Studio:Â Pearl Abyss/Daum Games
Launch Date: March 3, 2016
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Sandbox
Business Model: B2P (Cash Shop) in the West (F2P elsewhere)
Platform: PC
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Official Site: Black Desert (EN), Black Desert (KR)
Studio:Â Pearl Abyss/Daum Games
Launch Date: March 3, 2016
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Sandbox
Business Model: B2P (Cash Shop) in the West (F2P elsewhere)
Platform: PC
Studio:Â Pearl Abyss/Daum Games
Launch Date: March 3, 2016
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Sandbox
Business Model: B2P (Cash Shop) in the West (F2P elsewhere)
Platform: PC
Vague Patch Notes: The lesson hidden in the Astellia shutdown
A couple years ago, an MMO launched named Astellia. It was fine. It wasn't bad. It wasn't good. It was just fine. It was...
Black Desert’s Corsair awakens today on PC – yes, it’s otter time
Happy Corsair awakening day! She's got pirate hats, she's got gunblades, she's got adorable otters, she's got rapiers, she's got mermaids... wait. Wait. Go...
Black Desert Mobile opens Lahn and Crimson Lily pre-creation with contest
You think you can make a rather nice-looking character in Black Desert Mobile, do you? Well the game itself is asking you to prove...
Black Desert’s Corsair awakens with swashbuckling otter crewmates on August 11
The Corsair class of Black Desert already has some pretty neat tricks by all accounts. After all, being able to slice up enemies, call...
Black Desert tweaks stance animations, weekly quest resets, and conquest wars on PC
Black Desert's PC patch this week is a bit of a hodge-podge, but it's still gonna make you download a whole gig of content....
Pearl Abyss has delayed Crimson Desert indefinitely
Earlier this month, when Pearl Abyss emerged from over six months of silence on Crimson Desert to post a mocap video, we speculated that...
Black Desert opens the summertime Night Market, tweaks the Atoraxxion dungeon, and updates its TOS
It's time to celebrate the summer season in Black Desert on PC. The Terrmian Night Market is now open, and players are being encouraged...
Black Desert’s Atoraxxion dungeon is live for PC and console today
As promised, Atoraxxion has rolled out to Black Desert's PC and console versions today. What's Atoraxxion? Why, it's the game's first-ever traditional co-up dungeon....
Black Desert sets Atoraxxion launch for July 21 as console counts 3M players
I'm sorry to report that Cursed, the Netflix TV show that Black Desert collaborated with on a whole patch last year, has been canceled....
Pearl Abyss is building an art center in order to ‘create more realistic and cinematic games’
It appears that publisher/developer Pearl Abyss is very serious about making its upcoming titles as realistic as possible. How serious, you ask? Try spending...
Global Chat: Exuberant over SWTOR’s combat styles
The recent announcement of this fall's Legacy of the Sith expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic has (as expansion announcements tend to do)...
One Shots: Fight for your right to party
When a Star Wars: The Old Republic player wants to party -- and with an expansion on the way, it's as good an excuse...
Black Desert talks up a rather vague 300% increase in daily players
Fair warning: The information in this article is going to frustrate you. That's because Pearl Abyss has released relative numbers for Black Desert, claiming...
Black Desert PC adds a buff-granting otter pirate and details the summer season server
Have you ever been the recipient of a sea shanty as sung by a piratical otter that grants you some XP buffs? No? Well...
Black Desert PC hands out a code for free boost items and makes several Corsair fixes in latest update
Black Desert on PC is all about raking in the booty this summer with the launch of the Corsair and the boost-filled summer season...
Desert Oasis: The key takeaways from Black Desert’s Heidel Ball 2021
It's been a busy two weeks for Black Desert Online. The past week saw another Arena of Arsha event, this time with trial characters. And...
Massively Overthinking: What’s your favorite MMO house of all time?
You folks know I love MMO housing systems, and in fact, we've been crowning the MMOs with the best housing systems for years. But...
Black Desert’s Corsair is finally here to take all your booty
Avast ye landlubbers! Break out your sea legs and practice your best swashbucklin', because Black Desert's Corsair isn't going to go on a date...
You can make your Black Desert Corsair right now (and play her next week)
On this week's podcast, we were discussing how few pirate classes there are in MMORPGs despite pirate NPCs being in pretty much all of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 327: Ducks all the way down
Justin and Bree discuss WoW 9.1, Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO Classic, RuneScape Mobile, and Black Desert's Corsair, with adventures in Final Fantasy XIV, WoW Classic, Albion Online, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on developer promises and skills we learned in MMOs.
