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Pearl Abyss is still working on a Black Desert console port
Back in January, we learned from a Black Desert Taiwan release interview that Pearl Abyss had big plans to port the Korean-born MMORPG to...
Black Desert GM punishes a player with a writing assignment
The hard part about being a GM has to be when you're dealing with a certain brand of player. You know the sort; they're...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up WildStar
Writing about WildStar at this point feels weird.
Obviously, I just finished up playing the game for this feature for four weeks. It feels fresh...
Black Desert’s spring patch spawns cherry blossom events
Today's Black Desert patch isn't a massive one, but it's going to be welcomed by anyone sick unto death of winter.
Yep, the update heralds...
The Stream Team: Black Desert’s Port Epheria
Last time Massively OP's MJ was in Black Desert, she hitched a ride on a boat to a new port. Now she's got plenty...
Black Desert’s St Patrick’s Day patch brought its own beer
It is written in The MMORPG Code that MMOs, especially those of foreign pedigree, must indulge our most silly faux holidays. I'm sure that's...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #24-19
What are the best and most popular MMO theme songs of all time? A couple of weeks ago I posed this question to the...
The Daily Grind: Does World of Warcraft need another new class?
During this week's podcast, Justin expressed some frustration over his efforts to enjoy an alt in World of Warcraft. All of his characters, he...
Black Desert rolls out two new anniversary events today
Black Desert's anniversary month patches continue to roll out this week. This morning, Kakao updated with the NPC's Gratitude Event, which is similar to...
The Stream Team: A belated Black Desert anniversary
Although she was able to log in and celebrate last week, Massively OP's MJ was sad that she couldn't celebrate Black Desert Online's anniversary...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 107: Dark Knight rises
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW, Torment, Black Desert, Age of Conan and Anarchy Online maintenance mode, WildStar, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Path of Exile, and Revelation Online's soft launch, with mailbag questions on console vs. PC MMO fans and dealing with immersion-breaking mounts.
Black Desert is due for a ‘full-scale graphic remastering later this year’
At GDC last week, Black Desert took center stage as the subject of a demo from Silicon Studio showing off YEBIS, its post-processing software....
You drank more than 364M beers in Black Desert during its first year in the west
In fact, you probably drank four times that.
Happy birthday, Black Desert! Yep, the Korean-born MMORPG is celebrating one year in the west today. Earlier this...
Black Desert celebrates first anniversary with Dark Knight launch, birthday gifts
The Dark Knight is officially live in Black Desert today as part of the game's first anniversary update. Hardcore players probably already took advantage...
One Shots: There’s nothing wrong with being childish
An interesting bit of fallout from last week's One Shots challenge to submit a picture that captures a "childlike" spirit is that several commenters...
Black Desert brings out the Dark Knight on March 1st
Good news, fans of knights with requisite darkness! Black Desert is bringing the Dark Knight to local shores on March 1st, allowing everyone in...
Black Desert teases Dark Knight pre-creation for tomorrow’s patch
Get excited -- but not too excited. The western branch of Black Desert this afternoon teased a silhouette of the Dark Knight in conjunction...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?
Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers.
"I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...
People are falling through the world in Black Desert
Whatever you do, don't go to Shakatu's Territory in Black Desert today.
"We are aware of a hole in the game world that is allowing...
The Stream Team: Sparks fly in Black Desert for Valentine’s Day
Have you ever wanted to see sparks fly on Valentine's Day? You can! And you don't even have to buy dinner or flowers first...