black desert

Official Site: Black Desert (EN), Black Desert (KR)
Studio: Pearl Abyss/Daum Games
Launch Date: March 3, 2016
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Sandbox
Business Model: B2P (Cash Shop) in the West (F2P elsewhere)
Platform: PC

The Musa and Maehwa class pair joins Black Desert on April 20

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Daum EU has just announced a new class pair will join the Black Desert sandbox next week: The Musa and Maehwa. You might recognize...
We were the kings and queens of promise.

The Daily Grind: Does your guild or family govern which MMORPGs you play?

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A few podcasts ago, I lamented that my time in Black Desert would probably be brief, at least for now, because my guildies weren't...

One Shots: Farming at dawn

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You people and your Black Desert fetish! Yes, the game is drop-dead gorgeous. Yes, it's the new hotness. Yes, you like sending in screenshots...

Jukebox Heroes: Six MMO tunes for a starry night

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I am in love with the night. No, I'm not an emo vampire or Batman (although...); I've just always appreciated the quiet and peacefulness...
In hindsight, this was a bad decision.

Black Desert is patching in auto-path looping right now

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Hope you voted yes on the auto-path looping feature that Black Desert put to player vote on Monday! The poll closed with over 83% of the...

Massively Overthinking: Grouping, kill-stealing, and open PvP in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic arrived in our inboxes from longtime reader Leiloni. It's a timely one all about newly launched Tree of Savior -- and...
So many colors in the anger rainbow.

TERA interim CEO: ‘TERA and En Masse aren’t going anywhere’

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En Masse Interim CEO Sam Kim participated in a Reddit AMA for TERA players today, ostensibly to calm nerves after the company announced a...

The Stream Team: Sailing in Black Desert

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Don't let the name fool you: There are plenty of water adventures to be had in Black Desert! This sandbox offers fishing, sailing, and...

Black Desert says new classes, karma tweaks are on the way

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Are you part of the horde of gamers who are enjoying the sandbox goodness of Black Desert these days? If so, you probably have...
Black desert, yellowish beach, SAME DIFF.

Daum EU confirms Black Desert figures: 400K Western sales, $12M revenue in first month

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In a piece published earlier today, MMO Culture claimed a number of Black Desert statistics gleaned from last week's Daum Korea press conference: 400,000 US/EU...
One day the snow began to fall...

Black Desert puts auto-path looping to player vote

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Burke's Law: Never ask a question unless you already know the answer. That's a rule Daum hopefully knows already, else it might not have...

Black Desert Korea promises playable dark elves, ocean content

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We got much more out of last week's Daum interviews and press conferences than major release dates for the next class pairs and Awakening/Valencia...
It's never quite gone.

April Fools’ Day around the MMOverse, 2016 edition

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Happy April Fools' Day, and remember not to believe anything you read on the internet today! We're stepping outside of our own BuzzFeed-headline prank...

Global Chat: Why bloggers aren’t worried about the future of MMOs

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The future of MMOs weighs heavily on some minds in the community, but contrary to some Chicken Littles out there, the sky is not...

The Stream Team: Black Desert’s welcome wagon

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Trading on foot in Black Desert builds your strength, but it sure takes a long time to earn cash. When you start using a...

Desert Nomad: Avoiding overload in Black Desert

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Hello, fellow Black Desert wanderers, and welcome back to another week’s installment of Desert Nomad. If you’ve been reading the column regularly, you may...

Black Desert’s Mediah update is live today; so is the Cherry Blossom event

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As promised, Black Desert's Mediah expansion goes live today, and the patch notes are up on the official forums. There are new buyables in the...

Black Desert’s Mediah expansion launches tomorrow; catch the new trailer

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Daum EU announced today via a new Black Desert trailer that the promised upcoming content update, Mediah, is on the way. Soon. As in this...

One Shots: Tokyo sunrise

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"I've been playing The Secret World for about three years now, but even after all this time, I'm still regularly stopped in my tracks...

Massively Overthinking: The best newbie systems in MMORPGs

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One thing I've realized from my time in Black Desert so far is than even for a die-hard sandbox fan, the introduction is pretty...

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