astellia

Official Site: Astellia
Studio: Barunson E&A
Genre: Sandpark
Business Model: Buy-to-play
Platform: PC

Massively Overthinking: When is localization itself the kiss of death for an imported MMORPG?

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Last week, when I was poking around the internet trying to understand why Amazon was still making excuses for de-sexualizing some Lost Ark characters...

MMO Cartographer: Elyon, dead game walking

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It would be reasonable to wonder why I am bothering to write about my experiences in Elyon, a game that Kakao has long since...

Astellia Online is back again as a crummy blockchain MMO called Astel of Atra

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I'm sure you folks all remember Astellia Online: It was a South Korean import that launched here in 2019; we called it a "solidly...
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Vague Patch Notes: The MMORPG industry shockwaves that still reverberate

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A thought occurred to me the other day regarding World of Warcraft and the way that it deformed the MMO industry: People who are...

Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?

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It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...

Astellia Online went ahead and sunsetted early this week – RIP

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Blink and you missed it: Astellia Online is already gone. Back in August, we covered the news that the MMO and its free-to-play and poorly...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 335: Farewell Astellia

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Justin and Bree discuss Astellia Online, Guild Wars 2, Blizzard, and No Man's Sly, with adventures in LOTRO and FFXIV, plus mailbag topics on Diablo's sudden spotlight and the fate of the Blizzard name.
This is probably my favorite of the outfits I got, which is indeed damning with faint praise.

Vague Patch Notes: The lesson hidden in the Astellia shutdown

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A couple years ago, an MMO launched named Astellia. It was fine. It wasn't bad. It wasn't good. It was just fine. It was...
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Astellia Royal has announced its sunset now too after less than a year online

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Earlier this week, we passed along the sad but not unexpected news that Astellia Online, which had dwindled in playerbase and seen its forums...

Astellia Online has now officially announced an October 29 sunset

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Yesterday afternoon, the MMO community raised a collective eyebrow at the realization that Astellia Online and Astellia Royal had vanished from Steam without so much...
The shine is off.

Whatever happened to Astellia and Astellia Royal?

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So it's been quite some time since we heard anything about Astellia (which is buy-to-play) or its free-to-play cousin Astellia Royal, hasn't it? And...

Flyff and Rappelz, under new management, are running spring cryptocurrency events

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When Gala Lab sent us PR about Rappelz and Flyff earlier today, I did a doubletake. In my brain, both games are still happily...

Astellia Online makes Miodan Mine tweaks, adds dungeon gift boxes, and introduces multiple item upgrading

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Astellia Online, aka the version of the game that's not Astellia Royal, has recently gotten an update with a variety of new things to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 314: Blizzard’s a hot mess

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's Wildwood, Astellia, SWTOR's next big thing, Magic Legends, and the Activision-Blizzard layoffs, with adventures in WoW Classic, Elder Scrolls Online, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on the hot mess known as Blizzard.
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Astellia has officially launched its Astella Royal free-to-play version on Steam

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There's nothing more delightfully confusing than when there are completely different versions of the same MMORPG operating globally, as with TERA or Aion. But...

Whatever happened to Rappelz?

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We haven't really had a look in the direction of the classic-style fantasy MMORPG Rappelz in a while save for a listen to its...

Desert Oasis: Avoiding burnout in Black Desert Online

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Players leaving Black Desert in a tizzy is something of a tradition in the community. It can be for a number of reasons. Sometimes...

End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2021

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All right, let's do this one more time. Yes, it's that time when we look ahead to the next year and ask which games...
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Astellia Online’s patch tomorrow lets you break down mounts while adding daily login rewards

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Good new to mount owners in Astellia Online - with the game's next patch tomorrow, you can disassemble your mounts! Not your starter mount,...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Music of 2020

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Music of 2020, which last year wasn't directly awarded; instead, we...

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