One of the benefits of publishing games from across the Pacific is that a studio can get it to us quickly, and that’s exactly what’s happened with Trion Worlds‘ MMOARPGÂ Devilian, which formally launches today, just a few short months after its June 2015 reveal.
Massively OP’s Justin Olivetti scoped out the game’s testing in October, declaring in his first impressions,
To its credit, Devilian plunks the player down in the thick of the action from the get-go without a lot of annoying hand-holding. This is a Diablo clone, after all, so all you need to know from the onset is that clicking is good, and clicking faster is even better. Gradually over the first 20 levels (they come quickly), Devilian peppers in tutorials masked as quests, but they’re spread out as to keep it from feeling as though a developer is force-feeding you a manual all at once.
In honor of today’s launch, we’ve rounded up all of our coverage from the game from announcement to now. If you’re playing, let us know what you think about the game!
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 154: A Prime experiment - Justin and Bree discuss Trion's big RIFT and Devilian news, Camelot Unchained's $7.5M investment, Darkfall New Dawn's launch, and layoffs for Albion and Elyria, with a mailbag question on what went wrong with WildStar.
Hell freezes over: Devilian to sunset in March - Two-year-old Devilian will not make it to its third birthday, we are sorry to report. Trion Worlds announced on Friday that it will be shuttering the Diablo-style MMO on March 5th. This makes sense following developer…
The Stream Team: Devilian turns two! - Because Devilian apparently did not want to play nice with the better video card on her laptop, Massively OP's MJ had to wait to use her big rig to host a belated anniversary show. The game…
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The MMOs of the Steam Summer 2017 Sale - After some ups and downs this afternoon -- everybody loves the "try again later" message, right? -- Valve's summer Steam sale is finally underway and stable. Here's what we're looking at in our corner of the…
Devilian update raises level cap, gives out free goodies - Ah! Geez, you scared us, Devilian! We kind of... forgot you existed, for a minute there. What's that you say? You've got a new patch to share with your friends? And a login promotion too? Good…
Massively OP’s spring and Easter MMORPG event roundup - Bunnies and eggs! Flowers and grass! Lots and lots of chocolate as we hoard every Cadbury thing we can find! (Or maybe that's just me?) Yep, Easter is this weekend, making it a convenient time for…
April Fools’ Day 2017: Hijinks across the MMOverse - If you don't like tricks and jokes, just stop reading right now, turn the lights off, and go climb back into bed. Nothing on the internet is going to bring you joy today, so just sit…
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Massively OP’s guide to Valentine’s Day around the MMORPG verse - Ready for sappy questlines, particle effects that look like hearts, and lots -- and I do mean lots -- of pink? Valentine's day has arrived in the real world and many of the pretend worlds inside…
Devilian dishes out extra enchanting stones this weekend - Our mamas always told us, "Kids, you can never have too many enchanting stones!" This didn't make sense for most of our lives, and we were the target of several unfortunate witch hunts, but now Trion…
Trion Worlds’ Scapes jumps over to Bethsoft - One of the more prominent faces of Trion Worlds has been traded over to the team at Bethesda. Evan Berman, more commonly known as "Scapes" (ask him about his "Save Farscape" history), joined Bethesda Softworks in…
The Stream Team: Happy first birthday Devilian! - It happens only once in a game's life: that first anniversary! Yes, Devilian turns one year old today. Where on earth did the time go? Massively OP's MJ is hopping in to celebrate the occasion. It's…
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Devilian mobile launches worldwide - Following a limited rollout earlier in September, Devilian's mobile edition is now available to players around the globe. This mobile version of the action-RPG isn't cross-platform with the one being run by Trion Worlds here in…
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Massively OP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2016 - "Two things I did on Hallows Night: / Made my house April-clear / Left open wide my door / to the ghosts of the year."  ~ "All Hollows Night" by Lizette Woodworth Reese Is your door open…
Devilian’s Bloodstained Legacy patch bumps the level cap and adds Halloween - Trion Worlds has rolled out the 5.1 update for its ORPG clicker Devilian today. Dubbed Bloodstained Legacy, the patch lifts the level cap to 58, adds new gear sets, and allows players to boost their expansion…
Devilian’s mobile version has launched in eight countries - GAMEVIL announced today that it's ported Korean-born hack-n-slash MMOARPG Devilian to mobile -- at least if you live in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Sweden, the Philippines, and Vietnam, where it's currently live on the…
