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Signal Studios is about to launch a closed beta for Ascend: New Gods - that bizarre mixture of open world elements, 'bot nurturing, SmartGlass features and asynchronous multiplayer, due on Xbox Live Arcade sometime this year. Get involved here - you'll need an email address and the willingness to untick boxes that threaten to send you news of exclusive offers.
New to Ascend? Well, let's just say it's a game where you can troll your friends by teleporting wolves into their worlds. A game where you level up by sacrificing yourself to one of three gods, whereupon the character you used to becomes a minion, fighting for territory on your behalf. More particulars can be plucked from this preview, and we've spoken to Signal at length about the ramifications.
"Since the big reveal of Ascend at E3 last year, our team has been hard at work creating the kind of action role-playing experience that we've always wanted to play," creative director and studio bossman D. R. Albright III comments in a release. "We're really excited to move forward into beta and give players their first hands-on experience with the game."
