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Asheron
Developer: Turbine · Published by Microsoft / WB Games / Turbine · 1999
A restored Vault stub from the August 1999 POCG news desk.
About This Game
Asheron is covered here as part of the August 1999 POCG news archive. This Vault entry is a restoration stub tied to period news coverage, preserving the release, demo, beta, promotion, hardware tie-in or development update as it was reported at the time. The story connects the game to the late-1999 PC and console scene, when gold master announcements, demos, patches, online ladders, hardware bundles and retail shipments were all hitting at once. Further release details, platform notes, developer history and review context can be expanded during the full Vault restoration pass. For now, this entry exists so the news archive has a clean game relationship instead of leaving the story floating loose.
In the News
Oct 261999
Asheron’s Call has gone Gold
In October 1999, that is the magic phrase: stop tweaking it, start pressing discs. The useful part: This means the product is completed and is expected to start showing up on store shelves in the U.S. in early November.
ReleaseOct 221999
Asheron’s Call Beta Ends Sunday
Asheron's Call is moving through beta, so players willing to deal with crashes, weirdness and unfinished edges can get in early.
ReleaseOct 191999
Asheron’s Call Pre-Order Programs Announced
Asheron's Call is getting the pre-order push, complete with the usual late-90s bait: bonus goods, special offers and enough retail noise to make the box feel bigger.
Release