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Black Desert shares an ink wash painting inspired by its upcoming Land of the Morning Light release
Black Desert is continuing to get creative in the marketing for Land of the Morning Light's arrival later this week, and this time the...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs as Jell-O flavors
During last year's April Fools' Day, I wrote about the important topic of MMO NPCs as muffins. At the time, I felt my work...
Pearl Abyss announces Black Desert FESTA event for July 1 in South Korea
Black Desert is having a helluva June: It's already launched the Awakened Woosa, the Maegu awakening is on the way, and then Land of...
Massively Overthinking: When an MMO has everything and so much of it
Last week, when No Man's Sky released its native Mac client, MOP's Chris and I fell into a discussion about the game being so...
Black Desert makes final preparations for Land of the Morning Light as Mobile announces Mountain of Eternal Winter
With less than a week to go until Land of the Morning Light opens for Black Desert PC fans, the game is a flurry...
Black Desert shows off Land of the Morning Light’s locations and boss battles in latest videos
Pearl Abyss continues to roll out the video footage for Black Desert's upcoming Land of the Morning Light expansion, this time showcasing a pair...
Four Winds: Swords of Legends Online was a wasted opportunity
MMOs are hard to make. But despite the difficulties, we've seen some real gems over the years. They're also difficult to run. But the...
Black Desert PC releases the Awakened Woosa today, plans Awakened Maegu for June
The awakening has come for another one of Black Desert's classes, as today's new update for the PC version sees the Awakened Woosa class...
Black Desert showcases the Awakened Woosa and Maegu classes in new videos
Now that we have a hard calendar release date for Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light expansion here in the west, Pearl Abyss...
Black Desert’s Land of the Morning Light expansion launches in the west on June 14
Finally, we've got a hard date for Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light expansion: It's rolling out to the west on June 14th....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 422: Two Lord of the Rings MMOs to rule them all
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's new LOTR MMO (again), LOTRO's King's Gondor, WoW's Fractured in Time, official WoW Classic hardcore, Diablo IV, FFXIV, and financials for NCsoft, Square, and Pearl Abyss, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, and SWG Legends.
Black Desert drops a boss trailer for June’s Land of the Morning Light expansion
Pearl Abyss is pushing onward toward its June launch for Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light: The latest is a brief trailer zipping...
Massively Overthinking: What’s your monthly MMO budget?
Unless you are fabulously wealthy, you probably maintain some sort of budget for your discretionary expenses, and if MMOs had their way, they'd claim...
Pearl Abyss Q1 2023: Black Desert and EVE Online revenues continue to decline
Pearl Abyss' flurry of promotion and trailer drops this week might have been an early clue that its Q1 wasn't looking so hot, and...
Black Desert’s Land of the Morning Light expansion will launch in June – here’s the new trailer
Just yesterday, we noted that while we knew Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light was still on the way, we still didn't have...
Korea Tourism Board uses Black Desert’s upcoming Land of the Morning Light as ad campaign theme
We all know that Black Desert is a Korean MMORPG. We also know that the Land of the Morning Light update is on its...
Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss on DokeV’s ambitions and market diversification
On this week's MOP Podcast, we happened to mention that Crimson Desert is several years delayed at this point, so it's rather convenient that...
Black Desert ends PC spring server May 10, tweaks console classes, and adds new party rush on mobile
If that headline didn't clue you in, this week has seen yet another bundle of updates for every single edition of Black Desert, so...
Black Desert revamps the trading lifeskill for its console edition
The virtual economy is the lifeblood of sandboxes like Black Desert, so when Pearl Abyss puts a trading skill revamp front and center in...
Global Chat: Black Desert is the MMO sandbox to beat
Those who wrote off or skipped by Black Desert on the way to other MMOs may be missing one of the best sandboxes on...
