iron-willed resolve on the battlefield, where comrades share life and death.
- Epic Boss Encounters: Adventurers will confront unique new bosses like the gracefully tragic Moongazing Maiden, the fiercely auspicious Everdeer, and the colossal guardian beast “Town Gate Roar” amidst the oppressive siege warfare of Dasan Pass.
The vast, snow-covered frontier of Liangzhou awaits. We invite all wanderers to step into the Jianghu today and embark on this thrilling new chapter of Where Winds Meet!
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Everstone is an emerging game production studio focusing on open world and ancient narrative. Gathering a group of energetic, pioneering gamers, the studio is driven by a passion for Wuxia spirit and experience in game narrative, combat performance, level design, and more.
The studio’s vision is to employ international game production techniques to express the unique concept of Eastern arts. With characters of certain historical backgrounds and Wuxia elements, the team aspire to reconstruct the distant past with cutting-edge technologies and bountiful detail, so as to build deep connections with our players and create an impressive open world that fills them with wonder. Devoted to combining both real history and a huge world of both real and fantastic creatures, grand narrative and meticulous detail, Everstone Studio would like to use creative design in the growth of main characters to bring unprecedented flexibility and freedom to players, letting them roam boundlessly in a finite world.
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