The First-Ever Black Desert Online Costume Design Contest Has Begun

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Yesterday&comma; Pearl Abyss and Kakao Games announced their first-ever global Online Costume Design Contest for their popular MMO game&comma; <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;black-desert-online-review-dont-get-sand-in-your-shoes-sandbox-pun&sol;"><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Black Desert Online<&sol;span><&sol;i><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Wanting to allow their fan base around the world express their creativity and love for <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Black Desert Online<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&comma; Pearl Abyss&comma; and Kakao Games are allowing artists from North America and Europe to submit costume designs&period; From there&comma; a finalist from each region will be selected and will compete with already-chosen designers from South Korea&comma; Japan&comma; Russia&comma; Taiwan&comma; South America&comma; Turkey&comma; Thailand and South East Asia&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The costume design of the grand prize winner will be added to the game courtesy of Pearl Abyss&period; The winner will also receive &dollar;10&comma;000 of Pearls&comma; <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Black Desert Online’s <&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">in-game currency of the same value&period; Regional finalists will be awarded prizes worth &dollar;3&comma;000 or their equivalent of Pearls&period; Every competitor will receive a prize although the nature of that prize has not been announced&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;134612" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-134612" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-134612" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;08115140&sol;back-e1518108651743&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-134612" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Black Desert Online&comma; Pearl Abyss<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The Global Costume Design Contest submission period started yesterday&comma; Feb&period; 7 and will end on March 5&period; The top 10 of each North American and European designs will be announced on March 14 and will be submitted for community voting up until March 19&period; These votes will determine the regional winners which will be announced on March 20&period; The grand prize winner will be announced on April 11&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Black Desert Online<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> is a sandbox-focused MMORPG that launched in 2015 in Japan and Korea and the following year in North America and Europe on PC&period; Xbox One and PS4 versions are set to launch this year but an exact date has not been announced&period; The game currently sits at 73 on Metacritic&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;