Crimson Desert is a revolutionary open world action-adventure that combines elements of narrative driven single-player games with online multiplayer functionality. The game is set on the continent of Pywel, a war-torn world with many different territories, cities, cultures and religions. Pywel is a land full of turmoil, with many areas, factions and regions fighting for control. As players progress through the game, events will unfold that will shape the destinies of all involved.  
  
Crimson Desert’s 4K trailer showcases story, gameplay elements and provides the first vertical slice of what players can expect from Crimson Desert. Unveiled in the trailer, the game’s main protagonist is Macduff, a downtrodden mercenary fighting to reclaim their land. The trailer also includes a snippet of Macduff meeting the primary members of his mercenary group, who will traverse the continent of Pywel together as they work to overcome its many perils. As the trailer progresses, we get a taste of Crimson Desert’s combat, including frantic battles and powerful boss fights. 
  
Crimson Desert is Pearl Abyss’ largest-scale game since Black Desert. During Black Desert’s 5 years of service, the game has gained over 40 million players across PC, console and mobile platforms and grossed over $2 billion USD in revenue. Crimson Desert will allow players to explore another of Pearl Abyss’ captivating worlds, full of story-driven gameplay, cinematic graphics and unrivaled combat mechanics.   
  
Over the coming months, Pearl Abyss intends to provide more information on the game, and to involve players in Crimson Desert’s development process. Sign up for more information at https://crimsondesert.pearlabyss.com and follow related social media channels for the latest Crimson Desert news.   

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“It’s unbelievable to think that Pearl Abyss’ journey began a decade ago. Time flies when you’re having fun,” said Robin Jung, CEO of Pearl Abyss. “We’ve reached dizzying heights and continue to strive towards making the best games in the world. One key aspect of our success has been the creation of our in-house game engine. This technology has allowed us to quickly scale titles like Black Desert across multiple huge platforms, all while delivering new content and exciting experiences to our Adventurers. Here’s to many more years to come!”

Black Desert’s global scale is evident from its revenue of nearly $2 billion since launching in 2014. 40% of revenue comes from North America and the European continent, with 26% coming out of Korea, and the remaining 34% spread across other Asian countries including Japan and Thailand.

Black Desert is bigger than the Sahara:

The world of Black Desert has widened with the launching of Xbox One, PlayStation4, and mobile versions. The global presence of both the game and the company has continued to expand across the years, launching on PC in 2014, then coming to consoles in 2019. Inside the game, the world of Black Desert is continually expanding, with various expansions and new content over the last year including new classes, regions, bosses and more. More than 40 million players have played Black Desert across all platforms.

Shadow Arena

Since launching into early access in May of 2020, Shadow Arena, an action-packed PvP that takes place in the Black Desert universe has expanded alongside its sister game.

Other Games & Titles

In 2018, Pearl Abyss acquired CCP Games, an Icelandic video game developer known for developing and publishing a massive sci-fi MMO EVE Online. Since the acquisition, CCP has continued to expand EVE Online with their “EVE in Quadrants” initiative. Recently, CCP released EVE Echoes, the mobile version of EVE Online, with 5 million pre-registrations.

The Future is Bright

Pearl Abyss is currently developing the three new projects: ‘Crimson Desert’, ‘DokeV’, and ‘PLAN 8’ along with the next-generation game engine.

• Crimson Desert is an epic fantasy MMORPG based on the untold tales of mercenaries struggling to survive in the unforgiving land of Pywell.

• DokeV is an open-world MMO filled with intriguing stories and set within a unique and vibrant world, challenging players to collect creatures as they progress and build their characters. For DokeV updates, visit https://dokev.pearlabyss.com.
• PLAN 8 is an MMO shooter, with players operating an enormous exosuit granting them special fighting and traversal abilities. For updates on PLAN 8, follow the game’s development here.

