[AL:TERA]Official Site: TERA (aka TERA: Rising aka The Exiled Realm of Arborea)
Studio: En Masse Entertainment/Bluehole Studio
Launch Date: May 1, 2012 (January 25, 2011 in Korea)
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 380: A TERAble way to go
Justin and Bree discuss TERA's sunset, Secret World's maintenance mode, Red Dead Online's maintenance mode, Heroes of the Storm's maintenance mode, Skull and Bones' November launch, Elder Scrolls Online's Lost Depths DLC, EverQuest II's prison server, Blizzard's Proletariat buyout, WoW's crafting overhaul, and the return of BlizzCon in 2023, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallout 76, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag lightning round.
