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Crimson Desert's release date and launch times are only a few sleeps away — here's when you can play one of the most hyped-up open-world games I've ever seen

Crimson Desert could be one of the grandest fantasy adventure games ever made, and now it's just a few days away from its release date and launch times.

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'Crimson Desert' PS5 Pro: Can Pearl Abyss' BlackSpace Engine Deliver Next-Gen Open-World Experience?

"Crimson Desert's" PS5 Pro build shows off BlackSpace Engine's massive open world, ray-traced lighting, and multiple performance modes.

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Performance settings for this RPG show Xbox players what to expect — Series S might be a mistake for Crimson Desert

I can't help but wonder what the development of Crimson Desert might have been like for Pearl Abyss without targeting the Xbox Series S.

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All Crimson Desert Editions: What comes in each edition?

Goodies.

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Crimson Desert system requirements: Minimum and recommended PC specs

Including requirements for Mac users.

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Crimson Desert's updated system requirements look very promising for any PC gamer, and for what must be a first-ever move, the devs have namechecked the ROG Xbox Ally handheld

You're looking at 60 fps at 4K, maxed out, on hardware that isn't unobtanium level for once.

PC Gamer

Crimson Desert will have three graphics modes across PlayStation and Xbox, including a performance one that boasts an upscaled 4K resolution at 60fps with ray tracing on PS5 Pro

Pearl Abyss has finally revealed the PC and console specifications for Crimson Desert ahead of the game's launch this month.

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All Crimson Desert protagonists explained

Behold your heroes.

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Is Crimson Desert an RPG? Answered

An action-adventure game with RPG elements.

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Is Crimson Desert coming to Xbox Game Pass?

No Xbox Game Pass for Crimson Desert for now.

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Crimson Desert will seemingly hit 4K resolutions at higher frame rates, with raytracing on PS5 Pro, thanks to the latest PSSR update

Pearl Abyss has confirmed that its upcoming open-world action game Crimson Desert will use Sony's updated PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) AI upscaling tech on PS5 Pro.

TechRadar

‘Let us cook’ — Crimson Desert dev asks fans to wait a little longer for PS5 footage, even though we’re less than two weeks away from launch

Crimson Desert could be a game-of-the-year contender — but making fans wait more than six years for a PS5 trailer feels weird.

TechRadar

Crimson Desert was announced "too early," devs admit, and now has to prove it's not "too good to be true" without "over-promising"

"I don't think anyone would say we should announce the game 6-and-a-half years in advance"

GamesRadar

"Let us cook": Crimson Desert devs aren't "hiding anything," will show console versions of the RPG "ahead of launch," says PR lead

There's more to come, apparently

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PC Gamer

After 6 hours, Crimson Desert is one of the most overwhelming, chaotic, madcap videogames I've ever played—and I'm hungry for more

Pearl Abyss is engaging in a biblical act of design hubris, and it's somehow working out.

TechRadar

Crimson Desert will feature both AMD's FSR Redstone and Nvidia's DLSS 4 — but we might not even need them

Pearl Abyss is hard at work optimizing Crimson Desert, and the additions of AMD's FSR Redstone and Nvidia's DLSS 4 tech are bonuses.

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Crimson Desert release date countdown: Exact start time

Pywel awaits.

TechRadar

Crimson Desert dev confirms a 'monetization model' is not a feature of the upcoming RPG — 'This is a premium experience. That is the transaction. Full stop'

Pearl Abyss has confirmed Crimson Desert won't feature microtransactions or a cosmetic cash shop, calling the game a "premium experience".

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Crimson Desert is "not a Soulslike," Pearl Abyss says, but "does that mean the game's easy? Hell no"

"There is no 'get good' moment"

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"That is the transaction": Crimson Desert won't have microtransactions, says Pearl Abyss, because the promising open-world game is "a premium experience"

There are, however, perks to pre-ordering

Windows Central

Crimson Desert's 2nd gameplay showcase highlights combat and player progression — I can Chokeslam and Angle Slam enemies in this game? Sign me up now.

Pearl Abyss has released Crimson Desert's 2nd gameplay overview video, this time covering the game's complex combat system and in-depth player progression system.

Windows Central

Crimson Desert devs working "to make the game run as good as it possibly can" ahead of its release date — the promising open-world RPG may even rival GTA 6

Ahead of Crimson Desert's scheduled launch this March, the team at Pearl Abyss says it's in the "optimization phase" of the game's development.

Windows Central

Crimson Desert receives a 15-minute showcase of its story and open-world gameplay — revealing additional playable characters and rideable mechs

Crimson Desert's release on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC is fast approaching. So, Pearl Abyss is driving up hype for the game by releasing gameplay overviews, starting with coverage of its main plot and open-world gameplay.

TechRadar

Crimson Desert looks like the most ambitious game ever – and could be the only thing to rival GTA 6

There aren't many game developers out there that can challenge Rockstar Games' open-world titles, but Pearl Abyss looks like it might with Crimson Desert.

PC Gamer

Crimson Desert secures a March release date as the ambitious Frankenstein's monster of open world fantasy games goes gold

Better start practicing your swordfighting. And pro wrestling. And dragon riding. And mech piloting.

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