ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds

ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds
DeveloperPolygon Games
PublishersNHN Corporation
Webzen
EngineCryEngine 3[1]
PlatformMicrosoft Windows
Release2 March 2016
GenreMMORPG

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.

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

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. 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. Retrieved 14 October 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. 1 2 "[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.
  9. ↑ An, Jeongbin (22 September 2015). ""남은 두 개마저도?" 사실상 문닫은 NHN엔터 온라인게임 퍼블리싱". ThisIsGame. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
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