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PLAN 8

PLAN 8 is an exosuit MMO shooter, a title spearheaded by Minh Le as Technical Advisor, also known as the co-creator of the Counter-Strike franchise. A trailer for Plan 8, the first shooting game from Pearl Abyss, will be released at Pearl Abyss Connect. The game’s production is led by Seung-ki Lee, former Environment Art Director of Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile. This is an exosuit MMO shooter game that will have its own sci-fi world and storylines, and it’s akin to something like a Destiny 2 or Anthem rather than a traditional team-based shooter like Overwatch, which is interesting for the Korean market, as data shows that folks in the east prefers that latter.

DokeV

DokeV is a collectible MMORPG for all ages. DokeV is led by Sang-young Kim, former Animation Director of Black Desert Online, and Suh Won Choi, former Game Design Director of Black Desert Online. This is an MMORPG that involves catching unique creatures that grow and gain powers from people’s dreams. This is an open world MMO made for all ages with a beta test planned in 2020.

Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert is an open-world MMORPG set in an epic-fantasy world. In a war for survival, three tribes will fight for control of the Pywell continent. Crimson Desert has been produced since 2018 by Jason Jung, former Game Design Director of RYL Online. Working alongside Jason Jung on RYL Online, one of Korea’s most famous first-generation action MMORPGs, was Dae-il Kim, the founder of Pearl Abyss. Eter Lee, former Lead Combat Designer of RYL Online and C9, is in charge of the action combat system for the title.

Crimson Desert has been in development since 2018, and the game is set in a fantasy online world on the continent of Pywel. The MMO will have action combat which is to be expected, and will be aiming for a beta test for PC and console sometime in 2020. Are Crimson Desert and Black Desert related? According to the developers, not really, although they do look alike, which can cause confusion among players wondering why there’s a need for a second similar type of action MMORPG. As we get more details, this will be an interesting game to dive deeper into and point out the key differences between both of these Desert MMORPGs.

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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

Scandals or no, Blizzard rolls on with World of Warcraft, having just emerged mostly successful from 2019 with a host of major patch updates for its Battle for Azeroth expansion, in addition to the launch of WoW Classic, which millions of players dived into and continue to do so to-date. In 2020, players can look forward to the next expansion titled Shadowlands. We are anticipating this one eagerly for a bunch of reasons, the most obvious one – for anyone who watched the cinematic trailer – being the massive gameplay changes coming to World of Warcraft. With Shadowlands, a new level squish goes into affect where Death Knights and Demon Hunters start at level 1, and players will get to choose which expansion they prefer to quest in as they make their way leveling through the game. The new zones and introduction of Covenants will also change the dynamic of the game, giving players new and varied choices to select when it comes to expansion progression. We’ll break down Shadowlands in-depth as we get closer to launch, but it’s definitely got us hyped.

Crimson Desert

Pearl Abyss shocked many at last year’s G-STAR convention where they announced a total of 4 new MMORPGS coming in 2020. One of them is Crimson Desert; another open-world sandpark MMORPG with gorgeous graphics and action-based combat, but despite having desert in its name, it shares no relevance to the studio’s flagship MMORPG, Black Desert Online. We’re excited for Crimson Desert because its project head, Jason Jung, has promised some major things that players have never seen before from Pearl Abyss. Firstly, the game will be primarily story focused. From the teaser trailer, the story cinematics look amazing and narratively follows a mercenary leader and his gang as they learn more about the world they’ve set foot upon. It’s also visually influenced by Game of Thrones for some reason, but that’s not a bad thing as we could all do with a break from the typical Asian MMO fantasy setting. While details about the game’s payment model and exact content offering are scarce this early into the New Year, it has been confirmed that an open beta will take place in 2020 and we cannot wait.

Temtem

Humble Bundle’s rare foray into the world of publishing is set to give us a brand new MMORPG called Temtem which launches on Steam Early Access this month. If you’re hearing about it for the first time, Temtem is a monster collecting MMO, and the closest thing it compares to is Pokemon. So yes, if you’ve always wanted an open-world Pokemon style MMORPG where you and your friends can co-op, catch monsters, do battle with others or with NPCs, go on main campaign quests, enjoy a housing system and more, then this is absolutely the game for you. Its roster of monsters will obviously resemble nothing close to the original Pokemon, but we’ve seen enough to be convinced that Temtem will offer its own unique take on the genre.

