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Desert Oasis: Comparing Black Desert and Blade & Soul’s design philosophies
One of my favorite MMO stories is how I got into Black Desert in the first place. It was right after I tried out...
Desert Oasis: In praise of the charmingly chaotic Black Desert community
One of my favorite dishes is dinuguan (dinu-goo-ahn). It's a pork dish covered in a sauce with the consistency of curry and the dark...
Black Desert Online offers up a new poacher to hunt while starting a guild attendance event on Xbox One
Who wants to go beat the snot out of a very specific poacher in Black Desert Online? The game's newest patch adds in a poacher...
Desert Oasis: How AFKing in Black Desert is more productive than you think
You know what I enjoy doing in MMOs? Not doing anything. I fancy myself an AFK enthusiast. Finding a nice, scenic spot to park...
Pearl Abyss makes a deal with Kakao Games to acquire Black Desert’s South Korean publishing rights
Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss has struck an agreement with the game's publisher, Kakao Games, to acquire the publishing rights for the South Korean...
Desert Oasis: A post-mortem examination of Black Desert’s defunct Shadow Arena
Last week was such an intense week for Black Desert. The community took a blow when news broke out regarding Black Desert’s second major...
Desert Oasis: Understanding and critiquing Black Desert’s RNG systems
One of the main critiques readers made about my first Desert Oasis column last month was that I did not mention Black Desert's random...
Desert Oasis: Reframing player perceptions of Pearl Abyss’ MMO Black Desert
Hello and welcome to our revival of the Black Desert column! The Desert Nomad decided it was time to reroll for the new meta, and...
Black Desert Online explains the intent of the Adventure Log and Dark Rift
Jae-hee Kim, executive producer for Black Desert Online, has penned a letter to provide some context for the recent additions of Bartali's Adventure Log...
Betawatch: The Division 2 barrels toward open beta
It's almost time for everyone to do the hip new dance that's sweeping the nation with the arrival of The Division 2. Assuming, of course,...
Betawatch: Anthem weathers tester phase as public demo kicks off
The first demo for Anthem had certain problems because launch day on any sort of online game always does, as we've all no doubt observed...
Betawatch: Torchlight Frontiers plans its alpha test for next week
Aw dang, check out the big brain on Torchlight Frontiers! First the game teases us with forts, which get to be our homes in...
Black Desert Online shows off the Drieghan region arriving November 14
It's not long now before players will get to explore the region of Drieghan in Black Desert Online in the localized version of the...
Betawatch: Fallout 76 enters beta testing
That's great, it starts with an NDA and no platform crossplay, Bethesda is not afraid. It's the end of the world as we know...
Black Desert Online improves Mirumok Ruins and asks Russian players to apply for transfers
It's patch day for Black Desert Online and today, that means the Mirumok Ruins have been substantially adjusted. The recommended attack power is lower,...
Black Desert Online will show off new Archer class, Drieghan expansion at TwitchCon 2018
The folks at Pearl Abyss and Kakao Games have announced their plans for TwitchCon 2018, where they'll be showing off the upcoming Archer class...
Black Desert Online rolls out three new in-game events, announces remastered soundtrack
This week, Black Desert Online didn't undergo its regular maintenance, so although there's no new patch, Pearl Abyss is making up for it with...
Black Desert Online will launch its Drieghan expansion in the West on November 14th
This November, a new expansion is coming to Pearl Abyss's sandbox MMO Black Desert Online. The expansion, titled Drieghan, will release on November 14th...
Black Desert Online’s latest patch reworks Node War system, kicks off Beerfest event
This week's Black Desert Online patch introduces changes to the game's Node War system, marks the beginning of the three-week Beerfest in-game event, and...
E3 2018: Hands-on with the superb (and hopefully Switch-bound) Black Desert Mobile
While I've had kind words to say about the potential for mobile in the past - particularly MMOARGs - I just haven't been able...
