Black Desert Online's Alpha Begins

In about two hours, Black Desert Online's Western alpha will begin. The alpha version "does not reflect the final state of the product at launch" and Daum note that "some features may be disabled or not fully functional." Nevertheless, it is finally here and players will get their first look at the official localization. At present, the game requires 83 [...]

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Does Open World Housing Actually Work?

In sandbox games one feature that seems to be held in particularly high regards is open world housing. The idea that in a seamless world players can just walk out of their house and go about their daily hunting is uniquely fascinating. However, I often find myself wondering if it really works. Between land rushes and empty shells of houses [...]

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Black Desert Online Western Alpha Begins October 26

Black Desert Online officially announced that they would begin their first round of alpha testing for their buy to play Western version of the game starting on October 26. The game's official alpha website at http://www.blackdesertonline.com/alpha will be live this Friday! The alpha will run until November 1st and will only be open during select hours each day. You can see the full [...]

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Black Desert's Buy To Play Model Wont Work

Edit 03/03/2016: Since writing this piece, it's clear that Black Desert Online is off to a superb start (400k+ Preorders according to some sources). The servers are extremely packed and the launch has been super successful so far. I admit I was wrong about the Buy to Play model not working, because it's definitely working. Edit: 02/08/2017: I think it's [...]

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Black Desert Online Will Be Buy To Play

Daum Games announced that the North American and European edition of Black Desert Online will launch in early 2016 and use a buy to play model. It's a somewhat surprising monetization model considering the Korean and Russian versions are free to play. Although there will be vanity items for sale in the game's cash shop. But balancing and progression will also [...]

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