Crimson Desert is a new game coming from Black Desert maker Pearl Abyss.
Crimson Desert is a new game coming from Black Desert maker Pearl Abyss.
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Pearl Abyss’ Crimson Desert will debut in the winter of 2021

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Pearl Abyss revealed a new gameplay trailer for Crimson Desert at The Game Awards today. The open-world massively multiplayer role-playing game is coming out for PC and consoles in winter 2021.

Crimson Desert is Pearl Abyss’ biggest game since Black Desert, a five-year-old MMORPG that has generated more than $2 billion in revenue and has drawn 40 million players on PC, console, and mobile platforms.

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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.