Overview
- Crimson Desert reached 276,261 concurrent players on Steam Sunday, a new peak tracked by SteamDB as user reviews shifted to “Very Positive.”
- Patch 1.01.00, released over the weekend, added five summonable or legendary mounts, including the White Bear, Silver Fang, Snowwhite Deer, Rock Tusk Warthog, and Icicle Edge Alpine Ibex.
- The same update eased movement and travel with tap-to-sprint, faster turning, lower stamina costs for flying and aerial moves, the ability to equip mid‑flight, and shorter fast‑travel and respawn load times; it also tweaked systems like theft so contribution drops only if an NPC sees the crime.
- Pearl Abyss began swapping out AI‑generated 2D art, with patch notes citing “replaced select 2D visual assets,” and players shared before‑and‑after images of paintings as the studio continues a full audit it pledged after apologizing.
- Follow‑up hotfixes—1.01.01 on Monday and 1.01.03 on Tuesday—targeted movement, quest, and boss behaviors across platforms, with some rollouts staggered for Epic Games Store and Mac.