Black Desert Online

Black Desert players recently gathered in Hollywood to celebrate 8 years of the MMO in the West. During the event, we spoke to three players who shared their experiences in the MMO and what keeps them coming back for more.

Community is the lifeblood of an MMORPG, and keeping that community engaged in meaningful ways is key to Black Desert's success over the past few years. We talked with Pearl Abyss America CEO Jeonghee Jin as well as a few content creators over the weekend about its approach to engaging and growing that community.

MMORPGs have long been heralded for their soundtracks by the games industry. Rousing scores set the mood for hours and hours of gameplay, providing the backdrop to so many of our seminal gaming moments. Black Desert Online's soundtrack is no different, with the MMO's use of music helping to set the tone for each of the various regions and cultures in the MMO.

Earlier this month, Pearl Abyss hosted its first-ever North American Calpheon Ball, bringing its celebration to Los Angeles to reveal the future of Black Desert, as well as celebrate the work so far. During the event, we had the chance to chat with the executive producer of Black Desert, Jaehee Kim.

Earlier this week, Pearl Abyss launched a brand new type of instanced adventure for Black Desert Online called Abyss One: The Magnus. In order to learn a little bit more about the upcoming content and background of The Magnus, we had the opportunity to interview Head Game Designer Jesse Joo.

Last week, the Drakania class unleashed its awakening form on the world of Black Desert Online. To further dive into the details of the new class specialization, and learn a little bit about recent changes and what the MMORPG has in store for its players, MMORPG.com had the opportunity to interview Head of Game Design Jesse Joo.

At PAX East, Anthony had the chance to meet up with Black Desert Online Executive Producer Jaehee Kim and talk all things Mountain of Eternal Winter and the recent Drakania class.

We talk to Black Desert Lead Producer Jaehee Kim about bringing cross play to Black Desert Online's console versions, and the challenges in doing so.

Black Desert Online recently expanded its content to include a new PvP game mode called Shadow Arena that brings battle royale to players. We had the opportunity to chat with Jae-hee Kim to learn more about why it was added and what it brings to both players and the game. Read on!

German fansite BDO-Rollenspiel recently had a chat with Black Desert’s Project Director JaeHee Kim. Focused mainly on the lore of the world, including the upcoming Kamasylvia regions, the the classes and races, and the overall functionality of the game, we’re proud to present to you the English translation today.

The Striker lands today in Black Desert Online. The latest new class to hit the game, he focuses on using his fists and feet as his weapons of choice. He’s basically like Ken or Ryu from Street Fighter and that’s just awesome. We caught up with Pearl Abyss' Project Director JH Kim to ask him about the class and what’s next for BDO.

We’ll be running a series of brief interviews over the next few weeks focused on the games and companies of the MMO world, and what 2017 will bring. We’ve reached out to many, and the first one back to us with their answers was Black Desert Online and Kakao Games’ Rick Van Beem. Read on to see what they team learned from 2016, and what’s in store for 2017.

Valencia is the next major content expansion coming to Black Desert Online soon, and in anticipation we spoke to Daum Games about the laundry list of new content, changes, and of course... sieges!

Black Desert Online is the newest darling in the MMORPG industry. Players are eager to learn what's next for the game, and what content they can expect over the coming months to catch the EU/NA client up to the KR one. We chatted with Daum Games EU and Pearl Abyss about just that, and have loads of info to share...

In recent weeks, Black Desert has been making people's heads turn. We managed to catch up to Daeil Kim to talk with him about what makes Black Desert so unique and different from any other MMO out there. See what the difference is before weighing in on the discussion in the comments.