Devilian, Defiance community staffers shuffle as Trion seeks new hires in Austin - An anonymous reader tipped us off to possible staffing shifts at Trion Worlds this week, and now Trion's Garth Chouteau has confirmed to Massively OP that two employees did depart in what is apparently not a mass-layoff…
Devilian launches Alvir’s Legacy today with new dungeon, level cap increase - Alvir's Legacy goes live in Devilian today. Trion says that the 1.4 update includes its "most intense challenges yet" with a bump to the level cap (56), new gear sets, new currency, a new artifact tier,…
Devilian turns on megaserver tech, starts regular PvP event - The transition to Devilian's new megaserver technology is complete. Trion Worlds has merged all of the game's population into two plus-sized shards, one for North America and one for Europe. Europe's server went online last week,…
A TERA/Devilian mobile crossover game exists - All right. So what do you get when you combine TERA with Devilian? No, not the concepts of those games, the actual games. What do you get when you stick both of them in the same…
Devilian preps megaserver tech, introduces the pet appearance system - Doesn't the term "megaserver" give you instant goosebumps and make you want to stand up and salute the world for having birthed something so inspirational? No? Well, it still sounds cool, like the final boss of…
Devilian prepares spring event and readies megaserver hardware - Devilian has a lot brewing on its action-RPG stove, according to its April producer's letter. A spring event is almost here, and with the update will come several other additions and changes to the game. A…
Devilian revs up refer-a-friend program - When you're looking to bolster your game's population, there's nothing that makes a marketing department quite as happy as getting loyal players to work as recruiters. Yes, it's another refer-a-friend program sighting, this time popping up…
Massively OP Podcast Episode 52: Horror sloth! - Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert 's cash shop, H1Z1, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge's laundry, Devilian, Grim Dawn, FFXIV, and TSW, with mailbag questions on voiceover localization.
The Tempest class and seven new content areas arrive in Devilian today - Devilian's Fury of the Tempest patch is live on the production servers today. Trion Worlds says the Tempest's ""acrobatic experience with both battle and blades have made her both a worth ally to any Devilian and…
Leaderboard: Autorun in MMOs - I recently gave Trion's MMO-ARPG hybrid Devilian a try and was pleasantly surprised to see one particular Asian import included: autorun. Basically, you click on the autorun button next to a quest, and the game will pilot you…
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Devilian adding Tempest class, raising level cap - Trion Worlds' OARPG Devilian has only been out for a short while now, but the game is already preparing to grow in more than one way. There's a major update planned for February 18th that should…
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Devilian begins 20v20 guild tourneys, grants 15 days of bonus gifts - Devilian players know that the game is absolutely shameless in its attempts to get you to log in and play it, with daily rewards, friend presents, and guild buffs abounding. Now Trion Worlds is adding even…
Massively OP’s guide to choosing an online ARPG - Bored of MMOs, despondent about the industry, or simply looking for something a little different? Turning to something similar to MMOs, yet offering a new experience, is what's attracted many people to online action RPGs. MMOARPGs, or…
The best Massively OP MMORPG streams of 2015 - The number of games our wee little Stream Team covers in the span of a year is staggering. If you ever wanted to know what an MMORPG looks like and how it plays before you shell…
Perfect Ten: The MMORPGs to watch in 2016 - A long time ago on another website far, far away, I held a tradition of kicking off the new year by listing the top 10 MMOs that deserved attention and were likely to launch that year.…
Devilian takes a look at the successes and failures of its launch month - The first month of operation is a tumultuous time for any new title. Devilian feels as if it were just announced, but it launched back on December 10th, and the community has been plowing through its…
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Hell freezes over in Devilian - You heard it here first, folks: Hell has frozen over in Devilian. The MMOARPG has triggered its first seasonal event, Hell Freeze, in which meanie dungeon bosses have stolen twinkling stars that rightfully belong to a…
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG news stories of 2015 - For as long as Massively Overpowered exists, this will be one of the most memorable years in our site's history. It was the year that, after seven year of operation, old Massively got abruptly shuttered by…
Massively OP Podcast Episode 42: Starstruck - Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, Devilian, WoW, WildStar, Landmark, Cube World, and Mytheon, with mailbox questions on multiboxing and MMO monogamy.
