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Black Desert: DDOS attacks, South Korean lawsuit, and Halloween

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If you've been having problems with your Black Desert server crashing this week, you're not alone. Kakao seems to be suffering a wave of...
Well... it's a box, and one of the people in it is probably a skinner?

Vague Patch Notes: There’s more to Skinner boxes in MMOs than mere repetition

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As I started watching the latest World of Warcraft video to whip people into a furor, I very nearly turned the thing off as...

Rumor: Black Desert’s Xbox One open beta begins November 8

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Betcha forgot all about the fact that Black Desert was still slated for a console port! Welp, it's still happening, and in fact, it's...

Black Desert drops Archer class trailer ahead of TwitchCon 2018

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The Archer may not be dropping with the Drieghan expansion, but it is very much on the way to Black Desert. Ahead of TwitchCon...
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Black Desert Online improves Mirumok Ruins and asks Russian players to apply for transfers

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It's patch day for Black Desert Online and today, that means the Mirumok Ruins have been substantially adjusted. The recommended attack power is lower,...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 192: Tricks and treats

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MJ, Justin, and Bree discuss Trion's acquisition, Aion's Awakened Legacy, MMO Halloween, Black Desert's Russian un-fiasco, SWTOR, MapleStory 2, and ZeniMax's new maybe-MMO.

Black Desert clarifies that the Archer isn’t launching alongside the Drieghan expansion

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Don't get your hopes up about playing the Archer in Black Desert anytime soon - the new class isn't launching with Drieghan. "We found out...
Like, every day.

EVE Vegas 2018: Watch CCP Games’ keynote right here at 4:30 p.m. EDT

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MOP's Brendan Drain is on the ground at EVE Vegas this year, and we're expecting all the best coverage from him because he's Brendan...

Black Desert’s Russian servers will be spared from their abrupt and messy closure after all

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Welp, we did not see this coming, but here's some extremely good news in the Black Desert license transfer saga. Over the last couple of...
Boldly gone.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 191: It’s looking a little patchy around here

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Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, LOTRO, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, SWTOR, New World, and Black Desert, with reader mail about forging social connections in MMOs.

Black Desert’s Halloween event bosses bring tricks and treats this week

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Halloween shenanigans will cloak the world of Black Desert starting tomorrow, Kakao announced this morning. "Pearl Abyss and Kakao Games have announced that the skies...

Black Desert’s Pearl Abyss claims Russian publisher is using players as a ‘weapon’

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Over the month, we've been covering the supposed license transfer of Black Desert’s Russian branch from publisher GameNet back to Korean owner Pearl Abyss. Initially,...

Black Desert’s Russian servers and accounts are toast as Pearl Abyss says transfer negotiations failed

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Over the last month and change, we've been covering the news that GameNet, Black Desert's Russian publisher, was handing the service in the CIS...

MMO Business Roundup: Bethsoft Moscow, A:IR publishing, OSU esports, SpatialOS, and Square-Enix

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Business business business numbers, is this working?! Let's dip into some of the scattered online gaming business tidbits of the week that might otherwise...

Black Desert’s Russian publishing transfers this week, and we still don’t know the fate of player accounts

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Back in September, we covered the surprise announcement from GameNet that it was handing back its Russian Black Desert publishing rights back to Pearl Abyss...

It’s suddenly spring in Black Desert as Cookie Day arrives

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Happy Halloween, have a cookie in Black Desert. No, really, Kakao has kicked off its Cookie Day event, which is an odd choice for the...

One Shots: Mercury sunrise

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"Like many, when Destiny 2 launched late last year, I played it for a few weeks, then put it away," said Rees Racer. "I...

Get Black Desert for free… if you can get to level 56 during your trial week

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Kakao and Pearl Abyss have been touting Black Desert's 10M players number for a while now, but it's popping the bubbly now with a...

Black Desert Online rolls out three new in-game events, announces remastered soundtrack

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This week, Black Desert Online didn't undergo its regular maintenance, so although there's no new patch, Pearl Abyss is making up for it with...

Black Desert Online will launch its Drieghan expansion in the West on November 14th

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This November, a new expansion is coming to Pearl Abyss's sandbox MMO Black Desert Online. The expansion, titled Drieghan, will release on November 14th...

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