But Happy Wars beat them to the punch
In an interview with Signal Studios this weekend at PAX East, art director Brandon Gillam revealed thatAscend: New Godswas slated to be the first free-to-play title on the Xbox 360.
Gillam said that the game took longer than projected, so Microsoft launchedHappy Warsfirst. It turns out that this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

He went on to explain that asHappy Warsblew up, Microsoft had to add resources to accommodate the demand. Now that this infrastructure’s in place, Gillam feels that it’ll make the launch ofAscend: New Godsgo much more smoothly.








