NEXON to End Astellia Online Server in Korea
In the "color me not surprised" category, Nexon Korea announced they will be shutting down Astellia on January 16, 2020. I mentioned back in June (just before the first CBT…
Astellia Online Free Trial Weekends
Barunson E&A are running two free trial weekends via this code: ASTELLIAFREETRIAL Weekend #1: October 25-28 Weekend #2: November 1-4 This probably signifies that sales have plateaued and player retention…
Alternative Payment Option for Astellia Online
Barunson E&A announced an alternative $9.99 per month subscription service for accessing Astellia Online (which is buy to play in the west). The cheapest pre-order package is $39.99. According to…
Astellia Online to Launch on September 27th
Barunson E&A provided PR at Gamescom 2019 and also posted on their website, the launch date of the western version of Astellia Online. Their pre-order packages will be available until…
Astellia Online CBT2 Pre-download and keys
Keys for the second closed beta are being given away on several MMO sites (this time in larger quantities compared to CBT1). Additionally, the client is pre-downloadable once a key…
Astellia Online CBT2 – July 30 – August 6
The second closed beta will be focusing on PvP (Avalon which is a large scale instanced battlegrounds), revisions to the mana resource and character leveling progression systems, dungeon difficulty, the…
Astellia Online CBT1 – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
This is a followup to my previous quick first impressions posting. It's going to be short (my definition of short) and somewhat of a rehash (not as comprehensive as I…
Astellia Online CBT1 Quick Impressions
Now that the western versions first closed beta has its first day of operation under its belt, I'm doing my initial quick impression. Unsurprisingly, no technical issues were encountered since…