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Black Desert Online To Shutter Its Battle Royale Mode
In a rare show of self awareness for the industry, Kakao has announced that its Battle Royale mode for Black Desert Online will shut down. Originally released just a few months ago, Shadow Arena pits 50 players against one another with their eyes on shiny rewards. Unfortunately while Kakao had intended the mode to receive updates over time, the inconvenient truth is that the game was just taking too much focus and pulling the game away from the company’s vision.
“We had originally planned to provide continuous updates to Shadow Arena to keep it fresh and fun, but over time we had to consider how to balance making improvements to it, whilst working on fresh content. We felt that the focus on new updates was deviating from our original direction, partially due to the time being dedicated towards this mode. In addition, the recent rise of 3rd party software added to our concerns, making us further contemplate on its place within the scope of Black Desert Online.”
Shadow Arena will shut down on April 10, which those of you with calendars will note is this week. Wednesday, in fact. A compensation package will be released to players due to the sudden announcement of this removal.
Source: Black Desert Online
CCP Games Acquired By Pearl Abyss
CCP Games announced this week that the studio, developer of popular MMO Eve Online, has been acquired by Pearl Abyss, best known for their work on Black Desert Online. The deal, which does not close until October (expected), claims that CCP will continue operating as an independent entity, the sale amounting to $425 million in cash and bonuses leveraged on certain financial results.
CEO Hilmar Petursson, CCP Games, stated:
“Pearl Abyss is a fast-growing company with lots to offer in terms of technology, capability and vision. I believe our two companies have a lot to learn from each other. We are very excited to join forces with them and achieve great new heights for our companies, our games and – above all – our players.”
(Source: GI.Biz)
Black Desert Online Hits Steam: 40% Off This Month
Black Desert Online is available to purchase on Steam, right now! To celebrate the launch of the action MMO on Steam’s platform, players can snag a copy for 40% off for the rest of the month. That means getting in on the action will cost as little as $6. There will also be several in-game sales as well as a few drop events going on until the end of the month. In anticipation of a flood of players, Kakao Games has set up extra servers to share the load.
To better support the additional influx of players, Kakao Games will employ extra Olvia speed servers, some of which will be exclusively reserved to cater for new players that are coming through Steam. Users can choose to play on the exclusive servers or to jump into the greater community straight away. Special “Olvia” servers will help players to level-up quickly and catch up with the existing Black Desert Online community.
For more information, check out the link below. While you’re here, take a gander at Black Desert Online’s latest trailer.
(Source: Steam)
Enjoy Black Desert Online For 7 Days
If you haven’t played Black Desert Online yet, but you want to, then you are in luck. Starting now and running through January 4, you can get your hands on a free seven day trial for Black Desert Online. The trial involves no content restrictions or progress loss, you can pick up where you left off should you decide to buy the game.
In addition to the seven day trial, all BDO game packages will be 50% off for the same time period (through January 4). Purchasing the Explorer’s Pack will get you access to the Noel Costume Set, while those who own the game can receive the costume by purchasing it through the store or referring other players.
Check out the free trial at the official website.
[Community] The Nontroversial Fizzle Of One Guild’s Emblem
It wouldn’t be Monday on the internet, or any other day for that matter, if we weren’t discussing someone getting offended over a non-controversial issue. Those of you who read Massively OP, as I myself do, found an article late last week complaining about an “offensive” guild symbol in Black Desert Online that a reader tipped the staff to. The symbol is of a female stick figure (clearly female because of the skirt) with a down arrow next to it. Take a few seconds to guess the context, this coffee isn’t going to refill itself.
Finished? Stumped? Well, it’s an in-joke. The guild that created the logo is a rival of another guild on the same server. Said rival guild’s emblem is a “man up” statement, a man figure with an up arrow next to him. Get it now? Man up, woman down, Geodude’s Pokemon type is ground? The point is that the guild emblem is a joke, an in-joke, but probably one that the majority of you just kinda thought about and were stumped.
What it didn’t stop was the internet’s roving gang of perpetually offended, constantly seeking out new things to project their hateful view of the world on. A reader complained to Kakao Games that the emblem was sexist, presuming that the message was along the lines of “down with women,” or something else derogatory toward women. Kakao, being of sound mind and body, recognized the emblem and actually took the time to gain context before damning the creator, and refused to take action. The reader complained to Massively, who were also told by Kakao that the emblem was a parody and not in fact a poster for the BDO chapter of the He Man Woman Hater’s Club.
The guild has since changed their emblem to a dog with a circle and line through it. Unsurprisingly, the aforementioned group of perpetually offended have once again found something to be offended by. Take a look in the comments section and you’ll find users conflating the new emblem as using a dog to call women bitches, calling the creators sexist (again) and claiming that the emblem is an affront to women.
You can’t win.
Kakao Permanently Bans Bug Abusers
Forum moderators over at Black Desert Online are no doubt getting ready for the barrage of “I was banned for nothing” threads as Kakao has permanently banned a number of accounts over an incident that occurred this week. A number of players figured out an exploit involving the shovel item and empty bottles, resulting in the use of both items being temporarily disabled while the team figured out how to fix the exploit.
The use of exploits to gain an unfair advantage over other Players is an egregious violation of our Terms of Use. As such these Users have been permanently removed from the game. We wish to make our stance clear regarding this type of behavior; it will not be tolerated.
(Source: Black Desert Online)
[Video] Black Desert Online Shows Off Sorceress Awakened
Black Desert Online is showing off the Sorceress Awakened, with a massive scythe obtained after reaching level 55. Check out the video above to see the Sorceress Awakened in action.
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