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Crimson Desert's player character clashes swords with an enemy.

Everything we know about Crimson Desert

By Stacey Henley last updated

Blood Red The new open world action game isn't a direct sequel to Black Desert Online, but expect some similarities.

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Jason and Lucia sitting on a pier, enjoying a beer together in the first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer.

Upcoming 2026 games: All the new PC games you won't want to miss, from big hits to hidden gems

By Andrea Shearon last updated

Future Proof We're still waiting on a GTA 6 PC release date.

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Crimson Desert - Kliff crosses blades with an enemy, looking strained, while wearing another sword and shield on his back

I'm sorry to break it to you, but don't expect to be able to play an evil pest in Crimson Desert: 'Would I recommend a full playthrough in that playstyle? Eh, I don't know'

By Rory Norris published

News You won't find evil Shepherd here.

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Hexie Marie, a villain in Crimson Desert, stands regally amongst her crow-like plumage.

Crimson Desert is made by the devs of MMO Black Desert, but it won't have any non-preorder microtransactions on launch: 'This is the premium experience, that is the transaction'

By Harvey Randall published

News Nary a cash shop in sight.

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Crimson Desert's player character clashes swords with an enemy.

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

By Lincoln Carpenter published

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

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Kliff, protagonist of Crimson Desert, clashes swords with his foe.

I forgot Crimson Desert has mechs and dragons in it, but you know what, now I'm even more excited for it

By Issy van der Velde published

news I love a little sci-fi in my fantasy action games.

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A golem's eye in Pearl Abyss' upcoming Crimson Desert.

Crimson Desert's release date trailer bravely makes it through 1 minute of serious fantasy exposition before showing you its cool clockwork dragon and mech, and I love it for that

By Harvey Randall published

News Torn straight out of teenage-me's epic fantasies.

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Crimson Desert is being 'unavoidably delayed' for a second time, now set to release in early 2026

By Mollie Taylor published

news The action game was originally meant to release all the way back in 2021.

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Crimson Desert - Kliff crosses blades with an enemy, looking strained, while wearing another sword and shield on his back

In Crimson Desert, the true boss battle is wrangling its controls to unlock the cool combat within

By Morgan Park published

SGF Crimson Desert continues to look strong, but unwieldy.

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Kliff, protagonist of Crimson Desert, clashes swords with his foe.

Crimson Desert is an unrestrained feast of violence, with a toolkit of moves that's like a fusion of every action RPG protagonist of the past decade rolled into one

By Harvey Randall published

OOPS! ALL PROTAGS I've never wanted to lab an action RPG before.

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