Asheron's Call celebrates 10th anniversary with return of old characters

Posted Nov 2nd 2009 2:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: MMO

Ten years ago today, back when there wasn't a new MMO launching or being announced every week, developer Turbine released Asheron's Call. Their fantasy-themed MMO quickly joined Ultima Online and the original Everquest in terms of popularity. For a couple of years the genre was dominated by these "Big Three" games.

While a sequel, Asheron's Call 2, failed to attract an audience (it launched in 2002 and was shut down just over three years later) the original is still online. Today Turbine announced that the game is celebrating the 10th anniversary with live events today. Part of those events will bring back some of the game's old characters and villains. Turbine continues to expand the game with new content and will soon add a new skill, Gearcrafting, to the game.

Tags: asherons-call, asherons-call-2, turbine

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