Black Desert 7th Anniversary Q&A – Executive Producer Talks Land of the Morning Light and Much More

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It's been seven years since South Korean developer Pearl Abyss published its debut game, the sandpark MMORPG Black Desert, in Western countries.

Following the PC release, Black Desert was successful enough to convince the studio to release it on several other platforms, such as consoles and mobile devices. It went on to become a huge game with dozens of millions of registered users, and Pearl Abyss was so flush with cash that it was able to buy CCP Games, the Icelandic studio behind EVE Online, in September 2018.

The South Korean developer also started working on a number of new projects, including the Black Desert spin-off Crimson Desert, the Pokémon-like creature collecting game DokeV, and the exosuit MMO shooter PLAN 8. None of them have materialized yet, and Crimson Desert was even delayed indefinitely at some point, though Pearl Abyss is reportedly aiming to show it again later this year.

Black Desert, on the other hand, is still going strong by all accounts. To celebrate the game's seventh anniversary and with the Land of the Morning Light expansion coming out soon, we interviewed Executive Producer Jaehee Kim to check out what's coming next to this popular MMORPG.

Firstly, can you talk about the main challenges and learnings from the last year of Black Desert?

First, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Western adventurers who have been devotedly loving Black Desert for the past seven years. It is their unwavering support that has enabled Black Desert to continue its journey for this long.

Since its launch, we have consistently updated Black Desert every week with new content that we hope adventurers will enjoy in the following week's update. I believe that all these updates have accumulated over time,