![]() ![]() Western service will come "at a right time after stabilizing Korean service" - with Nexon, the publisher, expecting a launch at the end of 2018. Seeing as how many foreign game releases spike up drastically and then taper off quite significantly, it will be interesting to see if Astellia survives in the Western market.Īstellia is expected to launch in Korea next month with a Closed Beta Test, and an official release sometime in Q2 2018. Personally, I am eager to see how Barunson Studio approaches the task of creating a game that is popular and memorable to Western audiences. Barunson stated that "Avalon" is the focal point of Astellia's PvP, and will provide small to large scale PvP battles. ![]() There will also be 1v1 Dueling, but there will also be an Arena that provides 1v1 and 4v4 combat. They plan to have 4-man dungeons, and raids of 16 to 20 players. This is likely because free-to-play still carries a negative preconception by many Western gamers.Īside from the news of a potential pay-to-play model, Barunson also talked about PvE and PvP content. Interestingly, Astellia seems to be joining the ranks of Black Desert Online in that its free to play in its home country and pay to play in the West. According to the developer, Barunson Studio, the reason for the business model change is to "meet the NA gamers' expectations." ![]() In an interview conducted by, Barunson Studio said that though the Korean version is a Free to Play game, they are looking into perhaps considering a Pay to Play model. It is for this reason that Astellia, published by Barunson Studio, are looking into seeing what they can do to make Astellia more appealing to Western audiences. While many games can keep themselves up and running, K-MMORPGs that aren't nearly as popular with Western audiences as they are with Eastern ones. Today's patch has brought us a stellar new Astel: Ignagon, the Dragon Warrior!Ĭheck out the full patch notes here: #Astellia #MMORPG #Classic Korean Free-to-Play MMORPGs don't succeed in the West. You could bring Ignagon with you if you wanted! We assume that he’s decent at warring with things other than dragons, too. There’s also the second part of the legendary dungeons available now, meaning that Macarzan Basin, Archduke Caleonid’s Mansion, and Fortenora Underground Prison are all open for business. The first patch in the series brings with it a pair of new Legendary Dungeons: the Dimensional Library Basilla and the Haveli Mansion, and two new in-game events. The update is 100 free for all players and is the last major patch for the game (If you can’t watch the video, your AdBlocker may be. Monolith released the official patch notes for Shadow of War Update 1.18 for PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4. Regardless of Ignagon’s job credentials, the patch also marks the end of the Halloween event and it rotates out certain costumes from the cash shop, replaced by other costumes for the moment. Astellia Online has just rolled out the first update in a series of small content updates planned for release over the next few weeks. Shadow of War Update 1.18 Patch Notes (17th July Update) by Vulkk. Heck, we haven’t even checked his resume he might have just taken a correspondence course on fighting dragons and thought puffing things up would make him more attractive to employers. ![]() Or maybe as a dragon? It’s a little unclear. His name is Ignagon, the Dragon Warrior, and he does not appear to be a dragon himself or a localized NES RPG, so we may safely assume that his name is indicating that he is skilled in against dragons. As Astellia was not exactly a big money maker it got caught up in the restructure and was shut down by NEXON. They went through a restructure to cut off the fat and make NEXON lead again, etc. It is assumed by the writer of this piece that the newest Astel in Astellia Online’s roster, added with today’s patch, is quite adept at fighting dragons. NEXON, who were the publisher of Astellia in South Korea were going through some of their own problems including issues over a buyout. ![]()
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