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 fight and has been all “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 02, 2016 and shut down [7] its servers on October 04, 2016.
Asta Online has been re-released on Steam in July 2017.
Setting
ASTA takes place in a high fantasy setting heavily inspired by Asian myths, legends, and philosophy. [6] [8]
References
- Jump up^ “Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – New trailer final test phase nears” . MMO Culture . August 28, 2013 . Retrieved 14 October 2013 .
- Jump up^ “Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Huge preview footage before CBT” . MMO Culture . January 21, 2013 . Retrieved 14 October 2013 .
- Jump up^ “Asta Online Closed Beta” . steparu.com . 9 January 2013 . Retrieved 14 October 2013 .
- Jump up^ “Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Open Beta finally announced” . MMO Culture . October 7, 2013 . Retrieved 14 October 2013 .
- Jump up^ “[안내] Pre-OBT 서비스 종료” . asta.hangame.com . October 12, 2013 . Retrieved 14 October 2013 .
- ^ Jump up to:a b“[G * Star 2010] Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Game footage” . MMO Culture . 20 November 2010 . Retrieved 14 October 2013 .
- Jump up^ “ELOA and ASTA To Shut Down Soon – MMOGames.com” . Retrieved 2016-09-07 .
- Jump up^ “ASTA, a unique concept in MMORPG” . asta.hangame.com . 2013 . Retrieved 14 October 2013 .