Ascend: New Gods Will Be Free-to-Play

Ascend: New Gods Will Be Free-to-Play

The free-to-play revolution has begun

Written by SgtDigglesworth on 29 August 12 at 02:33 | Credit to CounterInsurgnt

With the recent announcement that Happy Wars will be a free-to-play, it may or may not, come as a shock that, Ascend: New Gods will also be a free-to-play XBLA game.

In a recent interview with OXM, a spokesperson from Microsoft recently indulged information regarding other titles in the works to join the ranks of 'true' free-to-play games.

We're always looking at ways to push the boundaries of the console and our digital platform. Bringing true free-to-play gaming experiences to Xbox 360 is a natural extension of that.

With the ongoing success of the model on PC, and the interest from both our consumers and our partners looking to explore this system on console, it simply made sense to deliver this experience through great games that would take advantage of it.

In this pilot program, Microsoft Studios will support free-to-play gaming with Happy Wars, due out in September, as well as the recently announced game Ascend: New Gods which will ship in several months.

The free-to-play model and games experiences will be available to all Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers, as many of the games planned will be multiplayer games by nature (an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription is required for multiplayer gaming). The games that use the free-to-play mechanic will leverage the Microsoft Points system.
Fellow gamers, what is your take on the inception of free-to-play titles currently and those in the future? Fans looking to get their hands on the upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade action-RPG, Ascend: New Gods, will be able to purchase download this title for free sometime in 2013.
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KitsuneChaos
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Posted on 29 August 12 at 02:36
More than willing to try this out.
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Posted on 29 August 12 at 02:41
Thats actually. I wish more games would be micro-transaction based. Sell me a game for $30 (or give it to me for free) and I'll buy it. Once I own it, offer me lots of DLC at $10 a pop and I'll probably buy that as well. Throw it some micro-transactions where I can cash in for gold or bonuses or even XP multipliers and i'll probably do that as well. I'll probably spend like $80 on your game anyway.
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As long as you don't have to buy something for an achievement, it sounds good. I'm a big fan of LOTRO and just getting into TF2 (Both f2p games)
Mattpm13
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A game that combines my love of RPGs and free stuff? I want it!
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Was gonna buy it now I'll have to settle for downloading it!
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For all the people that complain about online passes and day 1 dlc, and how it supposedly wrecks gaming thru greed..the free to play model will evolve into something much worse in my opinion.

Right now it seems ok with some ads in stuff like wordament, as it is in pay games as it is, but I am wondering just how much will be free and how much is micro transactions in games 2 years from now. people already complain tons about ultimate team modes due to micro transactions, just wait for this movement to really kick in.
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Posted on 29 August 12 at 03:26
I quite liked the look of this at E3, obviously - I didn't learn anything from the clip they showed regarding the gameplay mechanics.
I'm glad this is free to play, I can check it out properly before dropping any funds at all.
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Posted on 29 August 12 at 03:38
A tip to remember is nothing is free, especially from microsoft, the only gaming company that charges for any online play what so ever. So any free games they offer will have some kind of financial draw.
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who could say no to a free arcade game :3
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Something smells funny...
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I'm sure it will take forever to complete without spending some money...just like the Freemium games on WP. Oh well though...still pretty awesome. Happy Wars looks like a fun game to play with friends. I hope Ascent: New Gods will be too.
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I can imagine that they'll add achievements that can only be unlocked by purchasing items/content, making it impossible to complete (Achievement wise) without paying a certain amount.
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Posted on 29 August 12 at 05:08
I bet the move to make it F2P came about entirely because of this Ascend: New Gods Showcases Multiplayer Features

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SgtDigglesworth said:The free-to-play revolution has begun
God help us all...
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Posted on 29 August 12 at 06:01
Chakaal Starr said:For all the people that complain about online passes and day 1 dlc, and how it supposedly wrecks gaming thru greed..the free to play model will evolve into something much worse in my opinion.

Right now it seems ok with some ads in stuff like wordament, as it is in pay games as it is, but I am wondering just how much will be free and how much is micro transactions in games 2 years from now. people already complain tons about ultimate team modes due to micro transactions, just wait for this movement to really kick in.
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Why do i have a feeling these will end up having 1000 gamer score each and 600 of them will be for purchased items/dlc.
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Posted on 29 August 12 at 07:05
Jaggexedge said:I can imagine that they'll add achievements that can only be unlocked by purchasing items/content, making it impossible to complete (Achievement wise) without paying a certain amount.yeah i guess this will happen. i'll stay away from those games until i know how much it would really cost to complete them.
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Posted on 29 August 12 at 07:31
yes please! more free games!
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