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Piercing Blow

Piercing Blow (also known as Point Blank in Asia, formerly Project Blackout) was Zepetto's free-to-play 3D lobby-based tactical shooter inspired by Counter-Strike, pitting the Free Rebels against CT-Force across more than 40 maps and six game modes. Matches are short, instanced lobby rounds rather than a persistent shared world, so it's catalogued here as a related but distinct genre; the Western release was shut down.

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Status
Closed — shut down September 21 (regional service since discontinued)
Business model
Free-to-play
Genre
Lobby-based tactical shooter (single-player/multiplayer)
Release
2010
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Zepetto
Publisher
Regional publishers varied (previously Zepetto/GameHi)
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Research checked
2026-09-08
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PvECombat focusPvP

PvP is the sole focus — there is no PvE

SoloPlay styleGroup

Team-based tactical shooting makes group coordination central

StructuredWorld structureSandbox

A structured, match-based shooter format is recorded

TargetedCombat feelAction

Counter-Strike-inspired shooting and positioning are central

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Catalog note

Not a persistent MMO

  • Piercing Blow is a lobby-based, round-by-round tactical shooter in the Counter-Strike mold — not a persistent shared world.
  • It's catalogued here as "Lobby-based tactical shooter" — a related but distinct genre from the persistent-world MMOs this site otherwise covers.
  • It's included in this directory because it's commonly searched for by people trying to figure out whether it counts as an MMO — this page exists to give you a straight answer.
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  • This entry is intentionally excluded from MMOFinder's platform, genre, and catalog-wide statistics, since it isn't a persistent-world MMO.
  • The Western (NA/EU) release has already shut down, though regional versions under other names may operate separately.
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Research record

Last checked
2026-08-16
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Full — individually researched
Source note
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  • Gameplay featuresStructured gameplay fields were source-checked for this profile.Verified
  • Gameplay mediaTwo source-attributed gameplay images are recorded.Verified
  • Source trail2 linked sources are recorded for review.Verified
  • Last reviewedCatalog fields reviewed Aug 16, 2026.Verified

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Combat matchWolfTeamBoth cataloged with Not yet verifiedGenre & settingWolf TeamBoth cataloged as Online shooterShared featuresWarmodeCatalog features have since divergedBusiness modelTribes: AscendBoth recorded as Not yet verified

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Gameplay, availability and research notes

Piercing Blow is cataloged by MMOFinder as a Lobby-based tactical shooter (single-player/multiplayer). Its recorded status is Closed — shut down September 21 (regional service since discontinued), while the business model is listed as Free-to-play. MMOFinder records its release year as 2010. Current platform data lists Windows. The profile keeps uncertain fields explicit so incomplete research is not presented as established game information.

Gameplay metadata currently describes combat or multiplayer structure as Lobby-based team PvP shooting, Counter-Strike-inspired. Discovery tags on the record include Online Game, Catalog. The developer field lists Zepetto, and the publisher field lists Regional publishers varied (previously Zepetto/GameHi). Together these catalog fields help distinguish this title from similarly named games and provide useful inputs for MMOFinder’s filtering and comparison tools.

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