Black Desert launches Great Expedition and Sycraia content in massive update for console

Manhattan Beach, California May 27, 2021— Today, Pearl Abyss announced a massive update for Black Desert Console, adding both the Great Expedition content as well as the Sycraia Underwater Ruins, a new high-level grinding spot. The highly anticipated update brings new questlines, ships, a bartering system and various in-game events and improvements.

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CCP Games Partners with the University of Iceland to Offer Course Studying the Science of Friendship and Video Games

Online course is now available on edX.org and is accessible to anyone interested in studying how video games have created a new type of human connection

Reykjavík, Iceland – May 26, 2021 – CCP Games today announced Friendship Machine: Forming a New Type of Human Connection, an online course featuring its player-driven spacefaring MMO, EVE Online. Created in partnership with the University of Iceland, the course explores “The Friendship Machine,” or the science behind how people forge meaningful relationships and how video games have created a new type of human connection. The course is now available on edX.org and includes the first three weeks free for anyone who would like to register. Unlimited access, including the final quiz and course certificate, is available for $50 USD / €40.91 EURO / £35.19 GPB.

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CCP Games Celebrates New Eden’s Cornerstone Empires with the Launch of EVE Online: Foundation

EVE’s second Quadrant of 2021 also commemorates the game’s 18th anniversary with a special Capsuleer Day event

May 3rd, 2021 – Reykjavík, Iceland –Today, CCP Games revealed Foundation, the second Quadrant of 2021 for the deep and uniquely player-driven spacefaring MMORPG, EVE Online. Honoring the history and legacy of New Eden’s four empires, EVE Online: Foundation launches for free to all players on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

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Pearl Abyss Announces Amazon Collaboration to Make Black Desert Online Free for All Prime Gaming Members

Manhattan Beach, California April 7, 2021— Today, Pearl Abyss announced a collaboration with Amazon that will make Black Desert Online free for all Prime Gaming members from April 7 to May 5. Amazon Prime Gaming members will be able to claim new rewards each month as the campaign runs until June 30. To celebrate, the company has also announced numerous in-game rewards for both new and veteran Adventurers. 

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Pearl Abyss announces self-publishing plans for Black Desert Online on PC

Roadmap reveals a new expansion, a PvP mode, mounts and Nova class launching on all platforms in 2021

Seoul, South Korea, December 14, 2020 — Pearl Abyss announced during the Calphe:ON Ball stream on December 12 that Pearl Abyss will consolidate both publishing and development of Black Desert Online starting February 24. The company also announced the content roadmap for Black Desert Online, Black Desert Console and Black Desert Mobile for the first half of 2021. For the first time ever, the franchise will receive a new class, Nova, simultaneously across all platforms on December 22.

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Pearl Abyss and PNY Launch a Portable SSD Promotion Exclusive for Black Desert on Xbox One & PS4

Claim $100 of EXCLUSIVE In-Game Black Desert content when you purchase a qualifying Portable SSD from PNY.com

Los Angeles, September 23rd, 2020 — Pearl Abyss, a South Korean video games developer/publisher, and PNY Technologies, a global technology leader in flash memory solutions, have announced today that they have embarked on a unique collaboration that will benefit Black Desert players across North America. 

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Pearl Abyss Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Announces their Black Desert IP has reached $1.7 billion dollar in lifetime revenue

Seoul, South Korea – September 10, 2020 – Pearl Abyss is ten years strong! The South Korea-based game developer was founded on September 10th, 2010 and launched their flagship game Black Desert in 2014. Growing into a global phenomenon, Black Desert is now 40 million Adventurers strong, with players in more than 150 countries, across four platforms.

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