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Artifact Entertainment | http://www.istaria.com/
RPG | Genre:Fantasy | Status:Final  | Publisher:Virtrium
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Desktop Client | System Req: PC | ESRB:T

Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted Overview and Recent Content

Throughout the vast world of Istaria, from its two continents to its various islands, a war rages between the allied races of the living and the army of unrelenting undead known collectively as the “Withered Aegis”. Through sheer will and hardy determination, fantastical communities of humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, half-giants, dryads, satyrs, fiends, cat-like saris, reptile-like ssilk, and even dragons have carved out a prosperous living from the deserts of central Istaria to the jungles of Lesser Aradoth, despite the ever-present danger of undead raids. Whichever of these races you choose to play and whether you elect to follow the path of the audacious adventurer, the coveted crafter, or a combination of the two, know that your actions will impact Istaria’s uncertain future.

Latest Features

  • When Community Really Counts
  • General Article created on 11/4/09
  • MMORPG.com Istaria Correspondent Erin McManaway writes this look at the tight knit community that exists in Istaria, the MMORPG formerly known as Horizons.
  • Ownership Change Interview
  • Interviews created on 9/17/07
  • Horizons, a game that has changed ownership a number of times in the last year has changed again, This time though it's a company of mostly former Tulga Games folk running the show, fronted by CEO Rick Simmons who takes...
  • Special Report, Part II
  • General Article created on 12/21/06
  • In the second part of Carolyn Koh's special reports on Horizons the EI Interactive takeover, she looks at payment issues, the vulnurability report and more.
  • The EI Catastrophe, Part I
  • General Article created on 10/27/06
  • When EI Interactive purchased Horizons, most thought it would be business as usual. Not so, as Carolyn Koh reports.
More Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted Features...
Back in Istaria... 11/12/09 @ 7:13PM by PhelimReagh in General Discussion
Patcher error 11/12/09 @ 6:51PM by Aywren in General Discussion
How are the populations? 11/12/09 @ 2:37PM by Aywren in General Discussion
Current developers/publishers. Query 11/7/09 @ 9:09AM by Aywren in General Discussion
Why I Didn't Subscribe 11/6/09 @ 1:23PM by trieditall in General Discussion
Developer's Preview: Dalimond Peninsula 11/2/09 @ 8:38PM by PhelimReagh in General Discussion
Existing to Free-to-play 10/30/09 @ 2:34PM by Bernward in General Discussion
Zombie account?!?! 10/30/09 @ 2:32PM by Novalar in General Discussion
Horizons, where art thou? 10/19/09 @ 6:41PM by StalePopcorn in General Discussion
Gave it a little try- didn't like the UI 10/4/09 @ 8:04AM by thuban675 in General Discussion
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