Trion compensates Devilian players for lost progress on the Seadrift server - There's nothing quite like logging in over the weekend to play some Devilian, logging out after a little while, and then logging back in... to find all of your progress completely gone. A server restart on…
Second impressions of Trion’s Devilian: The pros and cons - Some of you might recall that this past month, my family welcomed a new addition to its household. With a newborn around once more, I'm rediscovering things I long since forgot from the previous three, things such…
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: MMO Studio of the Year - Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the best MMO studio of the year. Last year's award was won by SOE, you'll recall, a choice that seems almost quaint from here at the end of 2015.…
The Stream Team: Heading into Devilian’s head start - So what if MassivelyOP's MJ will be stuck in airports and on planes on Devilian's launch day? She's got a head start to start in! Of course, that means she will need to start over with…
Devilian lands on Steam and posts server list - It's a big week for Devilian, as the action-RPG just finished up its open beta test and will be launching in a few days. Trion Worlds' posted server list for the game is notable in that the head…
Devilian’s open beta has begun - The launch date for Devilian is just around the corner, but there's still some time before it really begins. Open beta has begun, however, running until 1 a.m. EST on December 7th. That's only shortly before…
Massively OP Podcast Episode 40: Gnome Huntarz - Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, GW2, WoW, The Repopulation, Devilian, Marvel Heroes, and Dogma: Eternal Night, plus mailbag questions on finding time to play and whether EverQuest Next is vaporware.
Devilian begins open beta next week, launches on December 10 - Trion Worlds' action-RPG import Devilian will be out in time for the holiday season this year. The studio announced today that the game will be going into open beta on Wednesday, December 2nd, for anyone who would…
Devilian begins final closed beta test and previews the Shadowhunter - The finish line for Devilian's western test cycle is fast approaching, as the game entered into its fourth and final closed beta yesterday. The big hook for the beta test is the addition of Devilian's open…
Devilian beefs up its PvP game for its beta 4 event - Trion Worlds is eager to show that it's trying to be more flexible and adaptive with its upcoming Devilian import, saying in this month's producer's letter that it's been working with the game's developer to institute…
Devilian’s third CBT starts Thursday as devs show off game highlights - Devilian's closed beta events are flying by, with a third planned to run from Thursday, November 12th through Monday, November 16th. The CBT is being called Speak of the Devil and will include French and German…
Devilian begins selling early access packs - Even in a free-to-play game, money talks, which is probably why Trion has begun selling Devilian selling early access packs to the community. The packs, which cost $20, include a two-day head start to launch, guaranteed beta access, a…
The Stream Team: Another date with Devilian - MassivelyOP’s MJ was pleasantly surprised at how much she was enjoying her first romp in Devilian. And now that the second closed beta weekend has opened, she's back in on her Evoker to continue questing while…
Devilian’s second closed beta starts on October 29th - Looking forward to running around and smashing demons in Devilian once again? The game's second closed beta test is starting up on October 29th at 1:00 p.m. EDT, running until November 2nd at 1 p.m. EST.…
Devilian kicks off its first closed beta test - Devilian's first closed beta test is now live, according to Trion Worlds, but there may be a crush to get in the doors. "Given the number of beta invites, we DO expect a queue at CBT1…
Devilian unveils the Cannoneer, starts beta tomorrow - Devilian's first closed beta starts tomorrow. As such, Trion has released a new video focused on the Cannoneer, which is a "petite yet powerful" brandisher of heavy weapons. The class is focused on magic and science…
