Our latest coverage of Black Desert Online.
Pearl Abyss is back at it with Black Desert Online, and this time, they’re taking us deep into the heart of Korea with the latest expansion, Land of the Morning Light: Seoul. The expansion is now live and is a follow-up to last year’s Jeoson-inspired Land of the Morning Light expansion, both of which pay homage to Pearl Abyss’ Korean [...]
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Winter has come to the console versions of Black Desert Online as the Mountain of Eternal Winter expansion finally arrives on PlayStation and Xbox. It’s been over two years since the expansion first rolled out on PC, but console users can now make their way up the eponymous snow-capped mountain and the new player hub where they’ll be able to [...]
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After celebrating its 8th global anniversary in March, Black Desert Online is now celebrating 3000 days of operation in North America and Europe with a series of events throughout the month of May. Starting today, PC players can participate in a daily log-in event with 3,000 Cron Stones and 1000% Hot Time XP rewards up for grabs until the end [...]
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While other video game companies are still struggling to recover from the post-pandemic crash that hit the industry, Pearl Abyss continues to show consistent performance over the past year as revealed in its Q1 2024 financial report. The South Korean publisher wrapped up the first quarter of the year with roughly $62 million in revenue (85.4 billion KRW), a half [...]
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Pearl Abyss continues to make life better in Black Desert Online with another quality-of-life update, this time focusing on life skills. Character-based life skills are now family-based with the total XP gained for each life skill added up instead of being based on the highest levels for every character in the family. “With this update, every character in a Family [...]
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Pearl Abyss has heard the fervent pleas of Black Desert Online players and has now made it easier to enhance their weapons and gear with the introduction of the new Ancient Anvil system. In a nutshell, the Ancient Anvil guarantees players a successful enhancement after they’ve failed a certain number of times. With the new system in place, a failed [...]
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It’s another tweak-filled week for all versions of Black Desert Online as Pearl Abyss rolls out gameplay adjustments for PC, console, and mobile. What the updates lack in content, they more than make up for with quality-of-life improvements that make the game a bit more player-friendly regardless of what platform you’re on. On the PC version, players can expect a [...]
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Black Desert Online turned 8 years old earlier this month and Pearl Abyss is marking the occasion with a retrospective video highlighting the fun times that players have had over the years. The video looks back on mini-games, GM events, musical chairs, wheelbarrow races, impromptu in-game concerts by both players and GMs alike, a fashion show of in-game outfits, and [...]
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The Scholar is literally shaking up the console version of Black Desert Online as the gravity-bending, hammer-wielding, class arrives on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In game lore, she is known as the alchemist conquered the Black Death and uses her knowledge of physics and particle acceleration to crush her enemies with AoE attacks. “The 27th class on Black Desert [...]
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There’s no denying that Black Desert Online is still pretty popular eight years after it launched on PC. In fact, Pearl Abyss reports that it’s amassed a total of 55 million players and generated over €2 billion in revenue to date. “Korean developer and publisher Pearl Abyss revealed a new major milestone on Black Desert Online’s eight-year PC anniversary today, [...]
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