Block N Load
Block N Load was a team-based first-person shooter and voxel-based sandbox video game developed and published by Jagex in conjunction with Artplant. A successor to Ace of Spades, the game was initially released as a paid title on 30 April 2015 before being released as a free-to-play title as part of an update on 1 October 2015.
Block N Load
- Model
- Block N Load
- Date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Jagex
- Language
- English · French
- Genre
- action game · first-person shooter
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Block N Load was a team-based first-person shooter and voxel-based sandbox video game developed and published by Jagex in conjunction with Artplant. A successor to Ace of Spades, the game was initially released as a paid title on 30 April 2015 before being released as a free-to-play title as part of an update on 1 October 2015.
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• Title — Block N Load • Developer — * Jagex • Artplant • Publisher — Jagex • Engine — Unity • Platforms — Microsoft Windows • Released — 30 April 2015 • Genre — First-person shooter, sandbox • Modes — Multiplayer
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In 2018 the IP was sold to Toadman Interactive. On 25 July 2025, an announcement was made on Steam that the game was to be shut down on 1 August. Three days later on 28 July, Block N Load 2 (a work in progress successor) was canceled and was scheduled to be removed from Steam on the same day as the shutdown.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. The register further records that block N Load was developed by Jagex. Published by Jagex. Institutional cataloguing adds that block N Load was issued for Microsoft Windows. It is also recorded that block N Load is classed in the genre first-person shooter. Institutional cataloguing adds that block N Load is recorded as published in 2015. Institutional cataloguing adds that block N Load is classed in the genre action game.
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Block N Load was released on 30 April 2015 to mixed reviews, according to review aggregator platform Metacritic.
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- “Block N Load”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q18758124: Block N Load
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