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One Shots: This place looks familiar...
This game looks awfully familiar, doesn't it? The peaceful landscape, the cloud-covered sky, even the interface looks like something we've seen recently, doesn't it? But we're here to tell you, this is not the game you are looking for. Though this shot in particular bears a lot of similarity, both in setting and interface, to Turbine's latest MMO offering, Lord of the Rings Online, this shot is actually from the now defunct Asheron's Call 2. Schad, who sent in the shot, tells us, "It died, but I still have the screens!"We're pretty excited to see screenshots in the One Shots mailbox for games other than Guild Wars. Not that we don't like Guild Wars -- but variety is the spice of life and we love to see shots from games we haven't highlighted lately. We only post what you send us send your screenshots and stories from games long dead to oneshots@massively.com. You may see it posted here tomorrow! %Gallery-9798%
Read the patch notes for AC's November update
The patch notes for Asheron's Call's November update were recently published by Turbine. Most of the changes are bug fixes and tweaks, but a couple of things are worthy of note.Rare item drops have been increased world-wide, new items have been added to "the various special vendors across Dereth," and some more masks have been put into the game. The patch notes also cryptically say that "there appears to be some sort of plague affecting the Carenzi of Marae Lassel." Presumably Turbine wants us to figure out what's going on there for ourselves.It's good to know that Asheron's Call is still getting some patch love on a regular basis; some older games aren't so lucky.
Massively's massive giveaways: Asheron's Call
For our current series of giveaways, we're talking about everything Turbine -- and for those of you who haven't had the chance to enjoy playing their games, we're giving some away! So if you haven't had a chance to try out Asheron's Call, you're in luck, because we're giving away two copies of Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny. To win, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post between now and 3:00 PM EST tomorrow, November 8th. We'll pick two commenters to take home a copy of AC! (To be eligible to win you must be a US resident of age 18 or older -- please check our official rules for full details!) Not interested in Asheron's Call? Well, we're also giving away copies of LotRO and copies of DDO -- with more Turbine giveaways showing up throughout the day!
Turbine services/games to go down for maintenance
It's that time again. Turbine pulls the plug on, well, everything - Web-services, games, the whole shebang for bi-weekly maintenance. The lights go out at 7AM US Eastern time on Monday, and everything comes back four hours later at 11AM.Affected games include Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Dungeons and Dragons: Stormreach, Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny, and Trademarked Property: Revenge of the Colon. No, wait - that one's just a marketing game (though I don't think I'd care for the endgame on that one). Also affected are all the web and online support services for these games.Wondering what to do with your free time while you're waiting for your favorite Turbine title to come back? Why not check out a free-to-play MMO?
