Age of Ascent

Age of Ascent is a 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.

Age of Ascent
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

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]

Scale

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.

See also

• Eve Online – persistent-world MMORPG set in a science fiction space setting by CCP Games