Asheron's Call

Asheron's Call (AC) is a fantasy MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) for PCs running Microsoft Windows, developed and published by Turbine Entertainment. Although it was developed by the Turbine team (with extensive support from Microsoft), it was published as a Microsoft title until 2004. The game is set on the island continent of Dereth and several surrounding smaller islands and archipelagos on the fictional planet Auberean. The game was played in a large, seamless 3D virtual world that could host thousands of player characters simultaneously. It was released on November 2, 1999 and was the third major MMORPG developed at the same time as Ultima Online and Everquest. After its initial success, subscriber numbers dropped as newer MMORPGs entered the market. The game's servers remained online for over 17 years after its original launch.