Black Desert Online is no longer published by GameNet in Russia, the company that has held the reins for the past three years. Publication will be assumed by Pearl Abyss in CiS nations. However, after negotiations fell through regarding the migration of account databases, it appears that players will have to start from scratch on the newly created Pearl Abyss servers.
Not only was it sent to the back burner, but now thousands of hours spent on this project have been wasted.