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Crimson Desert on Switch 2 "is not just a simple port," Pearl Abyss CEO says, but devs want the open-world game on "as many platforms as possible"

Making it run as well as the other versions is proving tricky

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A huge surprise Crimson Desert update just landed — and I’m ready to return from my hiatus after 236 hours of playtime

My long Crimson Desert break is about to come to an end, thanks to Pearl Abyss and its latest update 1.13 for the action-adventure game.

TechRadar

New Crimson Desert update comes with 39 pieces of equipment and boss gear, plus an extra crucial feature: pets will now snuggle in bed with you

Pearl Abyss keeps 'em coming

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Crimson Desert devs aren't trying to "sell more" with the continual massive patches, but "give more back to the community," Pearl Abyss PR lead says

"A new IP selling five million copies in a month should be celebrated," says Will Powers

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Crimson Desert DLC "will be substantively different" to the main game, Pearl Abyss PR lead teases

Free updates are still planned, too

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Crimson Desert leans further into its true calling as a pet sim game with new patch, while Pearl Abyss also rolls out pinball improvements and more

You can now register 100 pets

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Crimson Desert's free updates are "free marketing" and will continue "as long as there's demand for it," says Pearl Abyss lead

The fantasy sandbox will keep growing

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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

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Crimson Desert gets surprise second roadmap and DLC confirmation — with Pearl Abyss promising one important upgrade that I wish was more common

Crimson Desert still has legs in it as Pearl Abyss commits to a second roadmap of updates and confirms new DLC is on the way.

TechRadar

Crimson Desert reveals a new roadmap of gameplay and story improvements for the open-world hit — and a DLC is in the works

Pearl Abyss has released a new roadmap containing various gameplay and narrative improvements, along with a DLC update in the works for their hit open-world game, Crimson Desert.

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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

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Crimson Desert DLC officially in the works, but several improvement updates get priority

One of 2026's biggest successes is continuing.

Destructoid

Pearl Abyss heard you didn't like Crimson Desert's story, so it's fixing it to 'strengthen the narrative flow of Kliff's journey'

The relentless updates continue.

PC Gamer

Crimson Desert DLC officially in the works, but Pearl Abyss also has its sights on story improvements, new combat content, and more arriving in the next 4 months

The devs want the DLC to be "a meaningful addition to your journey"

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The Crimson Desert patches keep coming as the open-world game gets "approximately 30 species of small animals that can be registered as pets," controller remapping, and more

I didn't expect this game to become Nintendogs 3

TechRadar

Pearl Abyss is making me forget that Crimson Desert is a single-player game, with so many great updates — and it deserves all the plaudits for it

Pearl Abyss is continuously providing more updates for Crimson Desert, long after its launch, and it's incredibly impressive for a single-player game.

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Crimson Desert patch tackles endgame emptiness further with 5 more boss rematches, extra mounts, and new skills

Pearl Abyss's second patch in a week

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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

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Crimson Desert soars past 150,000 Steam reviews with Very Positive rating despite story criticism

Good for her

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Hot off Crimson Desert, Pearl Abyss wants to "accelerate development" on open-world Pokemon-like MMO DokeV as it aims to release a new game "every two to three years"

DokeV was originally announced in 2019

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Crimson Desert DLC teased as Pearl Abyss looks to "broaden the game to the next level" following record quarterly revenue of around $180 million

The studio "will share the details once the concrete plans are set"

GamesRadar

None of Crimson Desert's big updates were pre-planned because Pearl Abyss is "not baking in presumptions around what the players want"

"Everything, patch-wise, content-wise, has been iterated in real time," says PR lead Will Powers

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CCP Games is no more: EVE Online studio changes its name as it goes independent and enters an AI research partnership with Google DeepMind

An offline version of EVE Online will serve as a testbed for new AI research.

PC Gamer

New Crimson Desert update lets you 'rematch' defeated enemies and adds new legendary creatures

Pearl Abyss's kitchen sink RPG continues to change rapidly.

GamesRadar

Crimson Desert player finds out-of-bounds village that looks like medieval Red Dead Redemption 2, and now everyone's hoping Pearl Abyss will let us pillage it in a future update

It already has items and everything

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