Age of Ascent | |
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Developer(s) | Illyriad Games [1] |
Publisher(s) | Illyriad Games |
Platform(s) | Web browser |
Genre(s) | Space trading and combat simulator, first-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Age of Ascent is an ambitious video game, [2] that aims to become the largest MMO game ever created. [3] It utilizes a cutting-edge, on-demand scaling cloud-based architecture and features real-time direct piloting in a single integrated universe. [4] The game was officially announced on February 28, 2014.
On March 14, 2014 Age of Ascent attempted to set a new Guinness World Record for the "World's Largest Videogame PvP Battle" during a public alpha. [5] The alpha was designed to support over 50,000 players with a throttling mechanism in place to handle up to 2,000,000 players. However, at its peak, the test saw 997 concurrent players, utilizing only 2% of the deployed server CPU capacity, falling short of the record of 4075. [6]
Age of Ascent stands out from other games in its genre by being browser-based and leveraging WebGL technology for its implementation. This allows players to jump into the game instantly, regardless of their device, without the need to install plug-ins, apps or executables. [7]
Powered by Microsoft Azure, Age of Ascent has been designed from the ground up to scale across hundreds of computers, creating a single, seamless, and cohesive universe. Dubbed as the pioneer of ultra-MMOs, Age of Ascent is set to revolutionize the genre. [8]
Illyriad Games collaborated closely with the Microsoft Technology Centre and the Microsoft Developer eXperience Technical Evangelism & Development team to fully harness the capabilities of the Azure platform.
To ensure responsiveness the game is distributed across multiple datacenters worldwide, providing high-bandwidth, low-latency network access for players, globally.
Age of Ascent | |
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Developer(s) | Illyriad Games [1] |
Publisher(s) | Illyriad Games |
Platform(s) | Web browser |
Genre(s) | Space trading and combat simulator, first-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Age of Ascent is an ambitious video game, [2] that aims to become the largest MMO game ever created. [3] It utilizes a cutting-edge, on-demand scaling cloud-based architecture and features real-time direct piloting in a single integrated universe. [4] The game was officially announced on February 28, 2014.
On March 14, 2014 Age of Ascent attempted to set a new Guinness World Record for the "World's Largest Videogame PvP Battle" during a public alpha. [5] The alpha was designed to support over 50,000 players with a throttling mechanism in place to handle up to 2,000,000 players. However, at its peak, the test saw 997 concurrent players, utilizing only 2% of the deployed server CPU capacity, falling short of the record of 4075. [6]
Age of Ascent stands out from other games in its genre by being browser-based and leveraging WebGL technology for its implementation. This allows players to jump into the game instantly, regardless of their device, without the need to install plug-ins, apps or executables. [7]
Powered by Microsoft Azure, Age of Ascent has been designed from the ground up to scale across hundreds of computers, creating a single, seamless, and cohesive universe. Dubbed as the pioneer of ultra-MMOs, Age of Ascent is set to revolutionize the genre. [8]
Illyriad Games collaborated closely with the Microsoft Technology Centre and the Microsoft Developer eXperience Technical Evangelism & Development team to fully harness the capabilities of the Azure platform.
To ensure responsiveness the game is distributed across multiple datacenters worldwide, providing high-bandwidth, low-latency network access for players, globally.