Microsoft shows off "ultra-MMO" Age of Ascent, touts 100,000 player battles

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Microsoft shows off "ultra-MMO" Age of Ascent, touts 100,000 player battles

Added: 08.07.2014 15:29 | 8 views | 0 comments

Azure cloud allows for "unique" experiences, says exec.
So this isn't an Xbox thing, strictly speaking, but I think you'll enjoy reading about it regardless - particularly if you're still waiting for evidence that the much-vaunted Xbox Live cloud will have a real impact on how games are designed and played. Speaking during a presentation about cloud gaming at Develop this week, Microsoft's Robert Fraser has detailed the company's partnership with Age of Ascent - an HTML-based "ultra MMO" in which up to 100,000 players can do battle in the same session, thanks to scalable Microsoft Azure server support.