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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

Betawatch: July 3rd, 2015

Eliot Lefebvre - July 3, 2015 5

I freely admit that I never actually played Glitch, but I was glad it existed and sad at the people who never even had...

Check out all of Black Desert’s costumes

Justin Olivetti - July 3, 2015 59

If you're like me, then one of the first questions you have for any new MMO isn't what classes or systems it offers but...

Here are a whole bunch of Black Desert gameplay vids with an English patch

Jef Reahard - June 22, 2015 11

Reddit user asciisyaez has posted a plethora of Black Desert gameplay videos. The footage was captured on the fantasy sandbox's Korean beta servers, but...

Betawatch: June 12th, 2015

Eliot Lefebvre - June 12, 2015 9

Could it be? Is Skyforge going to release soon, or go into an open beta which is indistinguishable from release? It certainly seems like...

Black Desert launching in Korea on July 14

Justin Olivetti - June 10, 2015 51

The gorgeous fantasy sandbox Black Desert will be launching in about a month -- in Korea, that is. The game posted a notice on...

Black Desert’s Korean beta servers will be merged into one this month

Jef Reahard - June 7, 2015 104

Black Desert is exiting its Korean open beta this month. Developer Pearl Abyss and publisher Daum will be merging all the game's servers into...

Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs

Bree Royce - June 4, 2015 72

This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...

Gandalf kicks ass in new Black Desert trailer

Bree Royce - May 29, 2015 70

Still keeping an eye on hyperrealistic sandbox Black Desert? Last night Daum posted a new trailer for the MMO, this one focusing on the...

Betawatch: May 15th, 2015

Eliot Lefebvre - May 15, 2015 7

I'm not going to lie to you, dear readers: I don't care much about Star Citizen. I am aware, though, that the actual big news...

Here’s a look at the latest Black Desert open world boss battle

Jef Reahard - May 15, 2015 44

Want to see the newest Black Desert boss battle? Head to Steparu's site, as he's got video clips and screenshots of the new creature that...

Black Desert enters Japanese open beta, gets live-action trailer

Jef Reahard - May 11, 2015 27

What do live-action sword-wielding Japanese schoolgirls have to do with Black Desert? Hell if I know, but they're front and center in a new...

Betawatch: May 1st, 2015

Eliot Lefebvre - May 1, 2015 13

So why isn't Pathfinder Online attracting more players? Goblinworks CEO Ryan Dancey apparently feels that it's a matter of the game's fans not stumping...

See Black Desert’s Plum Flower fighter in action

Justin Olivetti - April 30, 2015 28

She's fast, she's furious, and she will cut you to ribbons if you're standing in her way. She's the Plum Flower, the female version...

Is Black Desert changing its tune on gender-locking?

Jef Reahard - April 27, 2015 41

Is Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss having second thoughts about gender-locking the fantasy sandbox's character classes? Maybe so, if a recent fan even in...

Betawatch: April 17th, 2015

Eliot Lefebvre - April 17, 2015 5

Path of Exile has another big update on the way! It has fun new skills like Golems, Warcries, and Golemcries! Maybe not so much...

Stunning absolutely no one who's been following along, it's like people don't want MMOs to be jobs any longer.

Black Desert adjusts for ‘casual lite’ Korean market

Eliot Lefebvre - April 14, 2015 101

Every game changes during testing, but Black Desert seems to have changed even more significantly compared to its original vision from the fan standpoint. One...