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Turbine Buys Asheron's Call From Microsoft

Posted by simoniker on from the come-to-daddy dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to Turbine's announcement that they've purchased back the entire Asheron's Call MMO franchise from Microsoft. Turbine, the original developers of the titles, has just announced a large venture capital-sourced funding increase, and will now "assume all responsibility for Asheron's Call and Asheron's Call 2 game and player support, including customer service, tech support, quality assurance and a new billing system." Additionally, a letter from the content developers reveals that "we are going to be making an expansion pack for Asheron's Call 1", the still-popular franchise originator.

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  1. Sweet Jesus! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone Buying Something From Microsoft!

    No really though, I'm sure Turbine can turn it into less of a steaming pile of (AC2, Im looking at you).

    But as far as profitability, its gonna take a while to get the public interested in a game they've already given up on.

  2. Re:hmmm by ronfar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, you'll have to expect this sort of thing now that the One Ring has been destroyed.

    --
    All the creatures will die, And all the things will be broken. That's the law of samurai. (Jubai, 1605)