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Black Desert opens the Ulukita region on PC and refines the Great Desert feature on mobile
Residents of the PC version of Black Desert appear to be suffering from a case of missing royalty, and it's up to players (naturally)...
Black Desert PC announces Thanksgiving event this week, Ulutika update next week
Black Desert has dropped a tantalizing teaser for after Thanksgiving: Pearl Abyss is launching its Ulutika update for PC players on November 29th, preceded...
Black Desert PC kicks off first round of adjustments to skill balance
You figure that when you see a patch arrive with a 37-point table of contents, it's probably a pretty big deal. Black Desert received...
Black Desert sets the 2023 Calpheon Ball showcase for December 16 and 17
It's the most wonderful time of the year for Black Desert fans across the sandbox MMORPG's three different platforms, as Pearl Abyss has tied...
Pearl Abyss Q3 2023: Black Desert’s Land of the Morning Light pulled PA out of its slump
MOP readers might recall that three months ago, the news for Pearl Abyss was looking a bit on the grim side, as the Korean...
Black Desert tweaks gathering material drops and makes more guild juice for PC, unleashes the Bamboo Legion on mobile
When you've completed tasks for your guild in Black Desert, you just want to cool off and quench your thirst with a tall glass...
Black Desert PC just heavily overhauled alchemy, mats, and prices
Yet another MMORPG is getting a major alchemy upgrade this week: Black Desert has overhauled its alchemy lifeskill with today's update.
"Today's update brought an...
Black Desert Online brings new currents and disembarking to ocean voyages
The first sea adventure you have in Black Desert Online you're enthusiastically staring at the mainsail once you confirm that's what the big one is,...
Massively Overthinking: Are there any MMOs for which a spin-off mode would be welcome?
Pantheon's announcement that its developers are working on spinning out a monetized "247" extraction mode hasn't engendered a whole lot of hope for the...
Black Desert Mobile sets the Maegu on fire and kicks off its Tax Wagon event this week
Black Desert Mobile expands again this week as the Maegu awakening ports over to mobile devices. "Adventurers can channel her ethereal powers of the...
Black Desert plots three spooky Halloween events for its console, PC, and mobile editions
Halloween begins to arrive in Black Desert today - in three different ways across its multiple global versions. "Starting this week, Pearl Abyss hosts...
Black Desert Console receives three mythical horses and the Awakened Maegu in latest patch
Usually the middle of the week sees Black Desert absolutely bursting at the seams with news, but the PC version is quiet this time...
Massively Overthinking: The impact of jump start servers in MMOs
With Chris' Choose My Adventure run on Lost Ark - specifically, on its jump-start servers - coming to a close, I thought it would...
Black Desert PC makes PvE-focused class tweaks, applies conquest war QoL, and fights sweets-stealing bears
It's quite a week in the PC version of Black Desert, as the game's latest update has made another wide assortment of changes to...
The Land of the Morning Light expansion arrives to Black Desert Mobile today
Let the sunshine in. Or perhaps it's better to say let the land of sunshine that's still full of mythical monsters and other dark...
Black Desert Mobile hypes Land of the Morning Light launch with previews of bosses, zones, and its next class
Black Desert Mobile players likely already know that the Land of the Morning Light is coming to the MMO tomorrow, September 26th, but that...
Black Desert shares details of its upcoming War of the Roses PvP mode in new video
War is coming to Black Desert, or perhaps more accurately, more war is coming to the MMORPG in the form of the 300v300 War...
Massively Overthinking: Massively Overwhelming content in MMORPGs
This past weekend, I picked up my first premium house in Lord of the Rings Online after much hemming and hawing. I didn't expect...
Black Desert makes season servers permanent, launches Land of the Morning Light on mobile next week
It's Wednesday, so you know what that means: a deluge of news from Pearl Abyss' Black Desert. First, the mobile version of the game announced...
Black Desert PC’s season server will become a permanent fixture on September 20
If you're the sort of person who always misses the boat when the PC version of Black Desert opens a seasonal server (i.e., you're...
