Official Site:Â Legends of Aria
Studio:Â Citadel Studios
Launch Date: N/A
Genre:Â Moddable Sandbox MMORPG
Business Model:Â B2P
Platform: PC
Originally titled Shards Online
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Perfect Ten: MMOs that flirted with permadeath
This month, Dungeons and Dragons Online will be venturing where many MMORPGs have feared to tread: into the realm of officially supported permadeath. The...
Massively Overthinking: The first 10 minutes of an MMO
So here's the thing about Elder Scrolls games: Most of them start out with the same hook. From Morrowind to Oblivion to Skyrim, you...
Legends of Aria explains the new professions system it launched with Steam early access
Still fresh off its Steam early access launch last week, Legends of Aria has posted a new dev blog all about the Professions system....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 233: What WoW Classic slouches toward Bethlehem?
Justin and Bree discuss WoW and WoW Classic, LOTRO, Square Enix, Aion, DCUO, and Legends of Aria, with adventures in Chronicles of Spellborn, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on newbie onboarding and MMO end-of-life strategy.
Legends of Aria has seen a 3X increase in players since hitting Steam
We're seven days removed from the Steam early access launch of Legends of Aria, so let's take stock of where things stand, shall we?
First...
Betawatch: Black Desert Online starts testing on the PlayStation 4
Console edition all the MMOs! Black Desert Online already made the leap to the Xbox One, a console with an installed base of four...
The Stream Team: Legends of Aria launches on Steam!
If you've been waiting for Legends of Aria to open up on Steam, today is your day! And Massively OP's MJ is celebrating the...
Legends of Aria hits Steam early access today with the PvP patch, a sale, and a free month of sub for loyalists
Legends of Aria's big day has arrived - or will when the gates open today around 3 p.m. EDT.
A few weeks ago, Citadel Studios...
Make My MMO: City of Titans devs release lore novel, Ship of Heroes talks character creation beta
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Legends of Aria’s new bard and vitality regen system sounds an awful lot like Star Wars Galaxies’
Let me just put it out there: Bards are the best class archetype in all of RPGs, let alone just MMOs, which is why...
Legends of Aria bows to the RNG gods of enchanting
With its launch right around the corner, Legends of Aria is spinning up the hype-and-info machine to re-introduce this fantasy MMORPG to the masses....
MMO Week in Review: Wouldn’t it be awesome if Guild Wars 2’s next season were Cantha
It was a surprisingly solid week for Guild Wars 2, not so much because of one specific thing but because of the deluge: ArenaNet...
Betawatch: Legends of Aria prepares for launch on August 6
It's finally happening. Legends of Aria is arriving in an actual launch state on August 6th, complete with a big patch to make it...
Here’s how Legends of Aria’s new PvP ruleset changes will work when it hits Steam early access
Following Citadel Studios' announcement yesterday that it'll be launching Legends of Aria's Steam early access on August 6th, alongside a big patch that takes...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 230: A tale of geeks and gamers (and the Legends of Aria interview)
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann for a deep-dive into the launch patch, plus we discuss Villagers & Heroes, SWTOR, Neverwinter, DCUO, and WoW, with a mailbag topic about City of Heroes' spiritual successors.
Legends of Aria is finally launching August 6 – with a huge new patch friendly to PvE players
Legends of Aria has had an interesting development life the last few years. Upjumped from the small-scale Shards Online to a much broader-scale MMORPG...
Make My MMO: Boobs don’t work that way, League of Maidens
A few weeks ago we teased newly announced MMO Eternal Magic for offering a beauty contest "for the girls," which, OK, we all know...
Latest Legends of Aria experimental server patch introduces Colossal mini-bosses
A new patch has hit the Legends of Aria experimental server, bringing with it a brand-new type of PvE encounter in the form of...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s monthly studio report for… April
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we're in the back half of May now, and you know what that means: a rather belated studio report from...
Legends of Aria’s meaty cooking revamp adds ingredient-based buffs and gardening harvests
True story: I love video game skills like cooking and gardening in MMOs, chiefly because I do not love them in real life -...
