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Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs
A few weeks back, our team was discussing the intersection of survival sandboxes, MMORPG virtual worlds, and gankboxes - and how hard it is...
Legends of Aria’s crypto version, Britaria, goes bust over ‘financial constraints’
When Citadel Studios announced back in April that it was planning to relaunch the Kickstarted MMORPG Legends of Aria (fka Shards Online) as a...
New World is rolling out new layered instancing tech Amazon is calling ‘shards’
You might think this is just another post about murdering bunnies in New World, but you're only partly correct. New World is in fact...
Legends of Aria Classic is running a ‘surprise open beta’ this weekend ahead of its May 9 relaunch
In the middle of April, pretty much everyone in the MMORPG was surprised to learn that Legends of Aria is getting a revival. Aria,...
Kickstarted MMORPG Legends of Aria is relaunching as Legends of Aria Classic on May 9
When last we looked in on Legends of Aria, it was fading fast into unfortunate obscurity. The Kickstarted MMORPG - originally known as Shards...
Legends of Aria’s crypto-spinoff nearly loses IP rights, promises pre-alpha this year
Yep, this one's back on our collective radar again. We're sorry. However, while we don't cover crypto games as a general rule, readers may...
Whatever happened to Legends of Aria aka Britaria? (2023 edition)
We turn our gaze away for just a little bit and suddenly a tire fire has sprung forth, and that tire fire is named...
CODEX moves from being a standalone game to an MMO building and hosting tool
In August of 2021 we learned about CODEX, a game that sprung from the original engine that powered Shards Online before it shifted to...
Legends of Aria’s blockchain mess gets a new name – BRITARIA – as its token sinks
The crypto shenanigans around Legends of Aria just keep getting weirder.
Readers will recall that Legends of Aria, Kickstarted by MMO players as Shards Online,...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO Kickstarters that let us down
MOP's Chris penned a solid piece earlier this week about the fate that has apparently befallen Destiny's Sword, and as I was editing it,...
Legends of Aria’s new blockchain owners are trying to sell $70 random P2W characters
The hits keep coming for Legends of Aria, and we don't mean the greatest hits compilation kind.
We regret to remind you that Aria, which...
Legends of Aria’s new owner discusses the revamp, Classic, and blockchain implementation
Just before Christmas, we learned that Citadel Studios and Legends of Aria, originally Kickstarted as Shards Online, were being bought out, along with the...
Kickstarted MMO Legends of Aria and its studio just got bought out by an NFT metaverse games company
Time to add another game to the acquisition heap this week: Blue Monster Games has apparently purchased Citadel Studios and Legends of Aria, along...
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...
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, Kickstarted in 2014 as Shards Online, has officially left early access and launched
As promised, Legends of Aria officially launched out of early access and into the wild last night. We should also probably say "finally," as...
Procedural-gen MMO ReWorld Online teases coming PvP testing
We haven't touched on MMORPG ReWorld since last year, but a note on Reddit from the dev about the MMO's testing plans brought the...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2019
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's weekly and sometimes biweekly recap of the big news in crowdfunded MMOs. Hey, you...
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...
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...
