Pearl Abyss Corp. () is a South Korean

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, known for creating the cross-platform

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Black Desert Online ''Black Desert Online'' () is a sandbox-oriented fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Korean video game developer Pearl Abyss and originally published for Microsoft Windows in 2015. A mobile version titled ...

'' and the upcoming open world action adventure '' Crimson Desert''.

History

The company was founded in September 2010 by Kim Daeil and Youn Jaemin, previously a developer with

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and NHN Gaming, and began development of ''Black Desert Online'' shortly after. After the success of the game, Pearl Abyss decided to take over publishing rights and publish the game themselves rather than partnering with a 3rd party publisher. The success of ''Black Desert Online'' led to the development of another game, '' Crimson Desert'', which is set to be a single player action adventure game. On September 6, 2018, Pearl announced that they had agreed to acquire

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, developer of '' Eve Online'' for approximately . CCP's development studios in

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would continue under CCP Games, while the publishing and marketing functions of CCP would be integrated with Pearl Abyss. In October 2020 Pearl Abyss established Vic Game Studio Co., Ltd. as a game development company to target the global market with high-quality graphics and with the goal of developing a trendy mobile RPG. On December 20, 2021, Vic Game Studio announced ''Black Clover Mobile'' which makes it Pearl Abyss's first licensed game.

Games

References

External links

Official website
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