Im note sure if its dead, but it looks like that. The support for Xbox 360 is already gone i dont exspect any more updates for the PC-Version :/ ... its kinda sad ^^ .... (sorry for my poor english)

They support other project. More information you can find on-forum: http://www.signalstudios.net/forums/#/categories/ascend-hand-of-kul

Well, i think Microsoft decided to be Dbags and stopped backing this for the 360? I still see lots of players playing. It's not like an MMO, it's kind of like dark souls in that regard.

Well, I do not want to play this game anymore. I played the whole story, but then this game is just boring. There is just grinding, grinding , grind and grinding. It is too monotonous to kill those little trolls and wolves again and again.
This game just needs more endgame content.
But ,as before mentioned, the last update was many months ago. --> The game is (maybe just for the moment) dead.

Dead. But still kickin!

Right now, Ascend is kind of in Zombie mode. However, for those that don't bother following the link, the basics is this:

Two of the main programmers got called over to another department to work on on Toy Soldiers: War Chest. Once they are done there, they'll resume work on Ascend. Signal still aims to make something great(er) out of Ascend, but right now it's kind of on a break.

As for Ascend on the 360, it was Microsoft that killed it, not Signal; they still want to continue on Ascend for the PC. Right now, though, they do not have enough resources to do both, and have to prioritize: a ubisoft title with real economy (and a contract) behind it must take priority over a free to play beta.

For what it's worth, Toy Soldiers: War Chest do seem rather hilarious. :)

i was very pissed when Xbox took it off. really enjoyed the feel and gameplay of ascend. but at least i have it here, which is nice

Of course it's dead! If you didn't spend money on it, you didn't get anywhere!

Game is similar to mormans... It was born dead.

Still not playing it.

ya i dled it because it looked awesome and all but cant create a female character so deleting it from my libary

Originally posted by Dinoman9877:

Of course it's dead! If you didn't spend money on it, you didn't get anywhere!

Except to the end of the game and beyond? I didn't pay for anything and I beat the storyline and continued into the endgame for a bit - without much trouble at all.

Nothing but thumbs down on the whole first page. Pay to win games are usually rejected by the mass of gamers, and I'm sure one of them. You would think that developers would get a hint and quit making games with this aspect programmed into them. I suppose that they rationalize a free game by believing that they have to put something in there to make some money. So in truth? It's not free whatsoever, and they didn't ever design it to be a "free" game. So let's just deceive the worldwide public into investing a certain amount of time into it then they won't notice we slipped a pay-to-advance-to-pay-to-win. Yeah. Sure.

Pay to win?
Are you guys retarded or something?

Well anyway, I really hope they return soon to the game.
Months no updates and still awesome <3

No not still awesome. The only thin you can do after completing the main stroy is grinding in the endless dungeon. Is this fun? Not for me!