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WEBZEN announced today that ASTA Online has officially launched. Its nearly three month long Open Beta phase has come to a close. It launches today with the announcement that a new race called the Raksa and the Raksa-exclusive Berserker class will be going live on May 31st when the Myth I: Wrath of the Berserkers update is released. Much like [...]

WEBZEN announced today that ASTA Online's first major expansion, Myth I: Wrath of the Berserkers, is set to release in "the last week of May." The expansion will see the level cap increased to 55, as well as the addition of new content for players to play through on their way to level 55. The new content includes a new [...]

WEBZEN announced today that ASTA's first major content update is now live. The update marks the first set of content added to the game since Open Beta launched on March 2nd. The core of the update is the addition of the Very Hard difficulty for the Throne of Gladiator and Water God's Oracle raid dungeons. Very Hard makes monsters stronger [...]

WEBZEN announced today that ASTA's first major content update will be arriving on April 19th. The update will add another difficulty mode for the game's 10-player raid dungeons and a new Team Arena map. Some additions and changes are being made based on community feedback. WEBZEN Head of Global Business Richard Moon had the following to say about the announcement. [...]

With ASTA Online's NA/EU launch less than a week away, WEBZEN has decided to unveil the game's cash shop. Two shops will be available. One will charge players WEBZEN's premium WCoin currency while the other will charge an in-game currency called Soul Stones. Despite being earned in-game, Soul Stones will be shared among all of the player's characters on their [...]

With ASTA Online's Open Beta launching soon, there is the looming question of whether or not some regions will be IP blocked. WEBZEN has it covered, as they reveal the official regional restrictions. The bad news is that "Polygon Games have asked [WEBZEN] to once again tighten [their] region restrictions and only allow access to IPs in the 'area of service' [...]

WEBZEN's English localization of ASTA Online is finally launching on March 2nd following a nearly four month wait since its first Beta test last November. Since November's Beta, the "Asian World of Warcraft" has seen several improvements. Webzen has been working with Polygon Games on recording voice-overs, improving the game's translation, and "implementing community suggestions." Anyone with an active WEBZEN [...]

Webzen's long-awaited ASTA Online will finally be gracing Western shores tomorrow, November 3rd. Hyped as the Eastern world's World of Warcraft when it was announced, Webzen closed the Korean branch of servers on August 23, 2015. But publisher Polygon Games is committed to updating the game for the Western market. ASTA is heavily embedded in Asian fantasy and features vibrant [...]