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Black Desert for PC opens up a new area full of powerful monsters
Bringing up a character's level is all well and good, but that only really matters if you can pit that character against new challenges,...
Black Desert brings the desert dragon Nouver to the PS4
It's time for PlayStation 4 owners of Black Desert to go on a world boss hunt. Today's update to the sandbox MMORPG has brought...
Massively Uplifting: From weddings to memorials, gamers celebrate life in AQ3D, GW2, BDO, LOTRO, WoW, and more
It's an alphabet soup of good (MMO) vibes this month! While many may have returned to the school of hard knocks this fall, plenty...
One Shots: Getting all down and cozy
I love a good cozy place in an MMO, moreso if it's got a fully stocked snack bar and some of my all-time favorite...
Black Desert adds the Tamer and Dark Rifts on Xbox One and kicks off new events on PC
Two versions of Black Desert have seen some updates recently, which raises the question: When will these games reach a level of parity that...
MMO Business Roundup: Nexon drops Tree of Savior, plus DUNE hires and Pearl Abyss’ new HQ
Nexon's let go yet another MMO from its publishing stable.
According to MMO Culture, Nexon has announced that it's closing down its Japanese server for...
Black Desert Mobile opens pre-registration on iOS and Android as downloads swell to 10M
Pearl Abyss has been teasing Black Desert Mobile's global launch for the better part of 2019, promising at E3 that it'll hit global devices...
Desert Oasis: A guide to the best Mediah grindspots in Black Desert
Of all the Desert Oasis articles I've written so far, by far the most fun I had was doing a guide for two of...
Black Desert launches hunting and Fall Festival events on PC, opens up Valencia and class Awakening on PS4
Today is a busy day in Black Desert Online, with some updates to both the PC version and the PS4 version that players will...
First impressions of Caravan Stories: More a gacha game than an MMORPG
When I was in college, my algebra professor once told me to curb my enthusiasm because inevitably, some thing or other will disappoint me....
Black Desert Online previews a quartet of upcoming Awakenings for the PlayStation 4
On September 24th players who enjoy Black Desert Online on PlayStation 4 will get a wake-up call with the introduction of Awakenings. Fans already familiar...
Black Desert plans three-week Season of the Hunt event starting September 25
It's been a bit of a bye week in Black Desert's PC version thanks to an extra-long maintenance mode - gamers will recall that...
Massively Overthinking: Let’s ban a word from the MMORPG lexicon
A while back, an MMO player I follow on Twitter who also happens to be super into sports retweeted something fun into my feed:...
Desert Oasis: Hunting for the best grindspots in Black Desert
Of all things, the one thing about Black Desert that everyone can agree on is that there's a grind. Players who choose this game...
Black Desert patches in PC Altar of Blood events, Xbox One s’mores promo
It's patch day once again for Black Desert, as Kakao is pushing out both new additions to last week's life skill master update and...
Black Desert releases the complete Megan Fox ‘Follow the Light’ trailer
Since the launch of Black Desert's PS4 edition last month, Pearl Abyss has been rolling out a series of trailer clips of a trailer...
Massively Overthinking: Do you ever feel guilty about ‘freeloading’ in a free-to-play MMO?
A few weeks back, Massively OP's Ben Griggs made an observation that I bet some readers can relate to. He mentioned that in his...
EVE Online studio CCP Games confirms it’s still working on an unannounced MMORPG
For the last couple of years, we've been getting little teases from EVE Online company CCP Games that it's working on yet another MMORPG,...
Pearl Abyss takes over for Nexon and NCsoft as the biggest exhibitor at South Korea’s G-star
It's really unusual that neither NCsoft nor Nexon will be exhibiting this year at South Korea's G-Star conference in November. This prompted some nervousness...
Life skill mastery is live for Black Desert PC as PS4 gets the Dark Knight and Musa
Black Desert PC fans tired of console taking up all the air in the room can breathe easy today, as Kakao and Pearl Abyss...
