Indie studio known primarily for Shards Online.
citadel studios
Legends of Aria previews upcoming content in first developer’s letter of 2019
In-development sandbox MMO Legends of Aria has high hopes for 2019, if the year's first letter from Project Lead Derek "Supreem" Brinkmann is anything...
Legends of Aria discusses early access ‘growing pains’ while hotfixes keep rolling
It's been a rough ride for Legends of Aria in early access, something that the game's most recent newsletter acknowledged; the game was rolling out...
Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019
The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...
Legends of Aria AMA covers sandbox endgame, difficulty, balancing, and future content
Yesterday, devs from Citadel Studios zipped over to Reddit for an AMA all about Legends of Aria, which MMO players will recall just recently hit early access off-steam. Studio boss Derek "Supreem" Brinkmann and lead game designer Jeffrey "Miphon" Edwards sat for questions from the MMORPG sub. While the AMA continues today, here are some of the notable answers posted yesterday:
EVE Online releases its monthly economic report for November
Didn't we just have an economic report from EVE Online? Yes, we did. However, that report from October came out late, while this report from...
Legends of Aria pushes off Steam early access launch into 2019
So for Legends of Aria this afternoon, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that general early access is still happening: It's...
Legends of Aria resets karma system ahead of tomorrow’s early access launch
With its early access launch happening on Steam tomorrowday, Legends of Aria has been shoring up its headstart. A "high volume of traffic" made logins...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 198: Manatee… in… spaaace!
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard, LOTRO, Fallout 76, Star Citizen, H1Z1, City of Heroes, Elite Dangerous, Legends of Aria, and computer upgrades.
The Stream Team: Legends of Aria’s head start!
Alphas are done. Betas are now. Now, we wait for Legends of Aria's Steam Early Access launch -- unless you are in the head...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO things we’re grateful for
Call it sappy, but I'm gonna stop joking about turkey and emptying my wallet on Steam for a sec for tonight's Overthinking. It's Thanksgiving, and we've got some thanking to do.
Legends of Aria is open to all gamers to test freely this weekend
If you're struggling to find something new and MMOsy to play this holiday, maybe give Legends of Aria a go. The classic-inspired MMORPG formerly...
Legends of Aria will let you own land and rent it out for other people’s houses
The big selling point for Legends of Aria's housing is that the system does not actually require you to build a house on your...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG should have never been made?
This could be a gruesome topic, but it popped into my head after GIbiz published an article with advice for game developers from Melbourne Games....
How Legends of Aria is avoiding the ‘gankbox’ MMO problem
Player freedom in sandbox games is always a tricky balancing act, and developers often have to walk a very fine line to prevent their...
Legends of Aria custom server Legends of Ultima aims to bring the classic sandbox into the modern era
The big selling point of Citadel Studios's in-development MMO Legends of Aria is that it allows its players to run entirely moddable custom servers,...
EVE Evolved: Wars are literally ruining EVE Online
EVE Online is fundamentally about real conflict between players on massive scales, and yet I would venture to say that wars are literally ruining...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 190: SWTOR Unite!
Justin and Bree discuss Mike Morhaime's exit from Blizzard, the launches of Lineage 2 Classic and MapleStory 2, Legends of Aria's early access, and Bless Online's F2P plans, plus MMO guilds, how WoW might someday end, what the #SWTORunite community effort is all about.
Legends of Aria plans Steam early access launch on December 4, preorders are live
Legends of Aria is headed to Steam early access, Citadel Studios announced this morning. The launch is set for December 4th. Preorders are live...
Legends of Aria plays around with permadeath during today’s event
You might recall that one of the original tenants of Shards Online -- now Legends of Aria -- was the ability for players to...
Legends of Aria tests realm capacity with a large-scale invasion event on Saturday
How many players can a single realm of Legends of Aria support? There are lots of ways to find out, but there's only one...
