The game has been in development since 2010, and entered closed beta testing (CBT) in October 2013. On the other hand, the Korean version is moving swiftly, with regular updates that bring new characters – a female ninja should be added in a couple of days – and the desert finally added to the game with the latest Valencia update. Some light, to what a possible framework of cooperation would look like, was shed when the first non-Asian partnership was announced between Pearl Abyss and Russian publisher Gamenet.ru .

 

Having waited eagerly for any snippet of news regarding a western release of Black Desert, many potential players started to feel as though the visually stunning MMO may never make it over to the west, thus opting to hop in to one of many of the international releases with VPNs and English patches. However, the news of Daum’s new European office brings a little more hope to western players, and they are apparently getting very close to releasing a testing schedule for the game which would mean it is right on track for a Beta launch in 2015.

 

And this is, where we see the potential of success in “Black Desert Online”, aside from its qualitative creation and features that it has to offer. If Daum Communications’ western office were to work with Pearl Abyss and focus on actually processing and applying changes to the game, which would allow for an actual localized (translation aside) version, then “Black Desert Online” will surely prosper. Sorceress is a female mage of Black Desert Online who uses dark magic to beat enemies. She is a mixture of ranged spells and melee combat and such combination is rather interesting. 

 

Basic attacks of Sorcerer allow her to regenerate Manna and it’s one of the most important features. One of the core differences from typical arcane mages is that Sorceress doesn’t only attack from distance. The Valencia region has been turned into a War Zone with significantly reduced Karma penalties and the removal of death penalties aside from EXP loss on death. The addition of a Bounty & Jail System is a nice change for those wanting to get in on the PvP Action. In the Valencia zone, penalties for player killing (and dying) have been reduced, while those participating can rack up positive or negative karma that could lead to a bounty hunting-type situation.

 

It provides for the type of movement across large areas that promote genetic diversity, relocalization and more of a chance for populations to recover after difficult times, he said. Two new towns will be added, the first town called Arehaja Village, a place where players with normal Karma can gather around and perhaps pick up daily quests for hunt down the players with bounties. And the second town is Mui Kun, a place where bandits or ninja PK'ers are going to hang out. From a Players perspective, the role of a Publisher is not only to provide customer support, forums and translating patches and updated. What Players truly want.

 

And this is a conclusion drawn from over ten years of nonstop gaming. In our view, it was interesting, because it is contrary to the so far established framework of cooperation between Asian developers and their respective Western partners, where there has so far not been any actual room for adjustments to the released version. We understand, that something like this is being accompanied by various implications, but in the end, this is among others the main reason eastern games fail to find a foothold among western players.