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Black Desert beats the heat with six weeks of Termian Waterpark festivities
I dunno about you folks, but where MOP is headquartered, we're on our third straight day of "extreme heat" warnings, bad enough for the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offering is filling your summer hours?
We're only now in the middle of July, but so far it feels as though summer 2019 has been a non-stop rollercoaster of great...
The Lahn arrives in Black Desert Mobile’s Korean edition
The mobile version of Black Desert Online, appropriately dubbed Black Desert Mobile so you know exactly what you're getting, is not quite up to...
Global Chat: Sucked into Shadowbringers
It's hard to deny the fact that this July, half of the online gaming population seems to be immersed into FFXIV's Shadowbringers expansion. And...
Black Desert addresses community requests as PC releases Altar of Blood and Xbox One adds Ninjas
In the wake of Black Desert's Heidel Ball event last month, Pearl Abyss has dropped a set of player-submitted suggestions with dev answers to...
Upcoming mobile title TERA Classic opens up pre-registration in South Korea
Last month, Kakao Games announced that it would be bringing Bluehole Studio's action-combat MMORPG TERA to mobile devices with TERA Classic, and now the...
Desert Oasis: Finding the Shai’s place in our Great Valencian Black Desert
Black Desert is no stranger to controversies. Whether because of the addition-and-removal of its battle royale or its enchantment mechanics, it does a pretty...
Black Desert will launch Altar of Blood, a small-group ‘defensive horde mode,’ next week
If you thought that Wednesday's Black Desert update was a little on the thin side, welp, that's only because Kakao and Pearl Abyss were...
Black Desert’s latest patch kicks off a new summer event and tweaks guild skills
Black Desert's having a bit of a good run the past week, what with the launch of the Shai and the announcement of a...
Black Desert has begun preorders for its PlayStation 4 edition launching August 22
Back at E3, Pearl Abyss dropped a big announcement for Black Desert: The PC and Xbox One versions of the game were getting another...
One Shots: Intergalactic tourists
Do you ever get that feeling that you spend all of this energy and time in MMOs trying to get to the next zone...
The Stream Team: Say hello to Black Desert’s Shai
Massively OP's MJ is not a fan of child-like races, but after hearing some good things about Black Desert Online's new Shai class, she's...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs inherently ageist?
I don't like throwing "isms" around that often in conversation (it's a different story with "sims"), but a recent office discussion over Black Desert's...
Massively Overthinking: Always be achievin’ (in MMOs)
A while back, my husband and I were idly chatting about MMO achievements. Neither one of us is much of an achievement hunter, or...
Black Desert is holding a GM-led parade tonight, and you’re invited
Everyone loves a parade! And how about a parade mixed with a live event? That's what Black Desert is up to tonight, as GMs...
Black Desert localization typo shortchanges guilds by 90% of promised rewards
Let it never be said that video game localization isn't a big deal worth spending money on, as an error in Black Desert's event...
Black Desert’s new Shai class (and her donkey!) has officially launched today
If you rolled a Shai during her preview week in Black Desert, then good news for you today: You can actually play her now,...
Black Desert Online locks (some) player accounts in the wake of data breach
Black Desert Online appears to be in the midst of an account-security fiasco, as a recent forum post from GM Rhotaaz has announced that...
Desert Oasis: First impressions of Black Desert’s new Shai class and her skills
The announcement of Black Desert's Shai class earlier this month really caught me off guard. Sure, I thought a snow globe sprawled on advertisements...
Black Desert’s new Shai class launches June 26 – but you can roll one today
If you're already hoping to roll up an adorable Shai character in Black Desert this summer, there are two things you need to know....