Crimson Desert DLC delayed as Pearl Abyss admits it needs more time

Crimson Desert's first paid DLC Charting The Unknown will now arrive slightly later than planned after Pearl Abyss confessed that it needed more time in the oven.

Charting The Unknown was scheduled to arrive on October 15 - a generous launch date for the expansion, considering that Crimson Desert itself only launched earlier this year.

Thankfully, Pearl Abyss remains desperate to get the expansion into the hands of fans as it'll now arrive just a couple of weeks later.

"Hello Greymanes," the statement began. "We are hard at work on Crimson Desert Enhanced: Charting The Unknown to bring you new adventures to Pywel. However, we have determined that we need additional development time to deliver a more polished and stable gameplay experience. Therefore, we have decided to move the DLC's release by two weeks to October 29 GMT/PT."

It continued, "We know many of you have been looking forward to returning to the game and we sincerely apologise for the longer wait. We will use the additional time to further refine the content and do our utmost to deliver the best experience we can. We look forward to seeing you in Pywel on October 29 GMT/PT."

It's the right move if the DLC isn't ready especially as, again, it's hardly as if players have been starved for content for very long. I'd imagine very few of those who picked up Crimson Desert on launch day in March have seen everything the enormous base game offers.

While Crimson Desert was well received at launch critically, it did prove to be unexpectedly jarring with players. Many felt the controls were a little too complicated and the world a little too zany. The experience has been improved by subsequent updates, particularly the changes to the story brought forth in the Enhanced Edition release.

What Pearl Abyss won't want to do is launch the DLC and once again have to refine it post-launch. A smooth launch would be preferable and if that requires a delay, so be it.

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