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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20001202123100/http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20000525/ragaini_01.htm Postmortem: Turbine Entertainment's Asheron's Call] - Behind the scenes account of what went right, what went wrong. Written by [[Turbine Developers#Toby Ragaini|Toby Ragaini]], one of the original developers. | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20001202123100/http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20000525/ragaini_01.htm Postmortem: Turbine Entertainment's Asheron's Call] - Behind the scenes account of what went right, what went wrong. Written by [[Turbine Developers#Toby Ragaini|Toby Ragaini]], one of the original developers. | ||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20011222011642/gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2823435,00.htm Asheron's Call Dark Majesty hits #1 in PC Games Sales] | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20011222011642/gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2823435,00.htm Asheron's Call Dark Majesty hits #1 in PC Games Sales] | ||
=== Game Awards === | |||
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20011212072729/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/july01/top503as/ July 2001 - GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time] | |||
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/200011170837/http://www.gamezilla.com/reviews/a/ac.asp 1999 - Gamezilla's Game of the Year] | |||
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20000301114949/http://www.gamersvoice.com/special/gca-1999-12.asp 1999 - Gamer's Voice - Best Online/Multiplayer Game] | |||
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/19991110013120/http://gamersvoice.com/special/e3-99-awards-4.asp Gamer's Choice - Best of E3 1999 Awards] | |||
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/200011091859/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards99/ss02p.html 1999 - Gamecenter's RPG of the Year] | |||
==== Zone Articles ==== | |||
* [[2001 AIAS Awards]] - Asheron's Call scores two nominations -- including "PC Game of the Year"! | * [[2001 AIAS Awards]] - Asheron's Call scores two nominations -- including "PC Game of the Year"! | ||
* [[Best-of-the-Year Awards 2000/02/02]] - Gamezilla joins Gamecenter and Gameindustry.com in giving AC top honors. | * [[Best-of-the-Year Awards 2000/02/02]] - Gamezilla joins Gamecenter and Gameindustry.com in giving AC top honors. | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 12 January 2012
Related topics: Category:Turbine, Servers
A place for history of the game itself. Important dates, Beta and launch information, Microsoft days, Turbine Takeover, and old articles and dev chats.
History Articles
- The Turbine Story - In depth history written by the founder of Turbine Entertainment, Jon Monsarrat.
- Postmortem: Turbine Entertainment's Asheron's Call - Behind the scenes account of what went right, what went wrong. Written by Toby Ragaini, one of the original developers.
- Asheron's Call Dark Majesty hits #1 in PC Games Sales
Game Awards
Zone Articles
- 2001 AIAS Awards - Asheron's Call scores two nominations -- including "PC Game of the Year"!
- Best-of-the-Year Awards 2000/02/02 - Gamezilla joins Gamecenter and Gameindustry.com in giving AC top honors.
- Asheron's Call Wins Gaming's Equivalent of the Oscar - At this year's E3 convention, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences dubbed Asheron's Call the Adventure/Role-Playing Game of the Year. Awards from the AIAS are among the highest honors bestowed in the gaming industry.
A brief history of the ACCWiki
The Asheron's Call Community Wiki was created by Gouru of Morningthaw in October of 2007. The idea for the wiki came from this thread and later this thread on the Turbine message boards.
- February 2008 1,000 articles.
- Early March 2008 2,000 articles.
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- August 2008 6,000 articles.
- September 2008 7,000 articles and half million page views.
- October 2008 8,000 articles.
- November 2008 9,000 articles and 1 million page views.
- December 2008 Site moved hosting because of increased user base.
- January 2009 10,000 articles.
- February 2009 11,000 articles and 2 million page views.
- April 2009 12,000 articles and 3 million page views.
- June 2009 14,000 articles and 4 million page views.
- September 2009 Site moved from private hosting to Wikia.com because of increased user base.
- December 2009 18,000 articles.
- March 2010 19,000 articles.
Developer Chats
Zone Archive
AC News Archives (ACC Wiki)
Turbine Archive Index
Informational Pages on Turbine's Official AC Website