Our latest coverage of Black Desert Online.
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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If you're itching to play in Black Desert Online's Alpha test on Monday, you will be excited to hear that the alpha site has opened and the client can now be downloaded. Simply head over there, enter your Alpha key, and press Download. Considering the amount of hype that is building around this one, you might want to pre-load the [...]
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In anticipation of Paris Games Week Daum Games has released a new Black Desert Online trailer showing off the gorgeous game engine and gameplay. Attendees of the game conference will be able to test Black Desert Online at the game's booth, and community managers will be available to answer all questions and provide a undisclosed gift to participants. And there will be [...]
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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 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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We've partnered with Daum Games to give away some Alpha keys for Black Desert Online! The game has been available for some time in Asia, but the North American / European version is launching soon and is expected to be fully live by early 2016. The game's first round of alpha testing begins on October 26, with the alpha website [...]
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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 Character Creation + First Look by Omer Black Desert Online is a fantasy action MMORPG developed by the Korean studio Pearl Abyss and published by Daum Games. The game released in every region as a free to play title including in the video above, which was recorded on the Russian open beta server, but is expected to [...]
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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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Black Desert Online officially launched into open beta in Russia this week and has been out in Asia for some time, but there's been little word about a North American / European release even though everyone expected it. Today, I was able to confirm that Black Desert Online will be launching into Alpha in Europe and North America relatively soon. [...]
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