Turbine Unveils Asheron's Call: Throne of DestinyPosted on Monday, August 16, 2004 @ 11:30:34 pm E.S.T
Turbine Entertainment Software Corp. today announced that Asheron's Call(R): Throne of Destiny(TM), the latest installment of the award-winning 3D massively multiplayer online role playing game series, will continue the ever-evolving stories and adventures in the fantasy world of Dereth for PC-based gamers. Currently under development, Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny (AC:TD) is planned for a spring 2005 release.
In Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny, players will experience a new epic story line and participate in a bitter struggle for power. Behind the conflict are the war-like Viamontians and their calculating, ruthless king, Varicci II. Also, powerful figures of Dereth who hid in the shadows in years past will be thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning revolution to help define Dereth's new destiny. The third installment of the original Asheron's Call series will feature an exhaustive amount of new game play to compliment the massive amounts of existing episodic content.
Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny Primary Features:
- Graphics Upgrade: Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny will feature a substantial upgrade of Turbine's first generation graphics engine, the Turbine Engine(R). The game will upgrade to DX9 and add 5,000 repainted textures. As a result, AC:TD will have dramatically enhanced texture sizes, resulting in more detailed characters, creatures and landscapes. The improvements won't significantly impact performance, allowing robust play even on lower-end machines.
- New Playable Race: Players can now choose to play Asheron's Call as a warlike Viamontian, which have long been the scourge of the nations of Ispar. The Viamontians' bids for continental domination have finally resulted in a rapidly expanding kingdom under the leadership of King Varicci. Along with the new race, players will discover and explore a unique archipelago in the North of Dereth, which is held by the Viamontians.
- Raised Level Cap: AC:TD will challenge elder players in Dereth with a new high level cap of 261. With the new level cap comes skill credits that players can spend to activate precious gems that augment their characters, such as extra carrying pack storage slots and lesser death penalties.
- Rare Items: Adventurers in Dereth will occasionally come across advantageous rare items that are scattered across the land. Some of the items are transitory and may be used only once, while others are eternal and may be used over and over again. However, players will lose the precious rare items should their characters meet their demise.
In addition to the key features, AC:TD will also provide players with several new monsters, hundreds of new inventory items, a slew of new quests and dozens of new exciting dungeons. Throne of Destiny will include all of the massive amounts of content from the original Asheron's Call, its first expansion pack, Dark Majesty(R), and all of the episodic updates that Turbine has provided since the game's launch.
Under production by Turbine, AC:TD marks the company's first self-publishing effort. Additional information about the Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny can be found online at http://ac.turbinegames.com .
About Asheron's Call(R)
Launched in 1999, Asheron's Call(R) is a critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that draws together thousands of players within an evolving and dynamic persistent 3D world. With an exciting ever-evolving storyline, thrilling adventures and quests and regular content updates, Asheron's Call immerses players in an intense role-playing environment. An extensive system of formal Allegiances and player influence greatly enhances social interaction within the game. Asheron's Call spawned its first expansion, Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty(R), in 2001. For more information, visit http://ac.turbinegames.com .
About Turbine Entertainment Software Corp.
Headquartered in Westwood, Mass., Turbine Entertainment Software Corp. is a premier provider of online subscription entertainment. With studios on two coasts, the company is the largest privately held online games studio in North America. Turbine's proprietary technology, the Turbine Engine(R), generates some of the most sophisticated 3D graphics in persistent world games, producing such memorable projects as Asheron's Call(R), Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty(R) and Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings(R). Turbine is currently producing The Lord of the Rings(TM): Middle-Earth(TM) Online and Dungeons & Dragons(R) Online. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.turbinegames.com .
TURBINE, Asheron's Call, Asheron's Call Dark Majesty, Fallen Kings, Turbine Engine and Throne of Destiny are registered trademarks or trademarks of Turbine Entertainment Software Corporation in the United States or other jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Posted By: Adam Paoli - 142 Reads
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