New Crimson Desert patch lets you hoard 100 pets and gives you more chainsaw access More pets, more chainsaws. What else are videogames for? PC Gamer · Jun 13
Crimson Desert's first summer patch is rolling out: Improving "Re-Blockade", mounts, mini-games, and more Pearl Abyss has added gameplay improvements to the Re-Blockade mechanic, Baby Wyverns and Kuku Bird Chick mounts, and a pinball mini-game among many new features to its hit open-world adventure game, Crimson Desert. Windows Central · Jun 5
Crimson Desert continues its quest to include every feature ever as it adds Pinball, baby chicks that grow into mounts, and new re-blockade improvements Pearl Abyss' updates are relentless GamesRadar · Jun 5
Fallout: New Vegas director says it's "fine" Crimson Desert's story is so bad that developer Pearl Abyss has to patch it, "even if it isn't ideal" At least they're trying GamesRadar · Jun 2
Crimson Desert star acted in The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and Elden Ring but says Pearl Abyss' "beautiful" open-world game is "unlike anything I've ever been involved in" Kliff was inspired by Alec Newman's late family member GamesRadar · May 14
Pearl Abyss paid its employees a 5 million won bonus after Crimson Desert reached 5 million sales: 'Our journey does not end here' Crimson Desert reached the sales milestone a couple of weeks ago. PC Gamer · Apr 28
Crimson Desert is an amazing game, but it wouldn't be nearly as great without its enthusiastic community It might be a singleplayer game, but we're all Greymanes together. PC Gamer · Apr 27
Crimson Desert is still reaching impressive player numbers on Steam over a month after launch, despite being a single-player game It's reached a level of continued popularity we don't see all that often with single-player adventures GamesRadar · Apr 27
Despite the negativity, Marathon was one of last month's best-selling games, though there's a catch It's a good start, but there's a lot of year left. PC Gamer · Apr 23
Crimson Desert players are doing important work by turning Kliff into Captain America, Spider-Man and Superman Mario is also here to fix Pywel's plumbing problems. PC Gamer · Apr 22
Crimson Desert and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 don't copy other AAA games, The Witcher 3 director says, so they stand out in an industry filled with people focused on "how to make money" The Blood of Dawnwalker is drawing from other major projects GamesRadar · Apr 14
Crimson Desert does what other games do backwards and that's why it's a beautiful freak of nature, says imsim vet at Arkane Lyon In most games, for example, your character starts out already knowing what a goat is. PC Gamer · Apr 9
Crimson Desert has everything except a female protagonist, so modders added one with 98 face presets and 159 hair styles: "F*** John Desert" Welcome to Pywel, Jane Desert GamesRadar · Apr 8
Crimson Desert super fan "played 56 hours straight and slept 8" on repeat to earn its Platinum trophy, and even Pearl Abyss is concerned: "That's not enough sleep" It took them 305 hours of gameplay in total GamesRadar · Apr 7
GamesRadar · Apr 3 Crimson Desert players beg for more storage as their rock collections start getting out of hand: "If they can do it in oblivion back in the day they can do it now" Where am I supposed to put all my bugs?
GamesRadar · Mar 27 With Crimson Desert out, Pearl Abyss is reportedly focusing on open-world Pokemon-like game DokeV I've been waiting for DokeV for seven years, and it sounds like I'll be waiting for a while longer
GamesRadar · Mar 27 Crimson Desert boss admits its story needs work, but it can't be fixed now so future updates will only focus on gameplay What you see is what you get
GamesRadar · Mar 24 "The graphics device is currently not supported" - After seemingly ghosting Intel, Crimson Desert devs are now "working on compatibility" for Intel Arc GPUs Crimson Desert dev Pearl Abyss is walking back on its lack of support for Intel Arc graphics cards, after Intel all but accused the studio of ignoring contact.
PC Gamer · Mar 20 Crimson Desert dev says it 'takes time' to get used to the game's notoriously clunky controls, but advises players to 'think of it like riding a bike, it comes naturally after you learn it' Practice makes perfect, eventually.
Destructoid · Mar 20 Too big, too wide, or just perfect? Tell us what you think of Crimson Desert by leaving a community rating The best of all time? The worst? You be the judge.
GamesRadar · Mar 20 As Crimson Desert hits 2 million copies sold, Pearl Abyss vows to "make improvements quickly" to remedy mixed reviews "We will listen closely to the wide range of feedback shared by the community and work to make improvements quickly"
Tom’s Guide · Mar 18 Crimson Desert is an overwhelming RPG experience — but it’s undeniably ambitious Crimson Desert is an ambitious single-player open-world action-adventure packed with visceral combat, insane vertical exploration, and tons of game mechanics.
TechRadar · Feb 17 Crimson Desert dev confirms a 'monetization model' is not a feature of the upcoming RPG — 'This is a premium experience. That is the transaction. Full stop' Pearl Abyss has confirmed Crimson Desert won't feature microtransactions or a cosmetic cash shop, calling the game a "premium experience".
GamesRadar · Aug 23, 2023 Gamescom breakout Crimson Desert isn't an MMO, despite its dev's track record Pearl Abyss is quietly trying something a little new