Naginami and the Crimson Thread

It didn't take long for Crimson Desert to get new stuff. During today's State of Play, developer Pearl Abyss unveiled Charting the Unknown. This is the game's first post-launch DLC, and it's set to arrive 15th October. Read more

VR gaming has been around for years at this point, and in that time there have been hundreds of horror games. But Into the Dead: Crimson Heights, revealed at IGN Live, claims to be the first hyper reality horror game. This is the fourth Into the Dead game, after a couple of mobile games and a side-scrolling spinoff back in 2025, Our Darkest Days. But this is the first time the nascent franchise will be coming to VR, or rather 'hyper reality'. What seems to seperate HR from VR here is the Meta Quest 3's ability to scan your surroundings, using a camera in the visor. In the trailer,

Charting the Unknown somehow adds even more stuff to the game that does everything.

IGN interviews Will Powers, director of marketing and PR for Pearl Abyss, to find out what's next for Crimson Desert.

We're just under three months since the release of Crimson Desert, the open-world action RPG from Korean studio Pearl Abyss. The game has continued to break sales records since it first became available for sale, and its developer has today announced a new sales milestone. Read more