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PLAN 8

PLAN 8 is an exosuit MMO shooter, a title spearheaded by Minh Le as Technical Advisor, also known as the co-creator of the Counter-Strike franchise. A trailer for Plan 8, the first shooting game from Pearl Abyss, will be released at Pearl Abyss Connect. The game’s production is led by Seung-ki Lee, former Environment Art Director of Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile. This is an exosuit MMO shooter game that will have its own sci-fi world and storylines, and it’s akin to something like a Destiny 2 or Anthem rather than a traditional team-based shooter like Overwatch, which is interesting for the Korean market, as data shows that folks in the east prefers that latter.

DokeV

DokeV is a collectible MMORPG for all ages. DokeV is led by Sang-young Kim, former Animation Director of Black Desert Online, and Suh Won Choi, former Game Design Director of Black Desert Online. This is an MMORPG that involves catching unique creatures that grow and gain powers from people’s dreams. This is an open world MMO made for all ages with a beta test planned in 2020.

Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert is an open-world MMORPG set in an epic-fantasy world. In a war for survival, three tribes will fight for control of the Pywell continent. Crimson Desert has been produced since 2018 by Jason Jung, former Game Design Director of RYL Online. Working alongside Jason Jung on RYL Online, one of Korea’s most famous first-generation action MMORPGs, was Dae-il Kim, the founder of Pearl Abyss. Eter Lee, former Lead Combat Designer of RYL Online and C9, is in charge of the action combat system for the title.

Crimson Desert has been in development since 2018, and the game is set in a fantasy online world on the continent of Pywel. The MMO will have action combat which is to be expected, and will be aiming for a beta test for PC and console sometime in 2020. Are Crimson Desert and Black Desert related? According to the developers, not really, although they do look alike, which can cause confusion among players wondering why there’s a need for a second similar type of action MMORPG. As we get more details, this will be an interesting game to dive deeper into and point out the key differences between both of these Desert MMORPGs.

Shadow Arena

In addition, Pearl Abyss revealed an upcoming Closed Beta Test and trailer for Shadow Arena, a new fantasy arena fighter game. Shadow Arena is produced by Kwang Sam Kim, lead producer of Black Desert on consoles. The ultimate survival game features fast-paced, action-packed combat and hands-on gameplay will be available at G-Star 2019. Please find more information for Shadow Arena on the website. Shadow Arena was a battle royale game mode that first appeared within BDO itself, and it is now making a comeback as a standalone game. Those of you who have played it will know what to expect, and the CBT will be open for registrations next week.

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PLAN 8

PLAN 8 is an exosuit MMO shooter, a title spearheaded by Minh Le as Technical Advisor, also known as the co-creator of the Counter-Strike franchise. A trailer for Plan 8, the first shooting game from Pearl Abyss, will be released at Pearl Abyss Connect. The game’s production is led by Seung-ki Lee, former Environment Art Director of Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile.

DokeV

DokeV is a collectible MMORPG for all ages. DokeV is led by Sang-young Kim, former Animation Director of Black Desert Online, and Suh Won Choi, former Game Design Director of Black Desert Online.

Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert is an open-world MMORPG set in an epic-fantasy world. In a war for survival, three tribes will fight for control of the Pywell continent. Crimson Desert has been produced since 2018 by Jason Jung, former Game Design Director of RYL Online. Working alongside Jason Jung on RYL Online, one of Korea’s most famous first-generation action MMORPGs, was Dae-il Kim, the founder of Pearl Abyss. Eter Lee, former Lead Combat Designer of RYL Online and C9, is in charge of the action combat system for the title.

Shadow Arena

In addition, Pearl Abyss revealed an upcoming Closed Beta Test and trailer for Shadow Arena, a new fantasy arena fighter game. Shadow Arena is produced by Kwang Sam Kim, lead producer of Black Desert on consoles. The ultimate survival game features fast-paced, action-packed combat and hands-on gameplay will be available at G-Star 2019. Please find more information for Shadow Arena on the website.

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