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Asheron's Call

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A stunningly beautiful, and dangerous, landscape unfolds before your very eyes in Asheron's Call, an epic role-playing game that draws you, and thousands of other players, into a dynamic, 3D online world. Strap a sword to your back, or follow the paths of the arcane arts. The choice is yours to create your own truly unique character, complete with extensive combinations of visual appearance, attributes, and skills. Asheron's Call places you into an intense fantasy role-playing environment where you are challenged to compete or cooperate with thousands of other real people. The online nature of the game creates a constantly evolving and dynamic adventure inside a persistent universe. Asheron's Call is a realm of fantasy, a lifetime of adventure. The world of Dereth awaits; will you be there to answer the call?

Also, be sure to check out the newly published MSN Gaming Zone Asheron's Call Web site. Also, go ahead and subscribe to the Asheron's Call newsletter, straight from Turbine Games.

In the weeks leading up to Gamestock, Asheron's Call Lead Designer Toby Ragaini took a break to discuss a broad range of topics about this upcoming massively multiplayer Zone title with the MSN Gaming Zone. You can find that interview right here.

And of course, you don't want to miss out on the 50-second Asheron's Call movie trailer, available as a download from GameSpot. This Asheron's Call movie takes you on a whirlwind tour of the game -- through the powerful character creation system, the wide variety of landscape, the interior and dungeon environments, and many examples of combat, magic and social interaction.

For those still hungry for more Asheron's Call details, be sure to read the Toby Ragaini interview where he comments on the day/night effects in Asheron's Call. To compliment the interview, you can also download a movie from this site.

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Original Link (now dead) - http://microsoft.com/games/zone/asheronscall/default

Asheron's Call

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stunningly beautiful, and dangerous, landscape unfolds before your very eyes in Asheron's Call, an epic role-playing game that draws you and thousands of other players into a dynamic, 3D online world.

Asheron's Call has already started appearing on store shelves throughout the U.S., with many reports of its availability at both Electronic Boutique and Babbage's/Software Etc. stores across the country.

Be sure to visit your local software retailer today and see if there's a copy calling your name stocked on the shelves.

tired Sho priest returned yesterday after a long, unexplained absence and took private conference with his lord. Thanks to a keen-eared washing-woman, the priest's report has been advertised at large. It seems that high in the northern mountains, a group of strange magicians have long watched the skies.

The priest bears their dire news. The end is near! Something terrible approaches from above, great enough to touch the deepest places of the world. Repent your follies, and spend your last groats on the finest food and wine. You have been advised. That is all.

For more details of how these strange events played out, please visit the Asheron's Call section on the Zone.

For additional coverage of the epic ending of the Asheron's Call beta, be sure to read the entertaining tales published by Thresh's FiringSquad and GA-RPG.