Our latest coverage of Black Desert Online.
The contentious patch that allows players to list cash shop items on the marketplace in Black Desert Online has officially gone live. To prevent abuse, players can list a maximum of five cash-shop items at once: Pet, Outfits, Value Package and Horse Gear will be tradable via the Market Place. Functional costumes will be excluded for trading (Splat Fisher’s Clothes, [...]
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Black Desert Online's short Western history has been riddled with controversy. When the game was originally published in the West it released to trumpets proclaiming "no pay-to-win advantages here." While cash shop items were controversial, and reviews polarized, the game held its own. Though many players left BDO due to the tedious grind that was end-game—yes, more repetitive than some other [...]
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Kakao Games Europe announced today that players of Black Desert Online NA/EU will be able to list items that are bought in the cash shop with Pearls on the in-game Marketplace as soon as next week. As Kakao is aware of how this could lead to pay-to-win situations where players effectively buy absurd amounts of in-game currency by flipping cash [...]
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A Reddit post showed up yesterday uncovering a lawsuit that Kakao Games Europe has filed against the creator of P__, Black Desert Online's "biggest [...] bot creator." The lawsuit is in French, but is embedded below for those that are interested. In the lawsuit, Kakao Games Europe—under its previous name, Daum Games Europe—asks that 500€ be paid for each user [...]
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Kakao Games Europe released a new video today that teases some of Black Desert Online's upcoming naval content. In the video, we get a minute of players on galleons shooting cannons at each other, PvPing on deck, sinking each other's ships, and fighting sea-based raid bosses. Given that the trailer has "Gamescom" in the name, it is possible that more [...]
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Going to Gamescom? If you are, think about stopping by Hall 10.1 60A-B where Kakao Games will be showing off what's in store for Black Desert Online in an "enormous 450 square meter booth." Those attending will finally get a look at the game's Awakening system as it may be implemented in the NA/EU version of the game. They will [...]
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Interested in trying out one of Black Desert Online's new classes—Kunoichi and Ninja—when they launch on July 20th? Don't want to delete one of your old characters? Fear not. Kakao Games Europe ensures players that they will be given an extra character slot on July 20th when the patch launches. Even those who have maxed out on character slots will [...]
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At long last, Black Desert Online's Kunoichi and Ninja classes will be headed to Black Desert Online NA/EU on July 20th. The description of each class is as follows. The Ninja is an agile close-quarters combatant. With dashes, aerial skills, and even teleportation, Ninjas can get up close to their opponents alarmingly fast. Designed to land precise, deadly strikes, both [...]
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Daum Games Europe, the Western publisher of Black Desert Online, announced today that, in an effort to "unify its presence within Kakao Corporation," it will become Kakao Games Europe. The plan is for Kakao Games Europe to serve as the "focal point" for Kakao's expansion across the globe. There are plans for Kakao Games Europe to operate more titles on [...]
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Black Desert Online sure has come a long way since it originally entered Open Beta in Korea, hasn't it? In fact, so much has been added or changed that a new video in which Daum highlights all of the additions and changes was uncovered by MMOCulture. Since the initial launch, Black Desert Online has seen a jump from four to [...]
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