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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Gen Con 08: Turbine tells us what's in store for AC, Part 2]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-ac-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-ac-part-2/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-ac-part-2/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/asherons-call/" rel="tag">Asheron's Call</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events, real-world</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/expansions/" rel="tag">Expansions</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/interviews/" rel="tag">Interviews</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/patches/" rel="tag">Patches</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/pvp/" rel="tag">PvP</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050422/zenke_pfv.htm"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/asherons_call_425.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
<strong>Given that the game has been around for so long, do you see this addition of modern MMO features as something that the player base is really clamoring for, or are you sort of scaling that against what other games have right now?</strong><br /><br />Really, it's what the players are asking for. That's one of the things we pride ourselves on: listening to the players. Feedback and player concerns are very important to us.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-ac-part-2/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Gen Con 08: Turbine tells us what's in store for AC, Part 2</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-ac-part-2/">Gen Con 08: Turbine tells us what's in store for AC, Part 2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-ac-part-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1288198/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-ac-part-2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>100th-patch</category><category>100th-update</category><category>ac</category><category>ai</category><category>andy-cataldo</category><category>artificial-intelligence</category><category>asherons-call</category><category>community-manager</category><category>expansion</category><category>factions</category><category>gen-con</category><category>gen-con-2008</category><category>gen-con-indy</category><category>gencon</category><category>gencon-2008</category><category>gencon-indy</category><category>indianapolis</category><category>interview</category><category>patch</category><category>pvp</category><category>quest-tracking</category><category>quests</category><category>societies</category><category>turbine</category><category>update</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Axon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gen Con 08: Turbine tells us what's in store for Asheron's Call]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-asherons-call/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-asherons-call/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-asherons-call/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/asherons-call/" rel="tag">Asheron's Call</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events, real-world</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/expansions/" rel="tag">Expansions</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/interviews/" rel="tag">Interviews</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/patches/" rel="tag">Patches</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/pvp/" rel="tag">PvP</a></p><a href="http://ac.turbine.com/"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/asherons_call_225.jpg" /></a>At <a href="http://www.gencon.com/">Gen Con</a>, we spoke with <a href="http://www.turbine.com">Turbine</a>'s Andy Cataldo, the Community Manager for <a href="http://ac.turbine.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Asheron's Call</span></a>, about the future of this historic game. Cataldo told us a lot about <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/asherons-call"><span style="font-style: italic;">AC</span></a>'s <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/07/turbine-plotting-something-special-for-the-100th-asherons-call/">epic 100th update.</a> The update is coming within the next few weeks, and it's a doozy. According to Cataldo, <span style="font-style: italic;">AC</span> players will get a whole <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/17/society-system-planned-in-100th-asheron-s-call-content-update/">new faction system</a>, three land areas to battle over, tons of new loot and spells, and various other improvements to the game, particularly to enemy AI.<br /><br />In addition to working its regular monthly event and patch schedule, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/turbine">Turbine</a> is attempting to respond to player demand for a variety of new features in the 100th and all future updates. Particular emphasis is being placed on adding features common in modern MMOs, such as a quest tracking menu. <span style="font-style: italic;">AC</span> has been around for almost ten years, so it has some catching up to do!<br /><br />Learn more about Turbine's big push to modernize the game, add lots of new content, and more in the interview after the break.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-asherons-call/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Gen Con 08: Turbine tells us what's in store for Asheron's Call</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-asherons-call/">Gen Con 08: Turbine tells us what's in store for Asheron's Call</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-asherons-call/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1287179/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/gen-con-08-turbine-tells-us-whats-in-store-for-asherons-call/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>100</category><category>100th-update</category><category>ac</category><category>ai</category><category>andy-cataldo</category><category>artificial-intelligence</category><category>asherons-call</category><category>community-manager</category><category>expansion</category><category>factions</category><category>featured</category><category>gen-con</category><category>gen-con-2008</category><category>gen-con-indy</category><category>gencon</category><category>gencon-2008</category><category>gencon-indy</category><category>indianapolis</category><category>interview</category><category>joystiq-features</category><category>massively-features</category><category>patch</category><category>pvp</category><category>quest-tracking</category><category>quests</category><category>societies</category><category>turbine</category><category>update</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Axon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
