Our latest coverage of Black Desert Online.
It’s been two weeks since the Sage first stepped foot on Black Desert Online PC. Today, the scholarly magic-user officially makes his debut on consoles. According to game lore, the Sage was the first one to discover the Black Spirit and sealed himself away for 49 years to prepare for the day he would face off against it. “The time [...]
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Flying donkeys have made their way to Black Desert Online on PC as part of the April Mule’s Day event. The event will run until April 14, allowing Shai characters to take flight on the winged Donkuanatt as part of a Shai-exclusive questline to earn Contribution EXP, a Fiery Celerity Draught, and a Stonetail Wind's Meal. The April Fool’s Day [...]
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Fresh from their split with Kakao Games, Pearl Abyss introduces the Sage class to Black Desert Online PC on the NA and EU servers. Sage, The Last Ancient, is a crowd-controller that can deal massive damage with his AoE skills and can move quickly into the thick of battle or to safety depending on the situation. “Sage wields the Kyve, [...]
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Black Desert Online is celebrating its 5th anniversary this week, their first anniversary with Pearl Abyss as publisher. To mark the occasion, the team hosted a 5th anniversary livestream last Tuesday where they dropped a couple of big reveals. Of particular note is the new Ataraxion co-op dungeon and the new Sage class. The Ataraxion dungeon will be part of [...]
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Black Desert Online servers are back up and running following the game’s transition from Kakao Games to developer Pearl Abyss as its publisher. The data transfer, however, didn’t go as smoothly as Pearl Abyss would have hoped, with login issues and connection problems prompting the new publisher to extend the maintenance period into the wee hours of Friday morning. The [...]
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Kakao Games bids farewell to Black Desert Online players in North America and Europe as live operations and publishing responsibilities officially transfers to Pearl Abyss later today. The transfer was first announced in December 2020 during the digital Calpheon Ball. Account transfers started in January and will continue until May 31 on the old website. The game servers are currently [...]
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Following last year’s announcement, Pear Abyss will officially be taking over publishing responsibilities from Kakao Games for Black Desert Online in North America and Europe starting February 25th. In preparation for Pearl Abyss’ assumption of live service operations, players who wish to continue playing and keep their current progress will be required to transfer their accounts and game data through [...]
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Black Desert Online PC and console versions and Black Desert Mobile have just received a slew of updates from Pearl Abyss in this week's patch. The PC version sees the start of the Fluttering Snowflakes event which will run until February 9th. During the event, players will be able to collect up to 10 snowflakes a day for every 30 [...]
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Black Desert Online ends the year with the introduction of Awakening and Succession skills for the recently-released Nova class and Combat Assistance changes along with several New Year-themed events. Nova’s Awakening Weapon, Sting, can switch from a rapier-like sword with piercing attacks to a formidable scythe capable of ring-shaped strikes, making it hard for enemies to predict her movement. She [...]
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Black Desert Online recently held a free-play week event that ran from December 22nd through December 27th. As with all free trials, the goal is to entice new players to purchase the game after getting to try it out for a couple of days. Unfortunately, a PlayStation Store bug is preventing players from purchasing the game at the end of [...]
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