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Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?
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
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...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 335: Farewell Astellia
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.
Vague Patch Notes: The lesson hidden in the Astellia shutdown
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...
Astellia Royal has announced its sunset now too after less than a year online
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
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...
Whatever happened to Astellia and Astellia Royal?
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
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
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
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.
Astellia has officially launched its Astella Royal free-to-play version on Steam
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?
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
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
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...
Astellia Online’s patch tomorrow lets you break down mounts while adding daily login rewards
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
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...
Winter holiday events around the MMO universe, 2020 edition
Ho ho ho, it's Santa's younger brother Derrick here to do all of the jobs that Nick can't be bothered with this holiday season!...
Astellia Royal is the free-to-play version of Astellia Online released to North America and Korea
We recently learned about the existence of Astellia Royal, and naturally we initially assumed it was some sort of free-to-play battle royale version of...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2020 predictions
Last December, when we sat down to write out our annual MMO predictions for 2020, I don't think anyone had "biggest global pandemic in...
PSA: Astellia Online is handing out seven-day codes to try it out for free
Have you been curious to try out Astellia Online especially after it showed off its pretty new upcoming region? Well you're in luck, as...