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Black Desert tweaks login rewards, adds events and loot ahead of lunar new year
Seollal, the Korean version of the traditional lunar new year, technically begins just after Valentine's day in 2018, but that's not going to stop...
Black Desert banned 647 cheaters over the last month, mostly fish botters, which is a thing
Thinking about cheating in Black Desert? Probably not; cheaters are hiding out in the bowels of the internet trading hacks with the other script...
Black Desert adds sailboat quest, drop rate tweaks, and way more polar bears
Pull out your ancient "I'm on a boat" and "you are a pirate" memes because Black Desert is about to give you reason to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best camping system?
The first MMORPG I ever played had a camping skill. You chopped down some wood for kindling, clicked to build a fire, and then...
Check out the gameplay and Awakening of Black Desert’s Lahn class
Good news, everyone! If you've been closely following the Korean launch of Lahn in Black Desert, you'll be happy to know that there's a new awakening...
Black Desert kicks off New Year’s event, adds outfit mixing feature
Move over, winter - Black Desert is done with you. But the New Year's festivities are just getting started! As part of today's patch,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 152: Allied races and superhero sprints
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, ARK, Portal Knights, World of Warcraft, Champions Online, Fractured, Ship of Heroes, Black Desert, Elder Scrolls Online, and Life is Feudal, with mailbag questions on teaching MMO teamwork to kids and lockboxes vs. advertising.
Ascent: Infinite Realm’s 2019 launch is the future of Kakao’s international ambitions
Good news, Ascent: Infinite Realm! The future of Kakao's international plans and possible acquisition of western development studios hinges upon your success! Not that...
Black Desert’s first patch of 2018 awakens the Mystic and adds campsite feature
The Mystic class that just flew westward at the tail end of last year is already busying herself with awakening, live in Black Desert...
Black Desert Mobile shares some details about account linking, character creation, and items
Curious about the play experience of Black Desert Mobile? The developers have put out a helpful FAQ about the game's features, mechanical changes, and...
Steam’s best-selling 2017 games include ARK, Warframe, and H1Z1
With 2017 officially over and done, Steam's taking a moment to report on its best-selling games over the course of the whole year. While...
MMO Year in Review: Ashes of Creation vs. Wild West Online (May 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...
One Shots: Hand over the presents or the reindeer gets it
Well, that escalated fast.
A showdown with a Santa Claus raid boss in The Division led to BalsBigBrother attempting an unorthodox tactic of threatening Donner...
The MMOs of the Steam winter 2017 sale
Another December, another Steam sale to entice you to spend money on games you don't have time to play just to have them for...
Pearl Abyss to western Black Desert players: ‘We want BDO to last for another 20-30 years’
Pearl Abyss Executive Producer Jaehee Kim has a message for western Black Desert players today. It's not gonna look all that different to what...
Choose My Adventure Year in Review: Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, WildStar, Black Desert, and Neverwinter
So I've been writing this column for a year now. A little more than a year, as it happens, but last year there was...
Black Desert’s version of Santa is dropping Christmas trees and t-bone steaks
Black Desert is pretty much synonymous with wacky events, so it'll come as no surprise at all that Kakao has gotten into the spirit...
Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2017?
Every year for the last many years, we've done some sort of award for the most underrated MMO, or even the year's sleeper hit....
Black Desert gets another Lahn trailer for its South Korean anniversary
Remember when Pearl Abyss and Kakao dropped the first teasers for Lahn, the brand-new toon on the way to Black Desert? PA has a...
Black Desert bans nearly 600 fish botters
In the war between robots and fish, the only side who wins is... wait, is there a war going between robots and fish? Well,...
