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Today Turbine, makers of Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online and Asheron's Call announced a new Vice President of Corporate and Business Development in Nate Jones. The new...

Zam.com recently got the chance to interview Turbine's Online Community Manager, Meghan "Patience" Rodberg. Fans of Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach (DDO), Lord of the Rings Online (LotRO)...

Recently, the developers at Turbine posted a job opening for a RMT / E-Commerce manager.

Today we walk down memory lane, only it's about the future.

Turbine has no issues putting out content apparently.

Remnants of Flagship also coming along

Yay! Yippie! Yahoo!

It's been nine years since Asheron's Call released in 1999 and it has celebrated with it's 100th update.

As we reach update 100, it's time to look back.

A brand new system to this ever expanding game.

It's old, but still ticking apparently

It seems like it's been around forever, but Asheron's Call is still updating, and it's June 2008 Release has arrived, patch notes in tow.

What could they be doing with all that money?

When's the last time you saw an AC news blurb?

The November update for Asheron's Call has been posted and merits a look if you're still playing this game. If you're asking yourself what Asheron's Call is, it's time to go do some MMO history homework.

Asheron's Call is still around?

Not a lot of Asheron's Call coverage these days, but for those of you who still play, here's an interview with Andy Cataldo.

The world of Dereth is constantly changing, and offers players vast opportunities to experience life as they wish. In order to understand some of the future and past changes that have been made within Dereth we were able to ask Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo some questions!

Read it at GamersInfo.net.

The "prodigal sons" return to AC!

Few games do live events better than Asheron's Call, and this stalwart MMO continues to distinguish itself on that front. More features and performance enhancements also made mention on the May 2007 "release notes":

Hello there and welcome to the May event: Prodigal Sons! This month the strange behavior from some of Dereth’s better know creatures continues. What or who is behind these recent occurrences of strange behavior and why now? Will things continue on, and what will happen next?

Turbine's Asheron's Call now available by direct download

Turbine apparently shipped its spare AC2 servers over to IGN, who now offers the original Asheron's Call through its Direct2Drive service.

“AC represents one of the longest running massively multiplayer online games in the industry and due to continuing demand we have partnered with Direct2Drive to continue to broaden our reach,” said Jeffrey Anderson, president and CEO for Turbine. “Direct2Drive is a leader in digital distribution, offering best-of-breed games from the best developers and publishers in the industry, and we're excited to offer their service to the AC community.”

Launched in 1999, ACis a critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game that draws together thousands of players within an evolving and dynamic persistent 3D world. With an exciting ever-evolving storyline, thrilling adventures, quests, and frequent content updates, ACimmerses players in an intense role-playing environment. An extensive system of formal Allegiances and player influence greatly enhances social interaction within the game. AC has received several awards over its seven year history including being ranked #27 of Gamespy’s Top 50 games of all time.

Click here (or below) to read the press release in toto.

Is a new look on an old game enough?
GamersInfo has posted a review of Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny. A drudge got caught in a Turbine causing the following annuouncement from those involved:

"Much has changed from the old AC that many of us knew. While the basics of the game remain the same - gain experience, spend experience on skills while leveling - ToD gives us new content to experience. Gone is the Lego-like blocky world and surroundings and in are new graphics. Granted, the new improved graphics are still in their infancy compared to the cutting edge work of the latest MMO, and perhaps more work could be done, but those of use who play the "old" AC will have to get used to playing in the "new" AC. The first time I logged into the expansion I really had to wonder if I was indeed playing the same game! Again, while the graphic improvements that are being included in ToD don't measure up to some of today's MMOs, AC will still run on many lower end machines - something almost no MMO on the market today can boast. The likelihood of you needing to buy a new machine to play this game is slim."

You can read the entire Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny Review at GamersInfo.
 

Five years ago the game launched. We decided to interview the devs today.
GameCloud has an Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny interview posted. A drudge, who is not affiliated with The Drudge Report, but who suspiciously shares the name was heard spouting this:

"Launching five years ago when the massively multiplayer game genre was still fresh and new, developer Turbine's Asheron's Call quickly became one of the most popular MMORPGs ever released and still has a solid folling. Now the developer has taken over the full reigns of their first game from publisher Microsoft and are about to re-launch it as a retail product called Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny with new content, features, improved graphics and more. Gamecloud got a chance to chat with Turbine's Alex Beckers about the new version of the game."

You can read the entire Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny Interview at GameCloud.
 

A look-see at AC.
Techgage has posted their preview of Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny. Diet gurus were reluctant to explain why you could actually lose weight
while you sleep provided you read the following for 20 minutes every day:

"AC originally launched in November of 1999, and up to now, have only one other expansion pack under their belt. Dark Majesty, the games first expansion pack, released in August of 2001, and is responsible for some of the land mass players roam in today. That expansion pack also launched player housing, where players could have a humble abode to call their own. You may be wondering why Turbine only released 1 expansion pack over the period 6 years, while such other companies like to release a new expansion pack per month. Well, I have no idea. But, to keep players happy, Turbine has released new content with a monthly patch, which well than made up for a complete expansion pack."

You can read the entire Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny Preview at TechGage.