Category: Legends of Aria News

The first Legends of Aria developer update has been published and, while brief, it does offer a bit of information about upcoming additions to the game as well as an explanation for the release date change for Steam Early Access. At the moment, the release date sits at January 18th. However, this may change. The letter states, “We only did this because the date was looming & we have not settled on a final date for the ‘real’ Steam Store launch” but that more info will be forthcoming.

The Legends of Aria site has been updated to let players know that Early Access is ready to roll for tomorrow, Tuesday, December 4th but that the Steam launch is being delayed to 2019. The post informs the community that the Steam delay is to provide more time for the team to ramp up its team. In addition, developers need time to develop and test data synchronization fixes and the team needs a bread from the 12 hour-a-day, 7-days-a-week development cycle.

With the Early Access Head Start for Legends of Aria set to kick off on November 27th, the team wants everyone to get a look at the game ahead of time. To that end, from November 23rd to November 25th, everyone is invited to sign up to play the game for free!

Legends of Aria is finally coming to Steam Early Access after four years since the game was first announced! The announcement was made on the official site and reveals that the game will be available starting on December 4th. Fans are invited to pre-order the game prior to December 3rd in order to receive a 7-day head start — a handy thing if someone might want to claim a plot of land to build a home on.

The Legends of Aria site has been updated with a new developer diary that lays out the road ahead as the game prepares to move to Steam Early Access sometime in October. In order to ensure that LoA is in ship-shape for Early Access, at least one stress test and a “Permadeath Mod Event” are planned for August. Then in September, the plan is to bring the servers down to address community feedback with regard to loot, memory leaks, client stability and to complete vital systems.

Closed Beta 2 is officially a go in Legends of Aria. Servers have been wiped and everyone is off to a new start as they explore new territory, the new map system, the updated graphics and much more. Testers will be integral in providing feedback “to prioritize [developers’] efforts in Open Beta”. The goal is to bring about Open Beta testing towards the end of August or in early September. In the meantime, “thousands of trial keys” will be provided to help stress test servers.

The Legends of Aria site has been updated with a forward look at what players can expect to find when logging into the game for Closed Beta Test #2. Among other things, those who helped crowdfund LoA, or who are backers, can look forward to receiving their in-game digital rewards.

Citadel Studios is ready to unleash some big news to Legends of Aria players, backers and fans with today’s reveal of a massive graphics overhaul. As part of the exciting news, developers are sending everyone out on a scavenger hunt to find partner sites hosting “before and after” images showing off just how big this update truly is…and we might just be one of the lucky ones! Clues will be provided on the LoA site and the lucky one who finds them all wins a $90 Founder’s Pack!

Legends of Aria is ready to open up a new beta opportunity that is specifically tailored to guilds. Guild leaders will receive “a bunch of keys” that will allow members to access the game for three weeks. “Guild Beta Testers are promising to report bugs, and submit feedback via the guild leader three times, once a week for the duration of the test.”

Legends of Aria has been updated with a new “monster patch” that brings a bevy of big changes to the game. Most notably, current players will notice a laundry list of changes to combat. loot, crafting and the world. In addition, fast travel is now part of the game and a number of taming updates have been deployed.