Crimson Desert Slated For March Release Date

During the September 2025 State of Play, PlayStation revealed a new trailer for Crimson Desert. The trailer concluded with the announcement of the upcoming action-adventure's release date: March 19, 2026.

The trailer uses in-game footage captured on PlayStation 5 Pro, and it looks beautiful. Most of the footage seems to be from cutscenes, but a few clips appear to be gameplay. Given developer Pearl Abyss' track record, it's no surprise to see Crimson Desert have such incredible-looking visuals--that's probably the best part about Black Desert Online.

Other than the release date, the trailer doesn't reveal any new information, but Pearl Abyss has talked about Crimson Desert a lot up to this point. You play as Kliff, one of the last surviving members of the troop known as the Greymanes. Tasked with finding and reuniting the others who managed to escape an ambush that devastated the Greymanes' numbers some time before the main events of the game, Kliff must contend with a multitude of people and cultures across the continent of Pywel.