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Asheron's Call (AC) was a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows PCs, developed and published by Turbine Entertainment Software. Though it was developed by the Turbine team (with Microsoft's extensive assistance), it was published as a Microsoft title until 2004.
As with most other MMORPGs of the era, Asheron's Call 2 was a subscription-based game, costing $12.95 USD/EUR per month to play. The Asheron's Call franchise was unique in providing complimentary monthly content updates or "events" that added new quests, skills, landmasses, monsters, gameplay dynamics and bug fixes to all subscribers.
Free-to-play (up to level 125), pay-to-play (to max level). Open source Salem: Active 3D Historical (17th century) fantasy Free-to-play 2012 Standalone Crafting-based Sangokushi Online: Closed 3D Historical (Chinese) Pay-to-play 2008 2010 Part of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series by Koei Scions of Fate: East Asia Indonesia USA 3D Fantasy ...
The forums depths of Asheron's Call have been churning and swirling of late, in a tizzy about the imminent arrival of the 100th patch to their beloved game. Asheron's Call has been around for some ...
It was the most commercially successful MMORPG in the United States for five years, and was the basis for 30 expansions (as of December 2023) and several derivative games. In 1999, following Ultima Online and EverQuest, was another hit, Asheron's Call. Together, these three games are sometimes referred to as the original "big three" of the late ...
Last year, more than 115 million Americans were projected to drive 50+ miles during the holiday season. Unfortunately, according to the National Safety Council, both Christmas and New Year's Eve ...
The game takes place in the world of Althea, which spans three islands: Arakas, Raven's Dust, and Stoneheim. The setting is a time when a prophesied "4th coming" is to occur, which influences the storyline and the quests that players undertake.
The Olthoi was the first monster developed for Asheron's Call, designed by Joe Angell. After Asheron's Call, the company went on to make a sequel, Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings, which came out in 2002 (just after the first Asheron's Call expansion). However, after only one expansion, Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings shut down in 2005.