Devilian’s dungeons include multiple difficulty levels, LFG system, CBT starts next week - Believe it or not, Devilian will feature a lot of grouping as part of its dungeon mechanics. Trion Worlds promises that when it comes time for players to jump into an instance, they'll be aided by…
Massively OP’s first impressions of Devilian - Call my stance on Trion World's upcoming Devilian "oh-so-cautiously interested." Personally, I think Trion invited more grief than it wanted with the importation of ArcheAge to its portfolio, and with many MMO players still stinging from the…
The Stream Team: Diving into Devilian - Do you want to see what Devilian's alpha is like? You're in luck: MassivelyOP's MJ is heading in to check out this new fantasy MMOARPG. She'll be starting from character creation (promise, it really won't take…
Devilian begins alpha testing for Obsidian founders - If you've been eagerly awaiting your chance to get your hands on Devilian even in just a test stage, your wait is over. At least, it's over if you purchased the appropriate level of founder's pack…
PAX Prime 2015: Devilian reveals founder packs - At PAX Prime last night, Trion announced founder packs for its upcoming OARPG import, Devilian. The cheapest bundle, at $49.99, includes beta access, 2500 credits, a two-day early access, a month of Patron status, two extra character…
Devilian’s South Korea server is shutting down - Is Devilian in trouble? It may be too early to tell, but developer Ginno Games has announced the closure of the title's South Korea server and its reacquisition of rights from publisher Hangame. MMO Culture reports…
Devilian spotlights the Cannoneer - How would you like to play a character who looks like a 10-year-old with a short skirt and a large cannon? If your response is that you'd like that ever so much, then the Cannoneer is…
Devilian unveils the Evoker class - You still have some time to decide which of Devilian's four classes you'll be trying out when the game launches. If ranged spellcasting is your bag, however, then the game might be tempting you with the…
Devilian spotlights the Shadowhunter and the Talisman mechanic - You wouldn't think that hunting shadows would be a very lucrative profession, since all it takes to catch them is a light source and functional eyes. So it can be assumed that Devilian's Shadowhunter is less…
Trion Worlds purges Glyph of third-party games - Trion Worlds is apparently getting out of the game distribution service, as least when it comes to games made by other studios. Scott Hartsman has reportedly announced that "Trion has ended its experiment with selling single-player DRM-free…
Devilian shows off Shadowhunter class and devil form - Action-RPG Devilian is cranking up its hype machine, with a pair of informative dev blogs posted this past week about the game's features. The first is a succinct post about the Shadowhunter class. The Shadowhunter uses…
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 21 - Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes, Final Fantasy XIV, RIFT 3.3, WoW's patch cycle, Cabal 2's launch, Skyforge's soft launch, and TERA's update, with mailbag questions on hero picks, names, and character gender options.
Trion: Devilian has ‘all the features of your dream ARPG’ - Now that Trion's newest MMO import is no longer cloaked in secrecy, the Devilian team is excited to get out there and talk about the game. Trion Worlds Producer Andrew Sipotz posted a welcome letter to…
Trion welcomes action-RPG Devilian into its fold - After a cryptic teaser site posted last week, Trion Worlds is finally ready to make its big announcement: The studio will be publishing Korean import Devilian as part of its library. In a nutshell, Devilian is…
Trion’s new mystery game looks like Devilian Online - Trion Worlds decided to engage in a bit of image-based teasing yesterday, leaving players with nothing more than an image an a tagline. Some eagle-eyed fans have noted that the teaser image does seem to have…
Trion Worlds teases creepy new game - Is the devil inside you? Trion Worlds is pretty sure it's the devil and not Intel, anyway. The studio behind MMOs RIFT, Defiance, and Trove tweeted out a mysterious message and link today, suggesting it's got…
Update: The game is live now. Have fun!
