Crimson Desert | |
Developer: | Pearl Abyss |
Publisher: | Pearl Abyss |
Engine: | BlackSpace |
Genre: | Action role-playing |
Modes: | Single-player |
Director: | Daeil Kim |
Crimson Desert is an upcoming open-world action adventure game developed and published by Pearl Abyss.[1] The game is scheduled to be released in Q2 2025 for Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.[2]
Crimson Desert is set in a medieval fantasy world, on a continent called Pywel. Macduff, the main character, is a mercenary who finds himself beleaguered by the burdens of leadership and painful memories of his past.
The game was originally planned as a prequel to Black Desert Online but the development of the game eventually transformed into something else and the game changed to a single player game set in the same universe.[3] In December 2020, after the release of the trailer at the Game Awards, Pearl Abyss released commentary videos to explain the development of the game and their vision for it.[4] The game uses an upgraded version of Black Desert Online proprietary game engine called BlackSpace Engine.[5] [6]