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Black Desert PC revamps guild combat missions and posts a ton of alpaca gifs
Eternal Winter looms! No, not in real life; right here, we're getting away from winter and into spring as fast as possible. I'm talking...
Black Desert Mobile adds lightning lord class and new dream horse
This week's Black Desert Mobile update is like lightning in a bottle... no, not literally. Pearl Abyss has rolled out a new class for...
Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?
Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...
Black Desert’s Eternal Winter expansion launches April 6 with pre-orders live today
A frigid new zone in Black Desert has been awaiting the arrival of PC players since it was revealed earlier this year, and now...
EVE Online player reps to CCP on the mining barge fiasco: ‘Please stop this sale and don’t do it again’
Yesterday, we covered CCP Games' controversial implementation of a pay-to-win Prospector Pack in EVE Online. The $24.99 bundle includes a "ready-to-fly" mining barge that...
EVE Online players are fuming over the new pay-to-win mining barge
Pearl Abyss-owned CCP Games has once again dropped a hive of live bees into the lap of the already-irritated EVE Online community, this time...
EVE Online studio CCP Games will run a PLEX for Good charity campaign for Ukraine
EVE Online studio CCP Games is making good with PLEX for Good once again, this time in support of humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
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Black Desert Mobile opens the Field of Valor Desert, adds a quick join party feature, and nerfs the Kunoichi
There's a new Field of Valor waiting in this week's update to Black Desert Mobile, and if you've got plans on going there, you'd...
The Stream Team: Black Desert Online is still beautiful as it ages
Six years in and Black Desert Online is just as beautiful as when it started. The sandbox celebrated its sixth birthday yesterday, and Massively...
Black Desert’s test realm features a new matchmade PvP arena and the return of the alpaca mount
Black Desert's Global Lab, aka its test realm, has introduced some interesting features for players to peer at and provide their feedback on. One...
Black Desert marks two years of console cross-play as players are married in-game and real life
We've got yet another giant pile of news coming out of every version of Black Desert, so whether you hit WASD, a thumbstick, or...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 362: Eternal Winter, Eternity’s End, End of Dragons
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, Black Desert Mountain of Eternal Winter, DDO's 16th anniversary, WoW's Eternity's End, EverQuest II's level-agnostic server, and Elder Scrolls Online's account-wide achievements, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, ESO, and Guild Wars 2, plus a voicemail on faction identity in MMOs.
Black Desert PC announces Mountain of Eternal Winter expansion for April 2022
Just because February isn't already absolutely packed with MMO news, here's one more big one: Black Desert PC is prepping a huge new expansion...
Black Desert PC preps a month-long six year anniversary, Black Desert Console brings back Red Battlefield
Before Pearl Abyss decides to potentially put Black Desert on the sacrificial altar of Gooficus, God of Blockchain, the game is celebrating six years...
EVE Online and Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss believes it can ‘create a stable blockchain ecosystem’
Pearl Abyss' Q4 2021 financials are a rollercoaster, my friends. The company is fine, so no panic there; in fact, it's operating revenue is...
Black Desert PC marks Valentine’s Day with a chocolate-powered in-game raffle event
Black Desert on PC has now officially deemed that chocolate boxes are a form of currency. That's just a part of the game's Valentine's...
Black Desert’s Gyfin Rhasia Temple underground rework is live in today’s update
You know it's a Wednesday when Black Desert's PC version has released no less than 11 announcement posts on its front page. Chief among them...
Black Desert Mobile merges servers, Black Desert PC discusses planned quality-of-life updates
The world of Black Desert Mobile is shrinking. Sort of. The game's world isn't getting smaller, but the number of servers is, as the...
One Shots: Dancers of the Lost Ark
Every new MMORPG is a tomb waiting to be raided, a dungeon ready for delvings, and a vault ready to be cracked. Adventurers far...
Steam’s Lunar New Year sale discounts New World, Elder Scrolls Online, and more
It may not be one of the biggest annual promotions that Valve runs, but Steam's Lunar New Year sale has several tempting discounts for...
