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Desert Oasis: How AFKing in Black Desert is more productive than you think
You know what I enjoy doing in MMOs? Not doing anything. I fancy myself an AFK enthusiast. Finding a nice, scenic spot to park...
Black Desert teases Underwater Ruins expansion on PC, updates with Valencia expansion on Xbox One
Aquaphobic folks would do well to avoid Black Desert's upcoming content rollout. But for everyone else, the Underwater Ruins expansion approaches on May 22nd....
The Daily Grind: Does your significant other influence your MMO play?
MOP's Carlo suggested today's Daily Grind after a chat he saw inside an MMO. "A fun convo came up in Black Desert," he said....
The Daily Grind: When’s the ideal daily reset for an MMORPG?
Ready your timezone clocks, folks: MOP Black Desert columnist Carlo proposed this topic for the Daily Grind today.
"I'm in Chicago right now, so I'm...
Pearl Abyss makes a deal with Kakao Games to acquire Black Desert’s South Korean publishing rights
Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss has struck an agreement with the game's publisher, Kakao Games, to acquire the publishing rights for the South Korean...
Doom has overtaken Black Desert in today’s equestrian-centric update
The holiday tomorrow in Europe means delayed patches for some MMOs, but not for Black Desert: You're getting your patch today. And it's a...
Massively Overthinking: Is there a ‘do or die’ moment for MMOs now?
This week MOP's Eliot and I were chatting about the wild summer the MMO industry is about to have, what with a whole bunch...
Desert Oasis: A post-mortem examination of Black Desert’s defunct Shadow Arena
Last week was such an intense week for Black Desert. The community took a blow when news broke out regarding Black Desert’s second major...
Black Desert’s new roadmap teases new maps and new group-based content on the way
There's big news coming out of Black Desert today, as Pearl Abyss and Kakao have dropped a roadmap of new content coming to the...
Black Desert: The new mobile market, Spring Fever event, TOS tweaks, and that damn rock
Lots of stuff going on in Black Desert this week! First up: Kakao is preparing to launch a mobile- and web-accessible version of the...
Black Desert says it’s finished its Shadow Arena-related ‘false bans’ investigation
Since March, we've been covering a hacking wave and the ensuing fallout in Black Desert, as cheaters swarmed the now-defunct Shadow Arena battle royale...
Desert Oasis: Understanding and critiquing Black Desert’s RNG systems
One of the main critiques readers made about my first Desert Oasis column last month was that I did not mention Black Desert's random...
Black Desert deletes Shadow Arena, compensates players, and opens the Egg Hunt
The day has come, folks: Shadow Arena is officially patched out of Black Desert today, after hackers and banwaves and what had to be...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 215: Anthem exposed
Justin and Bree discuss Anthem and BioWare, Guild Wars 2, DCUO, RIFT, Albion, DDO, Dragon Quest X, and Black Desert, plus a mailbag topic on event fatigue in MMOs.
Black Desert has 18M registered players as Pearl Abyss counts $1B gross sales
If you're still reeling over the news that Black Desert is unceremoniously deleting its battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, from the game tomorrow, take...
Kakao is permanently killing off Black Desert’s battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, this week
Dang, this was not the outcome we were expecting here: Kakao has announced it is outright sunsetting Black Desert's Shadow Arena mode. On Wednesday,...
One Shots: Beauty in profile
Let me be clear on this: You guys always post absolutely amazing pictures. One of the toughest tasks I have every week is picking...
Global Chat: Do you think you could design a better game than World of Warcraft?
Let's be honest: We all are so egotistical and opinionated that we totally think we could design a better MMO than World of Warcraft....
Black Desert goes Out of the Woods on PC, adds four classes and PvP modes on Xbox One
If you're hoping for another update on the botched Black Desert banwave, alas, there hasn't been one - we're in exactly the same place...
The Black Desert Shadow Arena banwave and backtrack is an absolute clusterfudge
For the last week we've been covering the hacking wave in Black Desert, as cheaters swarmed the Shadow Arena battle royale mode with trial...
