New MMO looks like Game of Thrones – should now be released in 2023

The new MMO Crimson Desert was announced in 2019 as the successor to Black Desert. It was originally scheduled for release in 2021 but has been postponed indefinitely. Now the developers revealed that the release should take place in the second half of 2023. It is currently unclear whether it will only appear in Korea or directly worldwide.

What exactly is this game? Crimson Desert will be a mixture of single player game and MMORPG. You slip into the role of Macduff (title picture) and his mercenaries who are supposed to introduce you to the story of the world. The focus is on fighting, exploring and solving puzzles.

After the solo campaign, you will be able to create your own character and experience multiplayer content, including:

• Multiplayer open world events
• dungeons
• Fortress battles designed to scale with large numbers of players
• More PvP content
• Trade between players

Visually, Macduff is reminiscent of John Snow and otherwise the game has some parallels to Game of Thrones, which were deliberately chosen to appeal to western audiences.

So the game is dark and bloody. In the gameplay trailer you can also see some places that clearly indicate betrayal and intrigue. There is also talk of intrigues in the lore texts – the contrast between “wild north” and “chic south” is taken up.

You can watch the first gameplay of Crimson Desert here:

Pearl Abyss wants to release Crimson Desert in 2023, without big announcement

What do the developers say about the release? Pearl Abyss, the company behind Black Desert and also Crimson Desert, presented the latest quarterly figures a few days ago. In the associated conference call, upcoming games were also discussed:

• Crimson Desert is slated for release in the second half of 2023. The focus of the company is to finish and publish the game quickly.
• However, DokeV, the colorful open-world game that’s a bit reminiscent of Pokémon, is being postponed. Although there was never an official release date, it is now certain that it will definitely not be released in 2023.
• A new game is also being worked on, which will be implemented by CCP Games (EVE Online). The focus here is on blockchain technology.

What makes us skeptical? While Crimson Desert is slated for release in 2023, Pearl Abyss missed an important moment to draw attention to it. G-Star, the largest gaming fair in Korea, is currently underway.

There was about new information about the game content of Throne and Liberty and a first trailer for the new sandbox MMORPG ArcheAge 2. But Pearl Abyss presented no trailer and no new information about Crimson Desert at the fair.

The release date was only mentioned as part of the call. There was also a curious moment when a presentation of Pearl Abyss a few days before the fair used old assets from Crimson Desert on which the word “MMORPG” could still be read. This caused discussions im redditbecause Pearl Abyss only calls the game itself a multiplayer open-world action-adventure.

What do you think of Crimson Desert? Do you like the look and the concept? Or do you absolutely need a full-fledged MMORPG? Feel free to write it in the comments.

By the way, we’ll tell you here which MMORPGs should appear in 2023:

New MMORPGs that will definitely appear in 2023