Black Desert Online thrives on its skill-based combat.
Black Desert thrives on its skill-based combat.
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Black Desert publisher Pearl Abyss doubles down on Western expansion

Pearl Abyss, the South Korean game company that created Black Desert, hasn’t been shy about expanding in the West. The company made a big move in 2018 when it bought Eve Online maker CCP Games for $425 million. And now it is expanding in the West again, doubling down on its previous efforts.

Pearl Abyss America CEO Jeonghee Jin said in an interview with GamesBeat that the company is expanding its office in Manhattan Beach in the Los Angeles area, and it has also opened a new office in Amsterdam.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.