▲ This photo provided by Pearl Abyss shows Black Desert Steam. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Pearl Abyss announced on Friday (KST) that its flagship online game ‘Black Desert’ topped the sales of the North American and European massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) genre on the world's largest game platform ‘Steam’.

 

"Launching the new class 'Corsair' and the ‘Summer Season' promotion, which were introduced simultaneously around the world on June 29th (KST), led to a surge in sales. New users of Black Desert Steam increased by 500 percent after updating new contents,” Pearl Abyss said.

 

Since the update, new users have increased by 157 percent and returning users by 139 percent, respectively. In Thailand, new users increased by 769 percent.

 

Black Desert ranked No. 1 in sales and popularity in February when it started launched its services in North America and Europe.

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