Indie studio known primarily for Shards Online.
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Wakfu’s next big update features a level cap increase and five new adventure islands
It's not every day when the bizarrest MMORPG in town gets a preview for a major update, but that day arrived this week as...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 344: Elyon’s infinite silence
Justin and Colin discuss Elyon's launch, Guild Wars 2's elite specs, Fallen Earth, World of Warcraft 9.1.5, and Legends of Aria, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, GW2, and LOTRO, plus mailbag topics on cinematic trailers, MMO hype, and weapons we miss from dead MMOs.
Legends of Aria announces ‘Aria 2.0’ successor with a new game engine
It's no secret that Citadel Studio's Kickstarted Legends of Aria has wallowed in near-niche obscurity since its summer 2020 launch. Since then, the studio...
Interview: Cryptic untangles Neverwinter’s new battle pass experiment
Earlier this month, we learned that Cryptic is planning a multi-tiered battle pass for Neverwinter. Echoes of Prophecy will serve as the content campaign...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Fate of Gundabad launches November 10 – preorders have begun
Standing Stone Games has finally taken the wraps off the Fate of Gundabad expansion for Lord of the Rings Online in today's big preorder...
CODEX, an MMO based on the Shards engine, launches early access today after a brief delay
Just last week we first reported on CODEX, a project that licensed Legends of Aria's Shards Engine for the purpose of creating an MMO....
Shards-powered CODEX wants to ‘change the way we play massively multiplayer games’
You may recall that one of the goals of Citadel Studio in creating Legends of Aria was developing the flexible Shards Engine to allow...
TERA PC adds new dungeon content, new gear, and a new armor boon system in Build 108
PC players of TERA have a few new dungeon things to do with the launch of Build 108, particularly since there are two new...
Legends of Aria dev Citadel Studios will publish CODEX, a ‘seasonal shared world adventure’ MMO
It would appear that Citadel Studios, the developers of sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria, has its fingers in a new pie. Readers will recall...
ARK Survival Evolved’s Genesis Part 2, the ‘bridge’ to the ARK sequel, is finally live
As promised, ARK Survival Evolved has finally rolled out part two of its massive Genesis update, which essentially puts a capstone on the game's...
Flameseeker Chronicles: The disappointing second half of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga
Welcome to part two of this overview of Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga. Last time, I talked about how the first half of...
TERA Console opens a new dungeon and makes several dungeon adjustments in latest update
The console version of TERA has gotten a recent update that's almost exclusively about dungeons, which is good news for those who like to...
Legends of Aria indefinitely delays patch, works on experimental server instead
We've certainly been wondering what's happened to Legends of Aria, which went really quiet in the early part of 2021 here. The last we...
Neverwinter patches in balance tweaks and bug fixes as Vault of the Stars is live
Sometimes, even minor patches for Neverwinter have a clear and understandable throughline of what's being changed. Other times, you wind up with the game's most...
Conan Exiles applies a laundry list of bug fixes to its testlive build
This is pretty much what a public testing environment was meant for. The most recent PTS build of Conan Exiles has gotten a whole...
House financial services committee investigates Gamestonk as investors sue Reddit ‘agitator’
As promised, the US House Financial Services Committee held its hearing on Gamestonk yesterday, and to read some of the coverage, you'd think the...
Whatever happened to Legends of Aria?
The last time Legends of Aria studio Citadel made a formal announcement, it was two months ago, and it was an apology, as the...
EVE Echoes lets players claim nullsec space and fly in larger fleets with the Indomitable update
Is that a war raging in your pants or is that EVE Echoes' latest update on your phone? The Indomitable update to the mobile...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2020
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's weekly and sometimes biweekly recap of the big news in crowdfunded MMOs. If you're...
Legends of Aria apologizes for COVID-related update and communication delays, shares details for Season 7
Season 7 is underway in Legends of Aria. This would likely be welcome news for most players but it's also possible that they were...
