Update:
Shockingly enough, the integrity scan fixed this issue. If you have the same pattern as I did below, try:
Steam -> Library -> Bless Online - > right click -> select properties -> select the local files tab -> select game integrity check
My scan returned 3 files that were out of sync that the patcher re-pulled, and I was able to launch the game and get in.
Original Issue:
Not sure if my issue is exactly the same as others, but here's my deal.
Downloaded/installed the game yesterday - ran fine. Made a toon, played a bit, logged out properly and went to bed.
Today, broken.
1) The Launcher works fine, it lets me select resolutions, etc, so I click Play Now.
2) It loads the following overlay, which starts to cycle through a handful of "Loading xxxxx.upk" status messages in the bottom left
3) After the last loading message ( xxx_Resource_JDJ_xxx.upk) it just.... goes away and leaves me back at the desktop.
No error message, no "black screen", no hung .exe in task manager, just...nothing.
Notes-
> Does not matter if I launch from Steam, the desktop icon, BlessLauncher.exe, Bless.exe, or Bless_BE.exe - nogo, no effect.
> Does not matter if I launch windowed, full screen, or borderless (although when it was working last night, I had changed the reso to borderless) - nogo, no effect.
> Tried the fix of going into the .ini and setting the default resolution values to my native resolution - nogo, no effect.
> Tried setting all 3 of the EXEs to Windows 8 Comparability, Run as Administrator, etc. - nogo, no effect.
> Tried the one recommended fix saying to set Bless_BE.exe to Run 640x480 screen resolution - nogo, only effect is that my monitor flips to 640x480 while the Bless splash screen goes through the upk load cycle, then resets my resolution back to native after it fails to launch.
> Rebooting did nothing. Went and did a maintenance round and updated all my windows 10 drivers/graphics drivers/etc... rebooted, no change.
System-
> MSI GS73VR Stealth Pro
> Intel i7-6700 HQ CPU @ 2.60Ghz
> GeForce GTX 1060 (Driver version 397.93)