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Asheron's Call 2 : Fallen Kings: Legions Goes Gold!

DanaDana Member Posts: 2,415
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Hot on the heels of their delay of AC: Throne of Destiny and Jessica Mulligan's departure, Turbine follows up with the announcement that "Legions", the expansion to Asheron's Call 2, has gone gold and will be in stores in May.


TURBINE's Asheron's Call 2: Legions Goes Gold

WESTWOOD, Mass. - April 25, 2005 - Turbine, Inc., a leading publisher of online subscription entertainment, announced today that the highly-anticipated massively multiplayer online game Asheron's Call 2: Legions(tm) has gone gold. Legions, the first expansion pack for the graphically ground breaking phenomenon Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings®, arrives on retail shelves throughout North America in May.

After an extensive beta program, including feedback from thousands of online gamers, Turbine has put the finishing touches on the long-awaited expansion pack. The forthcoming game provides players with an ambitious new storyline and content for hours and hours of additional online adventuring. Gamers will get to explore a massive new continent, play an innovative hero system and choose new races including the mystical Empyreans as well as the Drudge.

"The development process has been exciting and fulfilling. Our beta program participants were enthusiastic and full of great suggestions, making it easy to maintain the Turbine tradition of listening to the people that make the franchise so popular," said Tom Nichols, vice president of marketing, Turbine Inc. "As an emerging publisher, this is the first of many top quality titles Turbine plans on delivering. We're sure Asheron's Call 2: Legions will be exciting for those new to Asheron's Call and will exceed the expectations of our long-time fans."

Building on the critically acclaimed franchise, Asheron's Call 2: Legions will feature:

  • A Massive New Continent
    • Players can explore the mystical continent of Knorr. The continent adds more than 30 percent to the size of the game world.
  • New Playable Races
    • Recalled from portal-space by Asheron himself, players can choose to help the Empyreans rebuild their power on Dereth or toil the land as a Drudge!
  • 300 New Skills and Abilities Added
    • Players can experience completely new skill trees and hierarchies.
  • 3 New Prestige Classes
    • These elite classes extend gameplay for the new race by offering special options to high-end players.
  • Hero System 2.0 Extends Elder Challenge
    • New skill system and advancement model for high-level characters includes the ability to chain skills for spectacular results in combat.
  • 40+ New Weapons
    • A wide variety of weapons for all races have been added.
  • 100+ New Quests
    • Designed for a full span of level ranges, this is practically a full game in itself.
  • 20+ New Dungeons
    • Players enter these underground lairs of the Olthoi Queen and fight for dominance of Knorr.
  • 10 New Monster Types
    • These monsters are unique to the world of Knorr and add to the already uniquely creative complement of creature in Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings®.
  • Engine Upgrades
    • Major game system improvements enhance performance and smooth the gameplay experience.

Asheron's Call 2: Legions will be distributed across North America by Station Publishing and across Europe by The Codemasters Software Limited.

About Turbine, Inc.

Turbine, Inc. is a premier producer, publisher and operator of online subscription entertainment and is headquartered in Westwood, Mass. With studios on two coasts, the Company is the largest privately-held online games company in North America. Turbine's catalogue includes some of the most famous online entertainment brands, including Asheron's Call®, Dungeons & Dragons® Online and The Lord of the Rings(tm): Middle-Earth(tm) Online. For more information on Turbine and its services, please visit www.turbine.com.


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Dana Massey
Formerly of MMORPG.com
Currently Lead Designer for Bit Trap Studios

Comments

  • KytrarewnKytrarewn Member Posts: 35

    As a beta-tester for AC2: Legions (who is part of the Beta Testers Unleashed NDA-drop thingy), I am thrilled with the state of Hero 2.0, and AC2 in general.

    New game dynamics (perks, tesserae, and the valor and rite dynamics used in the Empyrean Templar and Heiromancer classes, respective), as well as the buffs that have been made.

    Focus has been changed, in the new hero system, so that skills can be used far more often than in the previous system, in which "Hoarding until absolutely needed" was the name of the game.

    Furthermore, Knorr is absolutely beautiful, and the new mobs and mob balancing have made it so that the game is much more fun in the elder game than "stun, kill, collect xp" ad infinitum.

    9 days left till release. I hope to see many of you on Frostfell.

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