Crimson Desert's biggest patch yet officially arrives

In Pearl Abyss' journey to make Crimson Desert the most complete game of all time, the latest patch — the fourth major update since the game's mid-March release date — has fixed, uh, just about everything. Alright, that may be a slight exaggeration, but the South Korea-based developer is astounding everyone with its post-launch support. Earlier this month, Pearl Abyss promised a slew of new features throughout the year, and the first of those is here already as difficulty settings are now available. These are just your standard easy, normal, and hard options, but the patch notes detail exactly what's different about them, including the fact that on hard mode, certain bosses have "additional combat patterns." For those of you who have struggled with the game's limited storage in the housing system, there are now additional options: If you're like me, you've spent a significant amount of time in Crimson Desert befriending animals. So it should come as good news that the final, majorly noteworthy addition in this patch comes in the form of being able to get birds as pets. You'll need the Sotdae of Bond item to gain trust with birds, which is obtainable through a quest, and birds can o