John Bardinelli

Developer Signal Studios notes that it wasn't exactly their decision to end support. Microsoft passed down the notice while investigating issues players had been experiencing in recent weeks. Estimates place the Xbox Live player base at around 2.5 million, which is no small number. Microsoft or Signal Studios hasn't said exactly why the game is being discontinued, just that, you know, it is.

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D.J. Waaland

A new trailer has surfaced that details some of the gameplay mechanics of Signal Studios' Ascend: Hand of Kul. In Ascend, you are a Caos, a champion of the gods. You are tasked with ridding the lands of other god's shrines, titans, and creatures. Overall, you are trying to diminish the presence of rival gods and make yours stand above all others. Along the way, you will fight many mythical creatures, conquering them in a brutal fashion.

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It's been almost a year since we first got a hands-on with Signal Studios' action RPG Ascend: New Gods. After all those months and the recent opening of closed beta, the team has decided it's time for a name change. Just like Istanbul was once called Constantinople, Ascend: New Gods is now Ascend: Hand of Kul. So if you have a date to play New Gods, she'll be playing in Hand of Kul. When it's actually released, that is.

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