Asheron's Call
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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.
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- New to Asheron's Call? Check out the New Player Guide.
- See the Returning Player Guide if you have to decided to come back.
Game Info
Major Updates and Expansions
See Patches for a list of all the regular updates made to Asheron's Call.
Early Game Development and Testing
| 1999 Asheron's Call Beta |
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Game Release and Expansions
| 1999 Release |
2001 Dark Majesty |
2005 Throne of Destiny |
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Major Updates
| 2008: 100th Update Ancient Powers |
2009: 10th Anniversary Update Gears of Change |
2012: Skill System Overhaul Master of Arms |
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Rules
By playing Asheron's Call, all players agree to the following documents:
- Asheron's Call Code of Conduct (CoC)
- Asheron's Call End User License Agreement (EULA)
- Turbine Terms of Service (ToS)
History of Asheron's Call
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
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1999 - Game Industry News' Game of the Year
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Related Articles
- 2001 AIAS Awards - Asheron's Call scores two nominations -- including "PC Game of the Year"!
- 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.
- Best-of-the-Year Awards - Gamezilla joins Gamecenter and Gameindustry.com in giving AC top honors.
- More Rave Reviews for Asheron's Call - Gameindustry.com gave AC their 1999 Best Overall Game of the Year award, and several other sites have recently queued up with accolades, too.
- Stellar Review from Computer Games Online - Cindy Vanous gives Asheron's Call 4 ½ out of 5 stars and a detailed critique.
Gaming Website Articles
Reviews
- Computer Games Online - 4.5/5
Previews
- July, 1997 - ZDNet
- July, 1998 - Gamespot
Interviews
Other
Developer Diaries
- GameSpy - Developer Diary, Part 1
- GameSpy - Developer Diary, Part 2
- GameSpy - Developer Diary, Part 3
- GameSpy - Developer Diary, Part 4
- GameSpy - Developer Diary, Part 5
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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