UPDATED: Astellia Is A New Korean MMO That's Coming West In 2019

Jason Winter
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UPDATE 1/21/2019: At PAX South this past weekend, (6:45 mark), it was confirmed that Astellia will be B2P in the West, shedding the F2P version Korea uses.

ORIGINAL STORY 1/14/2019: 2019 could be a big year for Korean MMORPGs heading West. Lost Ark and Ascent: Infinite Realm are both making their way over, and now you can add Astellia to the list. The game will be formally unveiled at PAX South this weekend, during a panel on Sunday titled "No more Pay to Win with Astellia." Well, glad they're getting that question out of the way right off the top!

As for the game itself, it offers everything you'd expect from an MMO: five classes (gender-locked?), dungeons, PvP and PvE arenas, and open-world tri-faction PvPvE. The PvP is labeled as "accessible and griefless" and the dungeons are "done right," with the game as a whole being described as "a tribute to the original tenants [sic] of the MMORPG Phenomena combined with innovation and promise." The game's most notable new feature is the presence of Astels, heavenly beings that grant exceptional power but can only be called into action for a short period of time.

As to who exactly is making the game, that's a little tricky. The developer is Studio 8, which is a subsidiary of Barunson E&A, which is NAT Games' major shareholder. NAT, as you might recall, had 48.3% of its stock bought out by Nexon last year. That makes it sound like Nexon isn't involved -- indeed its logo is nowhere to be found on the Astellia website -- so take that news however you like.

While there's no official word as yet as to the payment model, Barunson's statements regarding having a cash shop that will definitely not be pay-to-win leads us to assume the game will be free-to-play.

Astellia is targeted for a launch sometime this summer. You can learn more about the game via its official website.

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Jason Winter
Jason Winter, News Editor

Jason Winter is a veteran gaming journalist, he brings a wide range of experience to MMOBomb, including two years with Beckett Media where he served as the editor of the leading gaming magazine Massive Online Gamer. He has also written professionally for several gaming websites.

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Discussion (10)

Rukia 5 years ago
All I say is "BDO" is B2P in the West and looking at where it's now. Surely it's not Bless but it's definitely not that B2P friendly and many people said it's p2w to the teeth.

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Richard 5 years ago
b2p won't last. just look what happen to bless online lol.

Rea 5 years ago
Looks like every asian generic mmo ever, and will be B2P, well good luck with that.

aRndmKid 5 years ago
Looks like Revelation Online(without the Chinese style) to me. Skills seem semi-locked and a bit clunky with a decade year old graphics.

Andrius L 5 years ago
looks like Tera's and Aion's children

Cloak 5 years ago
Oh look, a Tera clone. I wonder if they'll skip the whole buy our game then we'll go f2p in year and get a founder if you bought it before f2p. I really do hope they don't nerf Bams this time.

Pr3dali3n 5 years ago
black desert dlc

asdf 5 years ago
Unreal 3 engine, ill pass

RPG Watcher 5 years ago
Its real name is Revelation Blade Bless Soul and its gonna be BIG!!!!!!!! look out folks and prepare your wallets!!!!


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