Jan 13, 2017 05:24 AM EST By Ernest A, UniversityHerald Reporter

Most fans and avid gamers alike will be familiar with the success of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) genre in the gaming industry. As such, these same fans will be gald to know that the acclaimed "Black Desert Online" has been preparing for the Margoria Expansion, which was was reported to be preloaded already prior to its release. Moreover, fans can expect new awakened bosses to be included with the latest update for the game, according to sources.

It was recently reported that the "Black Desert Online" Margoria expansion will be released on the 25th of January, PC Invasion noted. Furthermore, it was also stated therein that it will be free to existing players of the game. The content of the expansion will be focused on watery and naval-heavy adventures filled with treasures and undersea areas to explore.

As such, the "Black Desert Online" Margoria expansion will be also include underwater monster hunting, ship construction, more than a hundred new quests available to players, and a naval battle that will pit guilds against one another. The source also noted that the latter feature will be the one that will determine who among the guilds will claim the dominant trade-route power in the game.

That being said, the oceans for "Black Desert Online" also got a make over last year in order to prepare for the coming of the Margoria expansion.

In addition, it was said that the data for the Margoria expansion for "Black Desert Online" has already been preloaded in the latest update, MMORPG reported. Due to the enormous size that the expansion will be bringing to the game, it was said that the content for the Margoria expansion was split into a series of smaller packages to reduce the overall weight of data needed to be downloaded later this year.

Along with this, the source noted that the recent update also brings in new awakened bosses in the game, which includes the following: Awakened Red Nose, Giath, Dastard Bheg, Hexe Marie, Dim Tree Spirit, and Muskan.

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