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Black Desert opens up another public testing of its matchmade Arena of Solare PvP activity
The Global Lab (aka PTS) of Black Desert is once again open to players as the devs are starting another test of the Arena...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO inspires the most ragequits – not necessarily from you?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by an email from MOP reader Slava. "I just recently started Black Desert," Slava says. "It was a bit...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert Mobile has a little something for every playstyle
It's amazing how fast two years flies by. It didn't seem that long ago that I was doing my first impressions piece of Black...
Black Desert PC improves pet looting and updates various aspects of the Elvia Realm monster zones
Most of the focus for this week's update to Black Desert on PC are on the improvement and refinement side of things - namely,...
Black Desert PC tweaks item descriptions and weights, launches gathering and farming-related events
Are you ready to go hard on the intense gathering and farming of Black Desert? Then perhaps you're a bad enough mofo to take...
Daybreak’s EG7 intends to sell Innova subsidiary and relocate Toadman Interactive studio in a pull-out from Russia
Enad Global 7, the Swedish company that readers will recall bought up all of Daybreak Games in 2020, is apparently looking to cut ties...
Desert Oasis: ‘Jumping’ into Black Desert’s new Drakania class
Everything gets better when a dragon knight is involved as far as I'm concerned. Kain Highwind made Final Fantasy IV the single best Final...
Black Desert PC tasks players with caring for a baby elephant, Black Desert Mobile starts a water gun fight
It should be said that there are more features available in the recent updates to Black Desert and Black Desert Mobile, but the two...
EVE Online boss: NFT stands for ‘Not for Tranquility’
At GDC this year, EVE Online's CCP Games raised eyebrows when CEO Hilmar Petursson was photographed meeting with crypto, NFT, and metaverse entrepreneurs. Players...
The Stream Team: Heading into the teeth of Black Desert’s Eternal Winter update
Even though it's springtime here in the northern hemisphere, the chill of an Eternal Winter is descending on Black Desert, and MOP's Chris is...
Black Desert’s Eternal Winter is live along with a free-play event through April 13
Pay no attention to the warming temps outside: It's Eternal Winter in Black Desert as of today. The promised expansion, which studio Pearl Abyss...
Black Desert Mobile now lets you turn into a smoke cloud and flee from PvP fights
Sometimes you want to be left alone or want to flee from a PvP fight in Black Desert Mobile, but you picked a class...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 367: Day of the Long Charr
Justin and Bree discuss April Fools' Day around the MMO world, Black Desert's Eternal Winter, FFXIV's Newfound Adventure, E3's cancelation, World of Warcraft's expansion rumor, and dwindling hope for RIFT, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, Guild Wars 2, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on epic MMO combos and the future of New World.
Grab a Black Desert game pass and more in honor of this week’s Eternal Winter launch
Black Desert is just two days away from the launch of its huge Eternal Winter expansion, which has charmed our Black Desert columnist so...
Desert Oasis: Hands-on with Black Desert’s Eternal Winter expansion, launching April 6
I needed to take a sabbatical. Not just from Black Desert, but the whole genre. The pandemic gave me a lot of computer time, and...
CCP Games CEO joins a private meeting with crypto company heads ‘to talk about EVE Online’ at GDC
The possible shadow of a crypto and NFT Damocles continues to hang over EVE Online. We've previously reported on this year's GDC conference being...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 366: A blunder and a blunderbuss
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's next expansion, New World's latest patch, Gamigo's layoffs, Black Desert, and Elyon, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, GW2, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on MMO longevity and volunteerism in MMOs.
Black Desert unveils the Drakania class, zone and quest changes, and reduced item copy costs
The digital CalpheON Ball's second act has once more unveiled lots of new stuff headed to Black Desert, offering up previews of a new...
Black Desert revealed PAX East party, weekend preview stream, and latest PC update
So what are you doing at 4 a.m. EDT Saturday? Sleeping, I hope. But if not, you'll want to tune in to Black Desert's...
Myth of Empires plans fast-progression season servers for April
Myth of Empires isn't letting that whole copyright infringement lawsuit get in the way of game development, oh no: Over the weekend, Angela Game...
