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

Playing it is a different story.

Betawatch: Having fun with Black Desert’s character creator (January 22, 2016)

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Who doesn't like a good character creator? The people in charge of Black Desert clearly like having one so much that a standalone version...
Set sail, etc.

Perfect Ten: Ten MMO tropes we don’t need in 2016 (but clearly aren’t going anywhere)

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All right, we've had just about a month of 2016 now, and I'm writing this on my birthday. Odds are good that I'm going...
Where the 'hood at.

The Daily Grind: What MMORPG character creator would you like to play offline?

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I haven't the slightest interest in Black Desert for various reasons that deserve more than a pithy comment here, but boy, that standalone character...

Here’s what you can do with the Black Desert character creator

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Yesterday's release of the standalone character creator for Black Desert has prompted the internet to play dress-up dolls en masse, some in the service...
What're you doing here?

Black Desert’s character creator tool available; CBT2 begins February 18

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If you're most interested in when you can get back into playing Black Desert Online again, the answer is on February 18th. It's just...

One Shots: This little piggy went to market

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I love me a good in-game marketplace. It always makes me think of commerce, of adventure, and of clashing worlds. Too bad we're usually...
Black desert, yellowish beach, SAME DIFF.

Black Desert explains how both of its cash shops will work

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Black Desert rep Belsazar has posted a lengthy missive from the Pearl Abyss developers explaining the details of the game's cash shop and announcing...

Black Desert’s Ranger is gorgeous and deadly in melee

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Daum Games has this afternoon released a trailer and info for Black Desert's Ranger -- specifically, the Ranger's melee skills. The Ranger's ranged skills...
Well, I saw that.

Black Desert makes the world boss Desert Dragon even more boss

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The Desert Dragon world boss in Black Desert was indisputably exactly what it said on the tin. It was a dragon, and it was...

One Shots: It came from the comments super-edition

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The One Shots community does love congregating on Sundays to post favorite MMO screenshots in the comments section. While I certainly do love and...
Party hard.

Black Desert is keeping energy potions out of the cash shop

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The first Black Desert beta test has happened, and the developers are taking in feedback and making changes. What does that mean? Well... change,...

Should you play Black Desert or Blade & Soul?

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Just the other day we were discussing in the office the differences between Black Desert and Blade & Soul, and I said that I...

First impressions of Black Desert’s closed beta test, part two: Crafting, gathering, and economy

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On Friday, I took a look at the classes, combat, and tricky mechanics of upcoming sandboxy Korean-import Black Desert's first western closed beta test....

One Shots: Every shot is awesome!

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Today's headlining picture is another debut for One Shots: Funcom's LEGO Minifigures Online. I don't know many people outside of MOP who have even...
Yes please.

Betawatch: Vessels, crows, and testing schedules for Crowfall (January 1, 2016)

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This week wasn't just the end of a year, it was the start of a long string of news from Crowfall before testing resumes...

The best Massively OP MMORPG streams of 2015

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The number of games our wee little Stream Team covers in the span of a year is staggering. If you ever wanted to know...
I can see you now.

First impressions of Black Desert’s closed beta test: Classes, combat, and mechanics

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Over the course of my first day in Black Desert, I did a lot of the things you'd expect from the first day in...

Perfect Ten: The MMORPGs to watch in 2016

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A long time ago on another website far, far away, I held a tradition of kicking off the new year by listing the top...
All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

Global Chat: Wrapping up 2015 across the MMORPG blogosphere

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As the final pages turn on 2015, MMO bloggers engage in a favorite pastime of recalling their best and most notable gaming experiences of...
whatevs

Take a tour of the new dungeons in Black Desert’s newest Korean update

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There's no official release date in the US for Black Desert just yet. But it is coming, and that means that there's all the...

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