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Legends of Aria’s crypto-spinoff nearly loses IP rights, promises pre-alpha this year

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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,...
Yawn-o-lith.

Legends of Aria’s new blockchain owners are trying to sell $70 random P2W characters

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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...
Ahem.

Legends of Aria’s new owner discusses the revamp, Classic, and blockchain implementation

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Legends of Aria AMA covers sandbox endgame, difficulty, balancing, and future content

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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:

Legends of Aria is open to all gamers to test freely this weekend

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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...
Pack it in.

Legends of Aria plans Steam early access launch on December 4, preorders are live

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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

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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 hopes to recruit newbies to test the game with free trial keys

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It's Bring-a-Friend Week in Legends of Aria, but you're going to need a working email account. That's because Citadel Studios wants you to email...

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