Ascend: Hand Of Kul was a free-to-play 3rd person action RPG released in Beta to XBOX 360 Live Gold Members on Arcade in fall 2013. A Steam port of the Ascend Beta was released shortly thereafter. Fan reaction was very positive and the game reached well over 4 million players.

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Despite Ascend's initial success agreement for a continuing support plan could not be reached. After a short time Ascend was delisted, never to be released out of Beta.

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In September 2019 MSFT graciously returned the IP in its entirety to Signal Studios. Please check the FAQ for more information.