Microsoft "recently" decided to drop the Ascend: New Gods trademark and very recently decided to file for a trademark called "Ascend: Hand of Kul", leaving gamers to wonder if the free to play title had been renamed.
Today Signal Studios and Microsoft Studios have officially confirmed it on the game's website, in a short news brief they said:
Yes, the rumors are true! We have changed our name from Ascend: New Gods to Ascend: Hand of Kul. We think it's more fitting, don't you?
While the internet offers many speculations on why the¤sudden name change, the real reason is this: A year has passed since our big unveil at E3 2012, and the New Gods are no longer "new". It was a tough decision, but during their board meeting in The Sanctum a couple of weeks ago, the New Gods decided to step down from power.
Although the news came as a sudden shock to us, we agreed with their decision. Left without a governing body, we decided on our own that it would be more appropriate to give the title a more story-centric name. How? Well, you're just going to have to play the game to find out. ;)
Ascend: Hand of Kul is slated for release on X360, Windows and Windows Phone later in 2013.
