Ascend: Hands of Kul (formerly Ascend: New Gods) was a 2013 free-to-play, character-action MMORPG game for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It was unveiled during Microsoft's press conference at E3 2012. 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.