Digital Foundry was very pleased with Crimson Desert

At CES 2026, the Korean game Crimson Desert became the main technical revelation. Digital Foundry experts highly praised its advanced graphics, created on Pearl Abyss's proprietary engine. The demo showcased realistic path-traced lighting, vast draw distances, and complex water physics. On powerful AMD hardware, the game ran in 4K at a frame rate of... up to 50 frames per second.