Players wait 4 years for cool airship MMORPG from PUBG makers – After a year on Steam, Elyon is now dead

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In November 2017, Bluehole, the developers of the shooter PUBG, presented a new MMORPG: Ascent: Infinite Realm was supposed to be an action MMORPG with airships. In October 2021, the game was actually released in the west as “Elyon”. But after just 11 months, publisher Kakao announces an end on September 7th: The Free2Play MMORPG closes on December 7th. It has disastrous player counts on Steam.

Why did you look forward to the game for so long??

  • 2017 was a different time: Back then, Bluehole was one of the hippest and hottest developers in gaming thanks to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Before Fortnite copied the game and got even bigger, the Koreans had a mega hit on Steam with PUBG. They also had experience with online role-playing games thanks to TERA, an action MMORPG.
  • At that time, A:IR was to be developed together with Kakao, the publishers of the MMORPG Black Desert, which was convincing at the time because of its great graphics.
  • In addition, Ascent: Infinite Realm looked exciting in the first trailer (via youtube) and brought an exciting new spin to the MMORPG genre with the idea of ​​fighting on airships. Instead of just fantasy, the game radiated a weird steampunk flair.

    • Here’s everything you need to know about Elyon:

    The new MMORPG Elyon explained in 2 minutes

    How did the development go then? The development did not go well at all from the point of view of Western MMORPG fans. As usual for Korean MMORPGs, the MMORPG has repeatedly disappeared from the public eye for long periods when the developers went “dark” to develop quietly in camera:

    In April 2020, the game made a big cut: “Ascent: Infinite Realm” became Elyon. This should now be an action MMORPG, with a special skill system and mass battles. The MMORPG looked almost new and was very reminiscent of TERA.

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    So how did the release go? Poorly. The team never managed to live up to the initial hype generated by the first A:IR trailers in 2017. Somehow the excitement about Elyon totally petered out.

    When the game finally appeared on Steam in October 2021, it only reached an average of 8,689 players and they were gone quickly. As early as February 2022, the MMORPG only had 560 players.

    The reviews on Steam are also only a mixed 54%.

    This is now the decision of the developers: Publisher Kakao Games says after lengthy discussions with Bluehole, the decision has been made to shut down Elyon’s servers in Europe and North America:

  • Very few players who started with Elyon stayed with the MMORPG
  • The number of active players continued to dwindle
  • As a result, players cannot be offered the MMORPG experience they crave

    • You apologize for that.

    The servers will go offline on December 7th (via elyon).

    I didn’t think I’d say this, but: “We have too many good MMORPGs right now”

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    This is behind it: Elyon had a problem: They lacked the “unique selling” point, the one element that allowed the game to stand out and stand out from the crowd of MMORPGs.

    As A:IR you still had the idea of ​​the dogfights, which seemed exotic.

    When the dogfights were canceled, the verdict of the experts was something like: “Solid MMORPG with a good combat system – but nothing special either.” In addition, Elyon was unlucky to appear in the bow wave of New World, which attracted all the attention in 2021.

    Incidentally, Elyon was on the “death list” of our MMORPG expert Alexander Leitsch:

    I predict these 6 MMOs will die in 2022

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