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'''''Asheron's Call''' is the ultimate in immersive fantasy: a massively multi-player, persistent role-playing game filled with stunning visuals and an ongoing epic story that evolves as you play.''

[[File:Beta Olthoi and Portal.jpg]]

''The latest in the ongoing saga that is the development of '''Asheron's Call'''...''

'''May 24, 1999'''
:Asheron's Call is nominated Best Online Multiplayer Game of E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo)

'''May 7, 1999'''
:Microsoft's official Asheron's Call Web Site goes live!
:Gamegirlz has posted interviews with two Turbinites: Eri Izawa and Deb Matteson.
:Microsoft releases Asheron's Call movies to various sites -- You can get them here:
::Gamestats - The Olthoi
::AC Stratics - The Magic
::AC Vault - The Waterfall
::The Not Crazy Network - The Atlas
::LA Source.net - The Characters - (no longer available on this site)
::The Listeners - The Shop - (no longer available on this site)
::The RPG Network - The Combat

'''April 1, 1999'''
:Please sign up with us if you wish to receive news on future Asheron's Call events and progress.

'''March 29th, 1999'''
:On March 26th, we participated in Microsoft's Beta Sign-up for Asheron's Call. Thank you for applying. The Sign-up is now closed.

'''March 25th, 1999'''
:More March Mayhem!
:Beta Sign-up re-opened on March 26 for a very brief period.

:We've added information on Dereth and Social Features, such as Dereth's calendar, a list of character emotes, and allegiance titles for the different heritage groups.

'''March 15th, 1999'''
:March Mayhem Continues!
:Turbine Releases Exclusive Video of Asheron's Call to GAMESPOT!

'''March 8th, 1999'''
:March Mayhem Begins!
:Microsoft reveals our Day/Night cycle movie ( MPG(1.1mb) or .AVI (10mb) ) in an interview with Toby Ragaini, Lead Designer for Asheron's Call.

:Stay Tuned! In the next few days, we will be revealing the first Asheron's Call video featuring combat, spells, monsters and more!

:We're hiring! We revamped our Jobs page.

'''February 26th, 1999'''
:Turbine presents a sneak preview of Asheron's Call: March Mayhem! Check here for our first batch of hardware-accelerated, Direct3D screenshots, and our FIRST EVER video footage of Asheron's Call in action. Come back next week and onward -- there's more to come!
:As part of their Gamestock 99, Microsoft has released a new interview with Toby Ragaini, Asheron's Call's lead designer. Check it out!
:In other news, we have stopped taking applications for our beta test. But despair not, testers-to-be: we've collected thousands upon thousands of applications, and we'll be going through them all. Stay tuned.
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== Notes ==
For subsections, see:
* [[Zogblaster Archive/Features|Features]]
* [[Zogblaster Archive/The Land of Dereth|Dereth]]
* [[Zogblaster Archive/Heritage Groups|Heritage Groups]]
* [[Zogblaster Archive/Screenshots|Screenshots]]
* [[Zogblaster Archive/Pre-Game Sketches|Sketches]]
* Beta Test (not yet archived)
* [[Zogblaster Archive/FAQ|F.A.Q.]]
* [[Zogblaster Archive/Press Clippings|Press Clippings]]