#crimson-desert

#crimson-desert

Players have established a sort of Crimson Fashion group, where they're finding the best drip around Pywel to cosplay as some of their favorite characters from other franchises.

Lightning Surge is one of our elemental abilities in the game. Not only can it be cast to electrocute your foes, but it can also be used to gather resources that require a bit of electrical conduction, such as Bismuth Ores.

We also acknowledge that we should have clearly disclosed our use of AI. We are currently conducting a comprehensive audit of all in-game assets and are taking steps to replace any affected content.

On the official Crimson Desert website, developer Pearl Abyss has delivered a chunky post breaking down five different sets of PC requirements for the upcoming open-world action RPG. Each set indicates the graphics preset being used - and crucially, the resolution and framerate targets you can expect with each.

Yesterday brought us the inaugural New Game+ Showcase, in which multiple content creators decided to cut out the Kojima-glazing middleman and just show off a crapload of games. While the event ended up getting ridiculed a lot for feeling more like a podcast than a showcase, it did include interesting new glimpses of a number of upcoming games, including what claims to to be one of the largest open-world RPGs of 2026.

In a new gameplay video for Crimson Desert, the protagonist Greymane Kliff flies over terrain as a bird, using elemental attacks in combat.

"The launch of Crimson Desert, our first large-scale AAA console game, has been unavoidably delayed by one quarter, from the previously announced schedule."