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Service Ending on January 31, 2017 - Asheron's Call - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited December 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageService Ending on January 31, 2017 - Asheron's Call - MMORPG.com

Asheron's Call News - The Asheron's Call Facebook page has been updated with the sad announcement that support for Asheron's Call and Asheron's Call 2 is ending effective January 31, 2017. Calling the games a "labor of love", the notice says that the decision was not an easy one to make.

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,780
    Someone mentioned in the "Standing Stones Games" thread that there was no info on Asheron's call.


    This was why.
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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,164
    So sad a passing of an epic MMORPG

  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    Sovrath said:
    Someone mentioned in the "Standing Stones Games" thread that there was no info on Asheron's call.


    This was why.
    Yup, it was a  very ominous omission from the SSG stable. 

    Not unexpected news, but sad nonetheless.
  • Po_ggPo_gg Member EpicPosts: 5,749
    Sovrath said:
    Someone mentioned in the "Standing Stones Games" thread that there was no info on Asheron's call.


    This was why.
    I pointed it out when someone dropped maybe the new studio will make AC3. Then later @flizzer even made a thread about it, and it was also talked over the other forums as well.

    In some way I can see why they delayed this announcement, putting it up on the same day as the new studio, the overall tone would've been more negative...
  • ReizlaReizla Member RarePosts: 4,092
    edited December 2016
    Was to be expected... I've already posted earlier (think it was on Steam) that Turbine has been on life support for quite a while. After WB bought Turbine, nothing really happened, aside from a few small updates. Now that Turbine has (had to?) sold it's 2 main games, there's nothing really left to make a profit. It's not like AC had that many players, and Standing Stone clearly had no interest in it either...
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  • NitemareMMONitemareMMO Member UncommonPosts: 239
    Asheron's Call was my first foray into MMOs. Picked it up from a shelf while having Everquest Trilogy pack on order and ended up playing it for year and a half before I ever even opened up Everquest lol.
  • ste2000ste2000 Member EpicPosts: 6,194
    edited December 2016

    Today is a really sad day, two pillars of MMO gaming history are gone, Asheron's Calls and Turbine (as MMO developer).

    Such a shame, but eventually it had to happen

  • ClassicstarClassicstar Member UncommonPosts: 2,697
    Played AC2 first January 2003 quit may 2005 then worked on beta demo from 2008-2010.

    When AC2 was relaunched in 2012 i bought AC1 so i could play AC2(several accounts).

    Still playing but now im sad it will end now for both AC1 and AC2.

    Sad Day indeed:(

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  • toljartoljar Member UncommonPosts: 240
    This is some very sad news... Well, Time to log back in for 1/5 months, get as much foots and screens as possible :(

    You know, I hope they release the client as promised before the complete plug is pulled...

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  • CrazKanukCrazKanuk Member EpicPosts: 6,130
    Ring ring.... Helloooo, Daybreak?......

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  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    Long run, sadly everything has to come to an end.
  • BurntCabbageBurntCabbage Member UncommonPosts: 482
    hope somebody can pick this up and start some good emu. servers like they did with WARHAMMER
  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    BurntCabbage said:
    hope somebody can pick this up and start some good emu. servers like they did with WARHAMMER
    Can't see it happening in this case. The plan for the last 2+ years has been to move to player run servers. WarnerBros / Turbine had no issue with this. Obviously the plans fell through.
  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    CrazKanuk said:
    Ring ring.... Helloooo, Daybreak?......
    That call will go unanswered.

    There's a reason why AC was excluded from this deal. In all likelihood, it simply wasn't financially viable to even keep it on life support.
  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    ughhh  Horrible news , the end of an Epic game that helped shape the genre and is more in depth than most MMOs out today ..
  • flizzerflizzer Member RarePosts: 2,455
    Slowyly the classics die and will soon be forgotten.  

    Currently playing LOTRO but for how much longer?  Gulp, I might have to actually start playing WoW soon.  I just don't have much confidence in Pantheon if that ever gets released. 
  • mgilbrtsnmgilbrtsn Member EpicPosts: 3,430
    RIP.  Had a good run though.  Can't ask for more than that.

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  • Loke666Loke666 Member EpicPosts: 21,441
    kitarad said:
    So sad a passing of an epic MMORPG
    True but it have been on life support a long while. 

    I wouldn't mind a AC3 in the spirit of the first game though.
  • logicbomb82logicbomb82 Member UncommonPosts: 228
    Was my first MMO, I was on dial-up when I downloaded the beta, it was 100mb took me a whole day. Picked it up on release day after that and it's still the best video game purchase I have ever made. The memories and stories I have with my friends will live on.
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  • Loke666Loke666 Member EpicPosts: 21,441
    logicbomb82 said:
    Was my first MMO, I was on dial-up when I downloaded the beta, it was 100mb took me a whole day. Picked it up on release day after that and it's still the best video game purchase I have ever made. The memories and stories I have with my friends will live on.
    I do think that part of why most early MMOs had so few players was that. I took a year or 2 break from M59 due to my crap modem, how I loved my 2mb/s cable modem when I got it in late ´99. Suddenly you could play without lagging to death every 20 minutes, listen to music (remember Napster?) and even watch vids with a resolution good enough to recognize what you were watching. 
  • OzmodanOzmodan Member EpicPosts: 9,726
    Sad to see the game go, spent many fun hours in game.

  • centkincentkin Member RarePosts: 1,527
    The unique games are the ones that have gone...

    Asheron's Call, City of Heroes, Vanguard, Warhammer.
  • ste2000ste2000 Member EpicPosts: 6,194
    centkin said:
    The unique games are the ones that have gone...

    Asheron's Call, City of Heroes, Vanguard, Warhammer.
    Agree, wait....Warhammer?
    The first badly executed WoW clone? That Warhammer?

  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    Probably one of my larger regrets in not getting a chance to play this title during its heyday.

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