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Desert Oasis: Exploring Black Desert’s mysterious O’dylitta region
With the Heidel ball now a memory, there's much to look forward to in Black Desert Online. Along with a new class and a variety...
Black Desert delays season servers on PC, adds Margoria on console, as Shadow Arena sees 5K concurrent players
Black Desert's PC version is gearing up for summer, which means a deluge of events under the "Waiting for Summer" banner. Players will be...
Black Desert staff help throw a wedding for stuck-at-home players
Turns out Guild Wars 2 wasn't the only MMORPG to host an honest to goodness player wedding this week. Kakao Games let us know...
Black Desert recaps the Heidel Ball announcements in a Twitter thread
You're a busy person. You've got things to do, monsters to slay, countless upgrades to chase, and nodes to war over. You missed Black...
Black Desert writes a season server guide and opens character pre-registration, mobile adds New Valencia
If you're among the Black Desert players eager to find out about the upcoming season server type that was announced at this year's Heidel...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert’s Hashashin, new server types, PvP changes, and new regions
I would be lying if I told you that I stayed up late this weekend just so I could hear the executive producer Jae-Hee...
Desert Oasis: Recapping Black Desert’s Heidel Ball, from backstage to balancing
One of the complications of playing playing Black Desert is that it operates on UTC. Since I live in California, aka the center of...
Desert Oasis: Rethinking the Black Desert grindspot debate
Almost a year ago, I penned a column on grindspot etiquette in MMORPGs. Specifically, I wrote about the commonly accepted etiquette when it comes...
Black Desert has a horsey event and a schedule for the digital Heidel Ball, mobile has an Enraged Red Nose
It's horsey time in Black Desert! Technically, any time can be horsey time, but the latest update has a very horse-specific event as well...
Massively Overthinking: The more things change in MMOs, the more they stay the same
A while back, in the wake of our Desert Oasis column on Black Desert's guild system, Carlo and I were discussing guild wars -...
Black Desert spin-off Shadow Arena has just hopped into Steam early access
If Crucible isn't cutting it for you, Shadow Arena would definitely like to have a go at your time right about now. The Pearl...
Black Desert just patched in a full-fledged music composition system for the Shai
Remember when the Shai launched in Black Desert's PC version last year, and everyone was enthralled with her instrument-wielding bard-like skills? Well, this week...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 272: Death of dragons
Justin and Bree discuss Fallout 76, WoW China, MMO financials, Dragon's Prophet, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, with adventures in SWG Legends and Elder Scrolls online, plus mailbag topics on character select screens and new classes for expansions.
Desert Oasis: Exploring Black Desert’s guild system, from contracts to drama
Guilds: one of the quintessential social features of an MMO. Along with grinding, crafting, and partying up, guilds are just one of those things...
Pearl Abyss Q1 2020 financials: Black Desert, EVE Online revenues hold steady
We've got Pearl Abyss' financial report for the first quarter of 2020, and in common with so many gaming companies right now it was...
Black Desert moves Heidel Ball online, adds Striker on mobile and events on PC
You are cordially invited to fire up Black Desert or Black Desert Mobile, check out some of the new stuff each game is releasing,...
Xbox X developers include Blizzard, Bungie, Pearl Abyss, and Square Enix
With the console still on track to release sometime during the holiday season later this year, the Xbox Series X is preparing a huge...
Interview: Black Desert on crossplay, the engine, and the future of mobile
A few weeks ago, we chatted up Pearl Abyss' lead producer Jaehee Kim about some pressing Black Desert questions. Now, I'm not one to...
Desert Oasis: Deep-diving Black Desert’s Musa and Maewha classes
I think I may be in the minority of people who enjoy being home all day. It gives that much needed time to just...
Black Desert kicks off Springfest on PC, adds a new mercantile system on mobile, introduces the Garmoth guild boss on console
Everything Black Desert has got something new to try out, whether you prefer PC, mobile, or console. Strap yourselves in, friends. There's plenty to...
