| Ascend: Hand of Kul | |
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| Developer(s) | Signal Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Studios Signal Studios (Steam) |
| Composer(s) | Kevin Riepl |
| Engine | SigEngine |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows |
| Release | Xbox Live Arcade September 25, 2013 Microsoft Windows May 20, 2014 |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, asynchronous multiplayer |
Ascend: Hand of Kul (formerly Ascend: New Gods) was a 2013 free-to-play, character-action MMORPG game for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows.[1] It was unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012 during Microsoft's press conference. Though the beta version was available in the Xbox Live Arcade for free to Gold members, the game never saw full release. On August 18, 2014, the game was delisted from the Xbox marketplace. On August 21, 2014, it was announced the game's server will be closing November 18, 2014. The PC version was shut down on June 20, 2016.[2][3][4]
On December 1, 2022, a small team by the name of Outer Heaven Game Studios released Ascend: Reborn for PC on Steam, again as a free-to-play game.
As of one month after release, the game maintains an average concurrent player count of fewer than a hundred players.[5]
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- ^ "Ascend: Hand of Kul's Last Day On Steam". Steamcommunity.com. 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- ^ "Steam DB information". January 7, 2023.