The Korean sandbox MMORPG Black Desert is getting geographically closer: From Korea, it is coming to Russia.
We in the West need to get used to,being at the bottom of the priority list from the perspective of Asian MMORPGs. Just like before ArcheAge, Russia will be the first to receive a port.
The highly anticipated Black Desert is set to have its first of a series of closed beta events there from May 28 to May 31.
Likely there will be some changes compared to the version designed for Korea.
A release for Europe and North America is planned for 2016. However, there is still no sign of beta events that developers say should start early in 2015. Even in Korea, Black Desert is still officially in an open beta.
For those who want a glimpse of the game: The Asia specialist Steparu has uploaded this video showing a massive battle with 100 players on each side, this is the Korean version:
