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
Black Desert and Ascent Infinite Realm publisher Kakao is investing in esports
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One Shots: Dancing in the dark
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Black Desert finally answers the eternal MMORPG question: Who does laundry in this gameworld?
So who washes all the clothes your toons wear in MMORPGs? This is a topic that needs to be explored... in some other article....
One Shots: Party animals
Apologies for the disruption in the normal One Shots schedule over the past couple of weeks, but we're back and freakishly abnormal! Everyone behave...
Black Desert dives down into underwater dungeons
You know where's a really great place to build a dungeon? Under the ocean. Sure, there's the bends, flesh-rending sharks, and a severe lack...
Black Desert overhauls node and conquest wars, extends and buffs its summer events
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The Daily Grind: How can we solve Reddit’s gaming ‘tragedy of the commons’ problem?
In dealing with the ArenaNet fallout over the last couple of weeks, I started giving serious thought to the Reddit problem in gaming, and...
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Black Desert takes nodes and conquest offline for a new ruleset
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Black Desert launches a cross-regional ‘Global Lab’ test server
So many games have test servers of one form or another that we seldom even need to spell out the acronym PTS - and...
Black Desert patches in a new tag system for on-the-fly character swaps
It's always nice when your army of characters on a given MMO can be useful for you at all times, and Black Desert's latest...
Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017
Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...
Black Desert offers new swimwear for players in its latest patch
Based on geography and weather patterns, it is probably hot where you live right now if you live in the United States. Quite possibly...
Black Desert has reopened its renovated waterpark for the summer
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 176: Guild Wars 2, The Crew 2, and Elder Scrolls too
Justin and Bree discuss Fractured's Kickstarter, Trion Worlds' purchase of Gazillion, Guild Wars 2's new episode, The Crew 2's launch, drama in Elder Scrolls Online and Black Desert, The Sims, DDO, Trove, what we bought in the Steam sale, and pipedreams for Marvel Heroes.
Pearl Abyss offers a maddening glimpse at its top-secret Project K
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One Shots: I have had just about enough of you!
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