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ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds

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ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds
Developer(s)Polygon Games
Publisher(s)NHN Corporation, Webzen
EngineCryEngine 3[1]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseMarch 2, 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 March 2, 2016 and shut down[7] its servers on October 4, 2016.

Asta Online was re-released on Steam in July 2017 but then later shutdown again due to unknown reasons. The game still appears on Steam however it cannot be downloaded.

Setting

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

References

  1. ^ "Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – New trailer as final test phase nears". MMO Culture. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Huge preview footage before CBT". MMO Culture. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Asta Online Closed Beta". steparu.com. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Open Beta finally announced". MMO Culture. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  5. ^ "[안내] Pre-OBT 서비스 종료". asta.hangame.com. 12 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  6. ^ a b "[G*Star 2010] Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Game footage". MMO Culture. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  7. ^ "ELOA and ASTA To Shut Down Soon - MMOGames.com". Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  8. ^ "ASTA, a unique concept in MMORPG". asta.hangame.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.


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