{"id":330675,"date":"2025-10-19T18:46:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2164559"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:46:46","slug":"dokev-is-an-eye-catching-pokemon-style-game-from-the-black-desert-online-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dokev-is-an-eye-catching-pokemon-style-game-from-the-black-desert-online-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"DokeV is an eye-catching Pok\u00e9mon-style game from the Black Desert Online developer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dokev-is-an-eye-catching-pokemon-style-game-from-the-black-desert-online-developer.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 26\/8\/21:<\/strong> DokeV has shifted genres during development and is no longer an MMO, Black Desert Online developer Pearl Abyss has now said.<\/p>\n<p>While still currently referred to in press materials and on the game&#8217;s official site as an MMO, this no longer the case, Pearl Abyss announced this morning via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DokeVGame\/status\/1430678341502201857\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DokeV was initially introduced as an MMO, but we decided to move the game in a different direction and it&#8217;s now a creature-collecting open world action-adventure,&#8221; the DokeV account stated. &#8220;But regardless of genre, we&#8217;re going for fun, vibrant, and adventurous!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-25-dokev-is-an-eye-catching-pokemon-style-mmo\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-25-dokev-is-an-eye-catching-pokemon-style-mmo\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 26\/8\/21: DokeV has shifted genres during development and is no longer an MMO, Black Desert Online developer Pearl Abyss has now said. 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