Press release
Koch Media and Pearl Abyss partner up for
Black Desert Prestige Edition
Critically acclaimed MMORPG gets physical retail edition!
The Black Desert Prestige Edition will include tons of exclusive in-game content such as a premium costume set (Shudad Glorie Premium Set, an additional exclusive pet and much more, totalling a $139 (£105) in combined value of bonus content. The Prestige Edition will be available for Playstation®4 and Xbox One later this year. Koch Media is co-publisher of the Prestige Edition and responsible for all retail publishing activities.
Black Desert is an open-world action MMORPG with cutting-edge visuals and a skill-based combat system that redefines the genre. Black Desert has the most developed character customization system of any game that is currently on the market, allowing users to become their true selves with unique avatars. The MMO is known for its intuitive controls, beautifully designed world and extensive lore, which has successfully launched in over 150 countries and 12 languages and gained more than 30 million registered users during its lifetime.
Kevin Kim, CBO at Pearl Abyss states: “We are proud to announce this partnership today. We were impressed by the local expertise and shared global goals that this cooperation with Koch Media offers us. Koch Media’s high standards of work by their global teams encourages us further that we will open new markets and reach new target audiences with this physical publishing agreement.”
Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO Koch Media GmbH adds: “We are delighted to work with such an amazing partner as Pearl Abyss. All our teams are looking forward to support this amazing MMORPG entering retail markets. The high quality of the remastered edition and the overwhelming feedback from players ensure us that this will be a strong release for us as a company group across our markets.”
PRODUCT DETAILS
· Title: Black Desert Prestige Edition
· Platforms: PlayStation 4 / Xbox One
· Genre: MMORPG
· Developer: Pearl Abyss
· Publisher: Pearl Abyss
· Age Rating: USK 16 / Pegi 16 / ESRB teen
· Release Date: Q4 2020
· Price: 34,99€ / $29.99
· Available in Europe, North America, EMEA, Australia and New Zealand
· Bonus Content Prestige Edition:
o Exclusive Pet
o Shudad Glorie Premium Set
o Value Package (30 days)
o Enhancement[u1] Help Kit
o Advice of Valks (+40)
o 15 x Blessed Message Scrolls (100min)
o 2000 Pearls
About Pearl Abyss
Best known for the MMORPG franchise Black Desert, Pearl Abyss is a leading developer in the game industry. Established in 2010, Pearl Abyss has since developed Black Desert for PC, mobile and console, and Shadow Arena for PC and console. With all their games built on their proprietary engine, their games are renowned for their cutting-edge graphics. The company also is developing Crimson Desert, DokeV, and PLAN 8, and is poised to continue its growth through 2020 and beyond to maintain its position as one of Asia’s leaders in game development. More information about Pearl Abyss is available at: www.pearlabyss.com
About Koch Media
Koch Media is a global developer, publisher and distributor of computer and videogames, gaming hardware and merchandise. The company's publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, America and Australia. Koch Media has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business and has risen to become a leading games publishing partner. Koch Media runs a multi-label strategy with fully owned content providers, including the labels Deep Silver, Milestone and Ravenscourt which publish games for consoles and PC across all physical and digital channels.
Koch Media has formed long-term multi-national publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Bethesda, Capcom, Codemasters, Konami, Koei Tecmo, NC Soft, Sega, Square Enix, Warner and many others. With its parent company in Höfen, Austria and the Publishing HQ in Munich, Germany, Koch Media owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia and the United States. The Koch Media group owns six game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL / USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham / UK), Deep Silver Fishlabs (Hamburg / Germany), Warhorse Studios (Prague / Czech Republic), Milestone (Milan / Italy) and Voxler (Paris / France). Additionally Koch Media collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.
Koch Media also owns Gaya Entertainment, a leading games merchandise company in Langenfeld, Germany and the Quality Assurance Facility in Olomuc, Czech Republic. Furthermore, with Koch Films the Koch Media Group runs an established film business. Koch Films is a European independent film distributor with business primarily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as a cinema, TV, online and Home Entertainment distributor.
Koch Media is an Embracer Group company.