Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings
| Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Turbine Entertainment Software |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Game Studios (2002–2003) Turbine (2003–2005) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (2012–2017) |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | November 22, 2002 – January 31, 2017 (14 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days) |
| Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings was a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows which was released on November 22, 2002 and shut down on December 30, 2005 before it was relaunched as a beta for active Asheron's Call subscribers between 2012 and 2017. 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 Game Studios, until Turbine purchased the Asheron's Call intellectual property in December 2003. The Microsoft-to-Turbine transition was completed in 2005. In 2004 and 2005, Turbine entered business arrangements with Jolt Online Gaming to operate Asheron's Call 2 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 Asheron's Call 2 was shuttered. In December 2012, Asheron's Call 2 was restarted, on a new server. The game closed on January 31, 2017.