Black Desert – New open world boss added to vast Valencia desert

A month after adding the region of Valencia, which is covered mostly in sand, developer PearlAbyss has added a new boss to challenge the players. A wingless dragon, Verbier (loose translation) is the second raid-class open world boss to appear, and…

Black Desert – Game is celebrating the return of castle siege with events

After closing the PVP castle siege feature for a few weeks due to the servers merging, it was finally back last week! To celebrate the occasion with the blood-thirsty PVP guilds, a new trailer with highlights from the battle on…

Black Desert – New Kunoichi class challenges veteran gamer controls

The 11th class for Black Desert was revealed earlier today, and it is the Kunoichi (male version should be Shinobi or Ninja I guess). A stealthy assassin with minimal defensive stats, she makes use of her various crowd control skills, such…

Black Desert – Developer opens new publishing office in Taiwan

PearlAbyss, the South Korea developer behind Black Desert, has opened a new office in Taiwan to service Black Desert in the Greater China (including Macau and Hong Kong) region. This came as a surprise as it isn’t popular these days…

Black Desert – Action game enters the golden age of Valencia next week

Announced back in April, developer Pearl Abyss and publisher Daum Games have revealed the next huge update for Black Desert, Valencia: The Golden Age. Arriving 23 July for the South Korea server, right after the massive server merge, Valencia is the…

Black Desert – All servers are merging into one mega server next month

Announced recently, all nine eight servers for Black Desert in South Korea will be merging into one, with multiple channels for players to choose from. As expected, there will be many huge changes, such as guild stronghold, rankings, and more. Publisher…

Black Desert – Developer reveals the new Wizard and Witch classes

The two new classes, Wizard and Witch, were actually previewed some time back, and developer PearlAbyss and publisher Daum Games officially revealed the pair today. Armed with an array of devastating area-of-effect elemental skills, these two classes are beasts when…

Black Desert – Japan server enters Open Beta with two promo trailers

Black Desert entered its Open Beta phase last week, and publisher Pmang (under Neowiz) has spared no expenses in promoting the game. A couple of Japanese-style wacky promotional trailers were released, starring Maika Yamamoto. Pronounced as “Kuroi Sabaku” in Japanese, there is…

Black Desert – Game trailer for new Female Blader class arrives

Officially known as Female Blade, rather than the “Plum” direct translation, PearlAbyss has just added the new class in the South Korea version of Black Desert. As you can see from the game trailer, she is swift and agile like…

Black Desert – Developer reveals two upcoming characters at live event

Publisher Daum Games and developer PearlAbyss recently held a live event with its community (a common activity in South Korea), and two new characters were revealed. Coming this May is the new Wizard (subject to change), and for the first time,…

Black Desert – Japan server to enter Open Beta early next month

Over at the annual Chokaiji event in Japan, publisher Pmang (under Neowiz Korea) announced that Black Desert Japan will enter Open Beta on 8 May, with players able to create their characters starting from 1 May. The decision to start…

Black Desert – Gameplay videos for the new Valkyrie character class

Developer PearlAbyss and publisher Daum Games updated the Korean server of Black Desert with the new Valkyrie class last week, with players apparently pleased with her versatility as both melee combatant and support roles in the veins of a traditional…

Black Desert – The powerful Valkyrie arrives in South Korea tomorrow

Publisher Daum Games announced that the new Valkyrie class will be added in the South Korea server of Black Desert tomorrow. The female counterpart of the male Warrior class, it was confirmed that she will be able to heal allies and…

Black Desert – Upcoming Valkyrie character and new island preview

Daum Games and Pearl Abyss are preparing Black Desert for its April update, and the new Valkyrie is the star later this month. According to the GM note, while her fighting style is similar to that of the Warrior’s, she…