Pearl Abyss

The company was founded in September 2010 by Kim Daeil and Youn Jaemin,^[2] previously a developer with Hangame and NHN Gaming, and began development of Black Desert Online shortly after.^[3][4][5] After the success of the game, Pearl Abyss decided to take over publishing rights and publish the game themselves rather than partnering with a 3rd party publisher.^[6] The success of Black Desert Online led to the development of another game, Crimson Desert, which is set to be a single player action adventure game.^[7] On September 6, 2018, Pearl announced that they had agreed to acquire CCP Games, developer of Eve Online for approximately US$425 million. CCP's development studios in Reykjavík, London, and Shanghai would continue under CCP Games, while the publishing and marketing functions of CCP would be integrated with Pearl Abyss.^[8] On November 2020 and June 2021, Pearl Abyss made two rounds of seed investments to Vic Game Studios, the developers of Black Clover M: Rise of the Wizard King and the upcoming Limited Zero Breakers, respectively.