![]() Probably after I publish this and before most of you read it. I think it’s safe to say Studio8 will announce the closure of both games imminently. It’s hard to imagine either game bringing in much, if any, money and its impending closure should be seen as less of an “if” and more of a “when”. Astellia Royal forces trading through its auction house that exists on cash shop currency.Īstellia hasn’t hit 200 concurrent players since February of this year, while Astellia Royal kicked off with a concurrent pick of less than 800 and dropped to under 200 within a month. The closest the in-game shop has to pay-to-win is the Beeswax Token. Astellia Online crashed and burned in Korea which Studio8 decided to blame on Nexon rather than the game’s poor performance. To Astellia Online’s credit, they have kept their word so far. Astellia Royal booted players for having the wrong devices, a fault that Studio8 almost proudly announced its intention to never fix. Honestly, the game world itself is absolutely beautiful. This is how both Final Fantasy XIV and Blade & Soul handle their large worlds without issue. It’s set in a large, open world separated by small portals. ![]() It’s fair to say that both versions of Astellia have been big fat failures in the market thanks mostly to the shameful incompetence of the folks at Studio8. WHAT IS ASTELLIA ONLINE Astellia is a traditional tab-target MMORPG that is attempting to return the genre back to its roots. Playing with 500ms+ ping so Im sure the combat is at half speed. The buy to play Astellia itself was pulled from sale on Saturday. This is the Astellia prologue, as you can see the game has classic gameplay, tab-target combat (a bit buggy) and a summon system that seems to be the core system of the game. Now I might be a stupid, but I’m fairly certain that when the publisher removes any ability for new players to get their hands on the game, that it’s at least a good sign something is happening. Well all of that is tangential evidence, but upon further inspection I also noticed that the play button has disappeared from the Steam store page. How does this prove the game might be shutting down, I hear you asking. English-speaking audience is now a minority on Steam, accounting for only 21 of. The item store is absolutely still available. I’m not willing to dig through months of news and forum posts to confirm this and the dates don’t really line up with anything. Massively popular, free online battle game. ![]() I didn’t write about it because for all I know some forum post from six months ago announced that the packs would be limited time. Astellia latest version: A shining star in the MMORPG genre. So Astellia Royal caught my attention a couple days ago when the folks at Studio8 full on retired the three founders packs from the Steam store without any announcement or acknowledgement. That’s the thought on my mind today as I try to piece together what the hell is going on with these games. Update: Astellia Online is absolutely shutting down. Is Astellia and its free to play relaunch Astellia Royal on the cusp of announcing its closure? ![]()
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