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A freakishly large turkey has invaded Black Desert
Today's Black Desert patch is surprisingly meaty, and we're not just talking about turkeys (though we're talking about them too). Yes, the update includes...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 91: Accounting 101
Justin and Bree talk NCsoft & Nexon, Neocron, Marvel Heroes, SWTOR, EVE Online, Black Desert, Twin Saga, and The Secret World, with mailbag questions on MMO factions and Blizzard's duty to the genre, plus a preview of the second part of our Mark Jacobs interview.
Black Desert partners with Silicon Studio for tech sharing
Could Black Desert look and perform even better than it does right now? Pearl Abyss thinks so, as the studio has signed a "memorandum of...
One Shots: A lovely holiday
If you were a dragon, what kind of dragon would you be? Perhaps you'd go traditional, with the whole "giant world-devourer" aspect. Maybe you'd...
Black Desert Online merges down into EU and NA ‘New World’ servers
If you ever thought that Black Desert's server structure was unwieldy and esoteric, good news for you! Kakao has announced that the western version...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online roleplay with the Human Floyd
Those who follow my columns here know that I'm a big roleplayer, but I don't exactly roleplay in the Elder Scrolls Online. I love...
The Valkyrie awakens in Black Desert today
The Valkyrie awakens in Black Desert today with her new awakening weapon, a lance named... wait for it... Lancia. It allows the class to stab...
Global Chat: How SWTOR could fix its expansion missteps
Debate and discussion continue in the MMO blogosphere over SWTOR's Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion, with many writers criticizing the expansion's format and...
Kakao Games signs on as publisher for Bluehole’s next MMO, Project W
What is Project W? Is it part of the most ambitious ARG ever that kicked off with last night's World Series win by the...
Today’s Black Desert’s patch preps a whirlwind of seasonal events
Today's Black Desert patch is a relatively small one once you set aside the cash shop additions. Kakao has tweaked items, adjusted pet sounds,...
The MOP Up: FFXI revs up appreciation campaigns (October 30, 2016)
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...
Kakao permabans Black Desert shovel exploiters
This past weekend, Black Desert devs disabled some unusual items in the game: shovels and empty bottles. It turned out that exploiters had been using...
Black Desert’s patch today buffs the Tamer with her awakening weapon
Today's Black Desert update adds the Tamer's awakening weapon, a bo staff that expands the Tamer's melee abilities:
"The Celestial Bo Staff allows Tamers to...
Black Desert acknowledges infinite gathering bug, promises ‘action’ against exploiters
Last weekend, Black Desert devs disabled some unusual items in the game: shovels and empty bottles. While at the time, Kakao said it had...
Black Desert players claim to have dug up a massive infinite-gathering exploit
Over the weekend, Daum disabled shovels and empty bottles in Black Desert. Why? The "team discovered a bug with the current implementation" -- that's the...
One Shots: Devil’s Night
We had a tremendous response to last week's call for Halloween screenshots from MMOs, and I'd like to encourage you to keep sending them...
Black Desert’s patch heralds Halloween events, horse racing
Black Desert's going all out for Halloween! Today's patch drenches the game with all the trappings of the spooky holiday trappings of the holiday, complete with...
Black Desert promises compensation for botched attendance rewards
When you're running a special promotion to get players to log in to your game, the last thing you'd want is for the game...
One Shots: Always fall, never winter
Thank you to everyone who posted pictures of autumnal scenery from MMOs. It truly is one of the best seasons (the worst is Smarch......
Today’s Black Desert patch brings life to the seas, awakening to the Ranger
Update: And it's live, but it's a trainwreck, so it's down again under emergency maintenance.
Margoria is coming to Black Desert this winter, but in...
