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 gets a little patch and a big weekend compensation event
A spate of restarts across the servers in the last few days have prompted Black Desert studio Daum to grant players a 30% bonus...
Global Chat: Which MMOs have the best quests?
For some players, quests are either those things that serve to annoy with reading (in a game!) or merely provide gussied-up reward packages. But...
Black Desert Korea pubs Plum/Maehwa awakening trailer
Black Desert fans in Korea are due for a treat this week: Their Plum class -- better known as the Maehwa here -- is...
The Stream Team: Hotfooting it to Heidel and giving away Black Desert codes
With so much to do in even the starter towns of Black Desert, MassivelyOP's MJ hasn't really ventured beyond Velia yet. But even though...
Massively Overthinking: The sandbox MMORPG disconnect
This week's Massively Overthinking was inspired by a reader who decided to go by Sandboxless in Seattle when he penned this note of frustration to us.
I...
Black Desert’s second Mediah update brings new pirate events, cash shop buyables
Mediah part two launches in Black Desert today, bringing with it several class fixes, monster adjustments, the temporary removal of specific North American channels,...
Black Desert’s most common hacking tool appears to be bundled with a keylogger
Vigilante justice rarely works out in the long run. Delivering pain to match pain just creates an unceasing, spiraling cycle. But with all of...
Battle Bards Episode 74: Black Desert Online
This eastern sandbox import has many people playing and talking about it, but are they listening to Black Desert Online? The Battle Bards are,...
Here’s the Black Desert commercial that’s sweeping the airwaves
It's not every day that an MMO gets enough popularity and promotion to warrant a TV spot, so you'd be forgiven if you did...
Black Desert compensation horses trot out May 6th
A horse is a horse (of course, of course), unless your horse was part of the Black Desert pre-order equine controversy. Then it wasn't...
One Shots: Guild meeting
Guilds... assemble! Because there's nothing like logging into a vast virtual world and then plunking your virtual butt down in a room, am I...
Black Desert turns to its playerbase to hunt down cheaters for prizes
Daum EU is asking for help cracking down on cheating in Black Desert -- from you.
"We invite each of you to join us in...
Who wants a Black Desert guest key from Daum and MOP? [All gone!]
Have you been standing on the sidelines of Black Desert since its launch, unwilling to shell out for a box but still curious about how...
Black Desert: Business model research, Daum addresses hacking complaints
Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has a piece on Gamasutra today about Black Desert's business model that confirms what you might already suspect:...
Black Desert’s roadmap for future content
Everyone's curious: What's going to come next for the hit sandbox Black Desert?
DualShockers has a new interview out with Daum Project Manager Daniel Loehr...
Black Desert addresses pre-order horse controversy
For want of a tier 5 horse, a kingdom was lost -- or so the saying goes.
Some Black Desert players are quite upset that...
One Shots: Jedi to the max
Are you all the Jedi you could possibly be? If not, then subscribe to our exclusive six-week course, where we'll teach you such advanced...
The Stream Team: For the love of Black Desert levels
There are certainly plenty of things to do in Black Desert, and MassivelyOP's MJ hasn't felt any particular rush through content as she meanders...
The Stream Team: Showing off Black Desert’s new Maehwa class
MassivelyOP's MJ had some specific plans for Black Desert today, but those were all thrown right out the window with the release of the...
Black Desert’s Musa and Maehwa class have arrived
If your enjoyment of a game hinges upon how many different classes you can choose between, Black Desert is getting just a bit more...
