One of the odder surprises from Gamescom Opening Night Live was the reveal of Crimson Desert Enhanced . It partly encompasses a brand-new 2.0 update adding substantially more depth to the game's story , but it's a soft rebrand that marks the culmination of all the work developer Pearl A Those free updates are now slowing down so that the studio can shift its focus to the upcoming DLC.

Powers explains that "while there still will be updates, I don't think the scope, scale, and pace of them will be as consistent past this point. What we're taking this opportunity to do is shift our development resources from these regular updates to focus on the upcoming DLC." That big Crimson Desert DLC is still set to launch later this year , and after the main game's wild success Pearl A We don't have any concrete details on what that DLC will look like or what those follow-ups will actually be, but after five months of expansive updates and massive unit sales , I think Crimson Desert has already more than proven itself.

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Crimson Desert Well Developer Updates

Crimson Desert did so well that developer Pearl A Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years.

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His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

Crimson Desert did so well that developer Pearl A Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years.

His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

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