Pearl Abyss held a two-hour press conference last weekend, and announced the specifications and release date for “Black Desert: Remastered“. It’s planning to be an extensive overhaul of the critically acclaimed MMORPG from South Korea. The MMORPG is already a beautiful creation, but Pearl Abyss plans to produce a massive overhaul of these graphics and audio to offer a more immersive experience. At this press conference, Kwang Hyun Ko (lead graphics programmer) discussed improvements such as physically based rendering, lighting, and atmospheric scattering techniques. Black Desert also plans to utilize HDR output and improved post-processing with YEBIS middleware, alongside other optimizations (ambient occlusion, improved ocean rendering, and more). With improved game frame optimization, the new graphics remaster will not affect the recommended system requirements for Black Desert Online. The keynote also featured Audio
Director Hui Man Ryu (CROOVE) who explained several soundtrack enhancements. New folley effects have been added to make the world more lively and better reflect the Black Desert world. Last but not least the original midi score has been replaced with a full orchestral score, consisting of new compositions and arrangements. In total, over 100 pieces that cover Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon have been remastered with a total length of over 300 minutes. Three renowned full-scale European orchestras and a choir have been used in recording the music. Black Desert: Remastered is out for users of the Global Lab Testing server today, and is slated to hit the live servers on August 22nd, after regular maintenance.
Recommended system requirements to play Black Desert Online: OS: Windows 7 or higher (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5-650 3.2GHz. Memory: 8 GB RAM. Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970, AMD RX 480. Network: Broadband Internet connection. Storage: 27 GB available space. The remastered graphics will make the game look like a whole new game, but will not affect the system requirements. The remastered graphicscan be turned on/off. Remastered graphics turned off (left) and turned on (right) Character Tag System. A new system where you can swap your character will be added.
Black Desert Online developer Pearl Abyss has announced a huge graphics and audio update for the MMO, which is due to drop next week on August 23. The developer are calling the new version Black Desert: Remastered, and say that the revamp “redefines graphics and audio quality for MMORPGs.”
Pearl Abyss made the announcement at a live conference in Seoul. The event showed off the improved version of the game, and gave a few details about what players can expect.
On the audio side, Audio Director Hwiman Ryu revealed that the Remastered version will feature 100 new songs at over 300 minutes, recorded with a full orchestra comprising 88 musicians from Germany, Czech Republic and Hungary. Additionally, 60 voice actors re-recorded audio for 130 NPCs, which Pearl Abyss hope will give “a more realistic and immersive experience.”
The game will also feature improved graphics, with enhanced light processing. The development team say that they’ve hard worked to optimize the game’s existing specifications, presumably so the game can still be played on as wide a range of PCs as possible.
Pearl Abyss also revealed some additional features that were coming to the game in future updates, which include an expanded range of Black Spirit skills, a new region called Ordilita, a male ranger, and a new sniper mode “for hunting and more.” There is also “a new militarized subjugation system in the works,” apparently.
Before the Remastered update drops, players can take part in the celebrations to receive a Blessing of Kamasylve, and anyone who logs in to the game before the update will receive a Tier 7 Horse Emblem and a Golden Horse Gear Set when it does on August 23.