Software:ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds

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Short description: 2016 video game
ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds
Developer(s)Polygon Games
Publisher(s)NHN Corporation
Webzen
EngineCryEngine 3[1]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release2 March 2016
Genre(s)MMORPG

ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds (Korean: 아스타) was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game created by South Korean developer Polygon Games.[2][3] The game was in development from 2010 through mid-October 2013.[4][5]

The game featured two warring factions, large-scale player versus player and realm versus realm combat and has been touted as "the Asian World of Warcraft".[6]

ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds was published in North America and Europe by Webzen Games, launched on 2 March 2016, and shut down[7] its servers on 4 October the same year.


Setting

ASTA takes place in a high fantasy setting heavily inspired by East Asian myths, legends, and philosophy.[6][8]

Release

ASTA was shut down by NHN on 23 August 2015. NHN closed all of its other publishing online games at the end of the year.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – New trailer as final test phase nears". MMO Culture. 28 August 2013. http://www.mmoculture.com/2013/08/asta-the-war-of-tears-and-winds-new-trailer-as-final-test-phase-nears/. Retrieved 14 October 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Huge preview footage before CBT". MMO Culture. 21 January 2013. http://www.mmoculture.com/2013/01/asta-the-war-of-tears-and-winds-huge-preview-footage-before-cbt/. Retrieved 14 October 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Asta Online Closed Beta". steparu.com. 9 January 2013. http://steparu.com/news/close-beta/1055-asta-online-closed-beta. Retrieved 14 October 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Open Beta finally announced". MMO Culture. 7 October 2013. http://www.mmoculture.com/2013/10/asta-the-war-of-tears-and-winds-open-beta-finally-announced/. Retrieved 14 October 2013. 
  5. ↑ "[안내 Pre-OBT 서비스 종료"]. asta.hangame.com. 12 October 2013. http://asta.hangame.com/xbbs/bbs/read.nhn?bbsNo=14&artclNo=40907&artclCatgNo=0. Retrieved 14 October 2013. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "[G*Star 2010 Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Game footage"]. MMO Culture. 20 November 2010. http://www.mmoculture.com/2010/11/gstar-2010-asta-the-war-of-tears-and-winds-footage/. Retrieved 14 October 2013. 
  7. ↑ "ELOA and ASTA To Shut Down Soon – MMOGames.com" (in en-US). http://www.mmogames.com/gamenews/eloa-asta-shut-down-soon/. 
  8. ↑ "ASTA, a unique concept in MMORPG". asta.hangame.com. 2013. http://asta.hangame.com/micro/index.nhn?lang=ko. Retrieved 14 October 2013. 
  9. ↑ An, Jeongbin (22 September 2015). ""남은 두 개마저도?" 사실상 문닫은 NHN엔터 온라인게임 퍼블리싱". https://www.thisisgame.com/articles/60027. 



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