Crimson Desert's Kliff mocap actor thinks your sexy mods are "hilarious," gives modders his blessing to go wild "as long as no one is actually being hurt" Thirst away, says Trevor McEwan GamesRadar · Apr 21
Crimson Desert's story is nonsensical and barely-there, but Kliff's mocap actor reckons 'what it lacks in narrative it more than makes up for in other aspects' And the extra lore is out there if you're willing to do a bit of reading. PC Gamer · Apr 21
Crimson Desert's Kliff mocap actor says "what it lacks in narrative it more than makes up for in other aspects" Plus, there's more hidden lore to find if you "don't mind a bit of reading" GamesRadar · Apr 20
Crimson Desert bosses are getting destroyed by the "Beekeeper Build" harnessing the power of friendship – and also thousands of bees Not the Bees GamesRadar · Apr 13
Crimson Desert players have a new way to slay its powerful bosses—slowly unleashing a swarm of individually-caged bees at them Float like a butterfly, sting like a… you know. PC Gamer · Apr 13
If you're struggling with Crimson Desert's double jump as much as I was, it's because of this mistranslation Less Kliff, more Mario. PC Gamer · Apr 13
Crimson Desert is now somewhat playable on Intel Arc graphics cards, though Kliff's face didn't make it We managed to get the game to boot with the latest Intel drivers, but I'd hold off for now. PC Gamer · Apr 9
Crimson Desert is finally playable on Intel Arc GPUs after driver update — but there's still plenty of work to be done Official Intel GPU support in Crimson Desert is still on the way via Pearl Abyss, but the latest driver has made the game playable for Arc GPU users. TechRadar · Apr 9
Crimson Desert female character creator mod lets you cook up your own gender-swapped Kliff, and there's a male version in the works Be the Kliff you want to see in the world. PC Gamer · Apr 8
Crimson Desert mod lets you ditch Kliff for your own character for maximum RPG vibes Kliff won't be a mandatory character anymore. Destructoid · Apr 8
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
These 'hunger system' mods for Crimson Desert have gotten my hopes up for a full survival conversion The huge open world feels perfect for a survival experience. PC Gamer · Apr 7
After over 150 hours with Crimson Desert, it still makes no damn sense—compels me though It's a hard game to pin down. PC Gamer · Apr 5
A new Crimson Desert patch adds the only RPG feature that matters: A hide helmet button Show us that jawline, Kliff. PC Gamer · Apr 4
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?
PC Gamer · Apr 2 Crimson Desert's commitment to cleaning up its clunky controls shines the brightest in how satisfying it feels to fly around Pywel now No more do I fear the cloak.
PC Gamer · Apr 1 Crimson Desert's less than ideal launch is a distant memory as it hits the 4 million sales milestone Kliff's raking in the big bucks.
PC Gamer · Mar 31 The new Crimson Desert patches are grand and all, but the Ray Reconstruction performance and lighting options are still all kind of b0rked on my machine I guess it's going to take a while to fix, but Crimson Desert's visuals have some... issues left to resolve, at least for me.
PC Gamer · Mar 31 Crimson Desert voice actor says he had to keep pushing to get a cohesive story for Kliff "I kept just saying 'yes, but what is happening?!'"
GamesRadar · Mar 30 Even Crimson Desert's lead actor knows you're not here for the story: "The boon of this game is clearly the size of the open world, and, you know, the fact that you can pick up a cat" Alec Newman worked on Crimson Desert for 2 years before he started "recording in earnest," and even then the devs "kept moving the focus"
PC Gamer · Mar 29 The latest Crimson Desert patch adds five new mounts and makes it so you only get in trouble for stealing if you get caught Fixes and quality-of-life improvements abound.
Dot Esports · Mar 29 Crimson Desert patch 1.01 adds new summonable mounts, reduced fast travel and revival loading times New mounts and several QOL updates.
PC Gamer · Mar 27 Out of all of Crimson Desert's baffling design decisions, its playable trio might be the worst offender A strange, half-baked execution.
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