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''Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings'' is a fantasy MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) for Microsoft Windows-based PCs which was released on November 22, 2002 and shut down on December 30, 2005. In 2012, it was relaunched as a beta for active Asheron's Call subscribers. It is a sequel to 1999's ''Asheron's Call'', although content, graphics and gameplay dynamics differed greatly from its predecessor. Both games were developed by Turbine Entertainment Software and originally published by Microsoft, until Turbine purchased the ''Asheron's Call'' franchise in December 2003. The Microsoft to Turbine transition was completed in spring 2005. In 2004 and 2005, Turbine entered business arrangements with Jolt Online Gaming to operate AC2 in Europe and with Sony Online Entertainment to distribute the game's first expansion, ''Asheron's Call 2: Legions'', under the Station Publishing label. The original ''Asheron's Call'' continued to be operated, even after ''AC2'' was shuttered. In December 2012, ''AC'' players were given the opportunity to play ''AC2'' once again, on a new server. ==Updates== * As with most other MMORPGs of the era, ''Asheron's Call 2'' was a subscription-based game, cost $12.95 USD/EUR per month to play. The ''Asheron's Call'' franchise was unique in providing complimentary monthly content updates or "Events" that added new quests, skills, landmasses, monsters, gameplay dynamics and bug fixes to all subscribers. Epic storylines linked multiple episodes to form distinct "story arcs". * A major expansion pack for ''Asheron's Call 2'' titled ''Asheron's Call 2: Legions'' was announced in October 2004 and was released on May 4, 2005. It included a new playable character race — the mythical Empyreans, and a major new landmass, Knorr. Players who pre-ordered the expansion were granted access to a second new character race, the Drudge at the time of the ''Legions'' launch. High-level gameplay was also revisited with the Hero 2.0 system and plentiful new content. The subsequent (and final) content update was one of the largest ever, featuring two new types of monsters, dozens of additional quests, as well as other content additions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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