Play Black Desert Online’s Drieghan Expansion at EGX 2018

Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 5th of September, 2018/ Pearl Abyss and Kakao Games have announced today that Black Desert Online will receive a brand new expansion named Drieghan. This update will feature a large mountainous area, over 300 challenging quests, fresh nodes to conquer and a new menacing dragon boss called Garmoth.

Drieghan will launch later this year as a free update and will be playable for the very first time during this year’s EGX game show which takes place between the 20th and 23rd of September in Birmingham. Kakao Games is partnering with ESL, the world’s largest independent esports company, to provide visitors with a unique first look into this exciting new content. Black Desert Online’s Drieghan expansion is playable on 40 high-end Alienware PCs at the ESL Arena powered by Intel, the biggest activation during the EGX game show.

EGX visitors who visit the Black Desert Booth will be able to check out the new Drieghan expansion, have a chance at defeating the new dragon world boss, as well as receive a free game code of Black Desert Online valued at £7.99. There are three great ways to win the exclusive Black Desert Online goodie bag:

1. Defeat the world boss
2. PVP tournament
3. Post a picture on SNS with our cosplayers using #BDORemastered

Throughout EGX, Kakao Games will live stream all booth activities on Black Desert Online’s official Twitch channel. The stream will include content provided by our partnered streamers that will check out the new Drieghan expansion. Aside from content and tournament streams, there will be a host of panels with Black Desert Online cosplayers and a Developer Q&A on Drieghan’s main features. A full streaming schedule will be revealed at a later date on the official Black Desert Online website. Please follow ESL UK on twitter and facebook or the Black Desert Online social media channels listed below for all the latest news.

About the upcoming Drieghan Expansion

Drieghan, also known as the land of dragons and the ancestral home of dwarves is a huge new mountainous area in Black Desert Online offering new story content, quests and challenges. Adventurers will be able to travel to Duvencrune, the capital of Drieghan which shows a variety of environments of an alpine region. New monster areas such as ‘Sherekhan's Grave, ‘Blood Wolf Town’, ‘Tshira Ruins’ will be released as well as the new dragon world boss, Garmoth, the Crimson Dragon. Players can also look forward to the Dragon Slayer, a brand new powerful craftable weapon which nearly matches the “Dandelion” weapon.

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Pssst! Hey, if this sounds cool to you and you're going to be at EGX, why not book an appointment to check out the hands-on demo or an interview with the devs from Pearl Abyss? Hit me up at [email protected] with your availability!

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