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The Stream Team: Beckoned by Black Desert’s black wisp
That freaky little black wisp keeps whispering to MassivelyOP's MJ trying to get her to do things in Black Desert. The scary thing is...
Desert Nomad: Immersion, atmosphere, and roleplaying in Black Desert
Hello friends, and welcome back to Desert Nomad, your more or less biweekly source of ramblings that are almost guaranteed to be at least...
Black Desert’s karma patch has enraged the PvP community
Black Desert has a small patch out today, bringing to an end Mother's Day events and extending both the Rum and Black Stone events....
One Shots: Bride of the comments section!
While I love any of you forever if you email in One Shots submissions, I think it's time once again to delve fully into...
Black Desert delays planned June 1 Valencia launch
Daum has just announced that it's delaying Black Desert's Valencia update, which was originally scheduled for June 1st. Technical issues and security goals are...
Analyst argues game devs are abandoning free-to-play in some genres
Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has another piece on Gamasutra this week, this one arguing that video game developers are "backing away from...
Don’t hold your breath for Black Desert’s class awakening system
In response to a lengthy (and apparently frequently posted) player complaint thread about class balance and the pace of class awakening delivery, Black Desert's...
One Shots: Post-murder spree bliss
When all of the enemy mobs lie defeated at your feet and you've rifled through their corpses for any valuables, there's this precious slice...
The Stream Team: Bebopping about Black Desert
When MassivelyOP's MJ goes off the beaten path, you never know what she will run into. Last time, she found some overrun ruins and...
Desert Nomad: The misplaced individuality of Black Desert
Hello, friends, and welcome back at long last to another installment of Desert Nomad. I'm very sorry to have kept you all waiting during...
Black Desert expands world and PvP with Valencia, refuses costume alteration refunds
Black Desert is getting a massive update on June 1st when the first chunk of the Valencia update is launched. According to Daum, Valencia...
Black Desert gets a little patch and a big weekend compensation event
A spate of restarts across the servers in the last few days have prompted Black Desert studio Daum to grant players a 30% bonus...
Global Chat: Which MMOs have the best quests?
For some players, quests are either those things that serve to annoy with reading (in a game!) or merely provide gussied-up reward packages. But...
Black Desert Korea pubs Plum/Maehwa awakening trailer
Black Desert fans in Korea are due for a treat this week: Their Plum class -- better known as the Maehwa here -- is...
The Stream Team: Hotfooting it to Heidel and giving away Black Desert codes
With so much to do in even the starter towns of Black Desert, MassivelyOP's MJ hasn't really ventured beyond Velia yet. But even though...
Black Desert’s second Mediah update brings new pirate events, cash shop buyables
Mediah part two launches in Black Desert today, bringing with it several class fixes, monster adjustments, the temporary removal of specific North American channels,...
Black Desert’s most common hacking tool appears to be bundled with a keylogger
Vigilante justice rarely works out in the long run. Delivering pain to match pain just creates an unceasing, spiraling cycle. But with all of...
Battle Bards Episode 74: Black Desert Online
This eastern sandbox import has many people playing and talking about it, but are they listening to Black Desert Online? The Battle Bards are,...
Here’s the Black Desert commercial that’s sweeping the airwaves
It's not every day that an MMO gets enough popularity and promotion to warrant a TV spot, so you'd be forgiven if you did...
Black Desert compensation horses trot out May 6th
A horse is a horse (of course, of course), unless your horse was part of the Black Desert pre-order equine controversy. Then it wasn't...