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Black Desert celebrates two years and three million players in the west
Black Desert isn't content to celebrate its second western anniversary with just an in-game event and some free stuff, oh no. Today it's rolled...
Black Desert is celebrating its second western birthday with a new minimap and absolute skills
It's hard to imagine an MMORPG without a minimap in 2018. But how many of them have a 3-D minimap? That's just one of...
Black Desert Mobile is launching in South Korea at the end of February
Finally, your long nightmare of having moments during the day when you weren't able to play Black Desert will be over with the launch...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 159: Panda punching
Justin and Bree discuss all the new stuff coming in March, plus news from TERA, RIFT Prime, H1Z1, Black Desert, Guild Wars 2, and secret projects, with mailbag questions on the fast pace of the site and MMO terminology.
One Shots: The Elvish temptation
I'm sorry to have to begin this week's column with a public service announcement, but this has been a long time coming. Friends, beware...
Black Desert players take their first peek at the game’s next region, Drieghan
Yes, players have finally gotten a sneak peek at the next new land arriving to Black Desert, a vast and mountainous region to the...
Black Desert’s Arsha PvP server is live today, while absolute skills for all classes go live next week
Brand-new PvP server Arsha is live as promised in Black Desert today. It's running an alternative ruleset with "notably increased defense" stats, extra debuff...
Leaderboard: What kinds of MMORPG purchases do you consider pay-to-win?
I know I'm not alone in noticing that MMO gamers of late seem to have become sharply divided on how to define the term...
Black Desert’s Kakao Games enjoys $131.6 million in investment
It's all coming up Kakao Games these days.
The Korean studio received a large investment package recently that totals $131.6 million. The bundle comes from...
Black Desert players protest lag, bugs, pay-to-win, and lack of account security
Agitators on the Black Desert subreddit are attempting to whip up press and players over a range of grievances players have with Kakao, the...
Fish up some love and loot in Black Desert’s Valentine’s Day events
It's Valentine's Day in the world of Black Desert! The Sweet Valentine event kicked off on server up earlier today, and for the first...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 157: Lunar Valentines
Justin and Bree discuss Valentine's Day and Lunar New Year in MMOs, Guild Wars 2's latest patch, Camelot Unchained's beta date, WoW's Battle for Azeroth alpha, Closers' launch, Black Desert's unification, and Final Fantasy XIV's population, with mailbag questions on multiple accounts (spoilers: Bree talks about SWG for like three hours) and variety in period MMOs.
Perfect Ten: The tabletop GMs behind MMOs
One of the advantages to computer RPGs, I've always thought, is that you don't need a friend who you can alternately sucker or bribe...
Bless Online interview: Soft launch plans, why Gamigo bowed out, and avoiding pay-to-win
Bless Online is one of the biggest MMORPGs we're expecting to launch in the west in 2018. Over the last six years, we've watched...
The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Ninja arrives in Southeast Asia (February 11, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Black Desert explains its new ‘single global build’ philosophy
Just in time for the Olympics, Kakao is bringing east and west together in Black Desert. In the game's latest dev letter, the studio...
Black Desert preps ‘flirtatious’ Valentine’s event, new guild boss
Today's Black Desert update is a wee one in preparation for next week's holiday.
"Valentine’s Day is coming up next week and you will see...
Black Desert’s costume contest has begun with a $10000 grand prize
Last week, Black Desert teased its upcoming costume contest, and now we've got the full details. The big prize, of course, is the chance...
The MOP Up: Overwatch rings in the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Black Desert players are up in arms about a very nice (and very expensive) tent
So let's talk a little bit about camping! Black Desert recently added the option of setting up campsites to the game, which gives you...
