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* Please visit our [[Home|Home Page]] to explore everything our wiki has available.
* Please visit our [[Home|Home Page]] to explore everything our wiki has available.
* New to Asheron's Call? Check out the [[New Player Guide]].
* New to Asheron's Call? Check out the [[New Player Guide]].
* See the [[Returning Player Guide]] if you have to decided to come back.
* See the [[Returning Player Guide]] if you have to decided to come back.
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Revision as of 19:44, 2 August 2013

Main game topics: Getting Started | Gameplay | Player Character | Items | World | Patches | Live Events
Sub-topics: Asheron's Call | Player Guides: New Players, Returning Players | Character Creation | User Interface | Glossary | FAQ


Asheron's Call

Asheron's Call (AC) is a fantasy Massively multiplayer online role-playing game delevoped by Turbine, Inc. released on November 2, 1999.


Game Info

See also: List of Categories

The following list is not exhaustive.

Asheron's Call Updates

Game Release and Expansions

1999
Release 		2001
Dark Majesty 		2005
Throne of Destiny

Major Monthly Updates

  • See Patches for a list of all the regular monthly updates made to Asheron's Call.
Event Main Content/Features
August 2008: 100th Update
October 2009: 10th Anniversary Update
April 2010: "Big" Update
December 2010: "Big" Update
May 2011: "Big" Update
  • New level 180+ hunting and questing area
  • Contracts
  • Prismatic Ammunition
  • Shield Tailoring
  • Alternate Currency Exchangers
February 2012: Skill System Overhaul
August 2012: "Big" Update

Rules

By playing Asheron's Call, all players agree to the following documents:

History of Asheron's Call

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1995 - 1999

Game Development

  • Development of Asheron's Call began in 1995 after Turbine and Microsoft had entered into a developer/publisher agreement where legal ownership of the property and subsequently-developed properties were owned by Microsoft.
  • All of the games Servers and the initial beta testing were also hosted on Zone.msn.com as part of the publishing agreement with Microsoft.
  • "Empyrean" was the code name Microsoft used to refer to Asheron's Call in 1997 when the game was still in development. [1]

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  • Early Development Screenshots

1999

Beta Testing and Release

  • The AC Beta consisted of three phases which spanned from May until October of 1999.
  • Other important events that occured before and during beta testing:
    • Turbine's beta page, http://www.zogblaster.com/tweb/asherons-call, goes live.
    • Microsoft's Asheron's Call page, http://www.microsoft.com/games/zone/asheronscall/, goes live.
  • November 2, 1999 - AC goes retail, it is the third major MMORPG to be released at this time.

2000 - 2003

Microsoft Gaming Zone

2003

Turbine buys Asheron's Call license back

Turbine bought back all franchise rights from Microsoft in 2003[2] and consequently took responsibility for server hosting. The servers remained at a facility in Washington State until 2008 when all server hardware was replaced and relocated to a facility in Massachusetts near Turbine headquarters. Due to various quality of service issues that caused extended downtime the servers were moved to a new facility on March 30th, 2009.

2004

Turbine unlocks Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty for all AC subscribers

Turbine announces that all Dark Majesty content will be available to every subscriber regardless of whether they have purchased the expansion pack in the past or not. [3]

Turbine Green Lights AC Expansion Pack

An announcement is made that fans of the award-winning online role playing game Asheron’s Call® will receive a new expansion pack (Throne of Destiny) in early 2005.[4]

Turbine Jolts Asheron's Call® and AC2: Fallen Kings® in Europe

Turbine Entertainment Software Corp., a premier provider of online subscription entertainment, announced today that it signed a deal with Jolt Online Gaming Ltd., Europe's largest independent online gaming network, to operate the company's critically acclaimed Asheron's Call® franchise games in Europe.[5]

History Articles

Game Awards

Related Articles

Gaming Website Articles

Reviews

  • Computer Games Online - 4.5/5

Previews

Interviews

Other

Developer Diaries

Archives

Microsoft Archives

Turbine Archives

Patch Announcements

Turbine Archive Index

Informational Pages on Turbine's Official AC Website

Developer Chats

AC News Archives

Images

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References

  1. ↑ 1997/07 ZDNet - Let the Online Games Begin
  2. ↑ 12/17/2003 Turbine Games - TURBINE TO BUY ASHERON’S CALL FRANCHISE FROM MICROSOFT GAME STUDIOS
  3. ↑ 02/04/2004 Turbine Games - TURBINE UNLOCKS ASHERON’S CALL: DARK MAJESTY® FOR ALL AC1 SUBSCRIBERS
  4. ↑ 04/13/2004 Turbine Games - Turbine Green Lights AC Expansion Pack
  5. ↑ 08/30/2004 Turbine Games - Turbine Jolts Asheron's Call® and AC2: Fallen Kings® in Europe
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