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'This Is a Premium Experience. That Is the Transaction. Full Stop' — Crimson Desert Dev Rules Out Microtransactions or a Cosmetic Cash Shop

Crimson Desert is a premium $69.99 buy-once game with no microtransactions or cosmetic shop, designed for immersive exploration in a vast open world, Pearl Abyss confirmed.

  • Pearl Abyss said the upcoming Crimson Desert has no cosmetic cash shop or microtransactions, framing it as a premium one-time purchase players buy and enjoy.
  • With release on March 19, the developers said they were doubling down on an optimization phase last month as hype increased.
  • Pywel, the game's continent, is at least twice Skyrim's playable area and larger than Red Dead Redemption 2, with traversal options including horseback, gliding, mech, and dragon.
  • Debate over Crimson Desert's huge open world continues, while Pearl Abyss said free-to-play requires different revenue, highlighting monetization trade-offs players are debating.
  • Two additional playable characters unlock as the story progresses, and the world contains hidden treasures, ancient mechanisms and puzzles, Pearl Abyss said.
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News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. Since it showed its first trailers, Crimson Desert drew attention to its visual level and the variety of mechanics it promises. Intense fighting, wide open world and a more narrative approach than its predecessor. But there was a doubt that did not stop appearing among players. Concern came about its link with Black Desert, the MMORPG that made Pearl Abyss famous and based…

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Crimson Desert, a future solo action RPG from the same studio that created Black Desert Online, looks very promising.

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TwistedVoxel broke the news in on Monday, February 16, 2026.
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