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Anthony McGlynn

"That is the transaction": Crimson Desert won't have microtransactions, says Pearl Abyss, because the promising open-world game is "a premium experience"

Macduff meeting a jester during a gameplay trailer for Crimson Desert. .

We're inching closer and closer to the release of Crimson Desert, the ambitious new fantasy action-RPG from Pearl Abyss, and the devs have confirmed there won't be any in-game marketplace using real money at launch. The game's price-tag is the only fee players will need to make in order to enjoy the world of Pywel.

Will Powers, the PR and marketing director at Pearl Abyss, made this confirmation during an episode of Dropped Frames. "This is made to be a premium experience that you buy and enjoy the world, and not something for microtransactions," he tells the podcast hosts.

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