Black Desert’s name reservation period opens this afternoon at 1 p.m. EST as promised. Pre-order players can swing over to the name reservation website this afternoon, log in, and claim Legolas999 to their hearts’ content. Hooray!

Explorer’s and Conqueror’s package owners are further invited to the second beta test that begins next week.

Daum Games has collected feedback from the community during the first Beta test in December and has made several improvements to the game. Players jumping into the second Closed Beta next week will be able to observe the following changes and features: Revamped Karma system, which balances player kills and death penalties

Addition of voiceovers

French and German localization

Addition of tutorial videos

Adjustments to experience gain

Maximum player level of 55

Improved user interface

The game officially launches here in the west on March 3rd.

Source: Press release