Contents. Development Ben Aksoy prototype Ace of Spades was originally developed by Ben Aksoy. The first of version of the game, Beta 0.1, was released on 4 April 2011, and was available for.
This version of the game played as a 16-versus-16 team-based with a game mode, in which players were to obtain the opposing team's intelligence briefcase and return it to the own team's base. Due its use of -based graphics and emphasis on block-building techniques aside from gunplay, it was quickly labelled as ' with rifles'. The gunplay itself was compared to that of. Ace of Spades was received well, despite its early and unfinished state, and was listed amongst 's 'Best Indie Games of 2011' list and 's April 2011 'Best Free PC Games' list. As of November 2012, the beta of Ace of Spades had been installed 2.5 million times and had roughly 550,000. Jagex version Around 2012, Ace of Spades was acquired by British developer Jagex, who had previously started creating a new version of the game in mid-2011. Aksoy was reported to have agreed to the deal due to his critical financial state at the time, though was subsequently offered a position in Jagex' headquarters.
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He continued working on the game from Jagex' offices until late 2012, when his laptop was physically damaged by one of the company's. According to a former developer for Ace of Spades, who held a on the topic, Jagex provided for-hire developer with the Aksoy's code in November 2012, asking for it to be rewritten within eight weeks to meet the Christmas 2012 deadline. Jagex themselves stated that they had worked with 'a handful of indie developers' to have the game finished in time. The remade Ace of Spades was announced by Jagex on 1 November 2012, with a tentative release date set for the following month. The game was to be released for Microsoft Windows via the digital distribution platform. On 5 December 2012, the release date was formalised to 12 December.
Pre-registrations for the game were launched alongside, and by 11 December, one day before the release, Jagex reported that 500,000 users had pre-registered for the game. Ace of Spades ' launch trailer, released alongside the game itself, highlighted the characteristics of the game's new characters. In reference to the game's title, the trailer also featured 's eponymous 1980 song, '. Unlike previous games released by Jagex, such as, Ace of Spades was not released in a model and was instead provided as a one-off purchase costing 9.99, described as a 'small one-off fee'. Mark Gerhard, of Jagex at the time, explained that this was 'what's right for the game'.
Shortly following the release, on 21 December, Ace of Spades was updated with free (DLC) containing four new maps, a new weapon and the reintroduction of the capture the flag game mode. On 24 January 2013, Jagex released, alongside other new content, the 'Classic Mode' that aimed to play similarly to the 2011 prototype of the game. On on 14 February 2013, the game received its first paid DLC package, named St. Valentine's Day Massacre, which introduced a new ' mode' wherein teams defended one randomly chosen players of their own team while trying to defeat that of the other team's. A of Ace of Spades to was released on 16 May 2013. As means of promotion, the game received a 'free weekend', through which people could play the full game for a limited time, and overall offered at half-price. On 2 October 2013, the game received a native which could be used to produce maps shared through the.
Alongside this update, the previously paid St. Valentine's Day Massacre DLC was made available for free. Following onto the map editor integration, the game was updated with the a custom, 24-player mode where players built maps within a limited time.
Subsequently, the game was rebranded as Ace of Spades: Battle Builder. Reception Reception Aggregate score Aggregator Score 49/100 Review scores Publication Score 5/10 5.9/10 45/100 Ace of Spades received 'generally unfavorable' reviews, according to website, where the game holds a score of 49/100, based on 13 critic reviews. Successor On 20 November 2014, Jagex announced as a free-to-play successor to Ace of Spades. Block N Load 's developed stemmed from Alex Horton, at Jagex at the time, who acknowledged that Ace of Spades was not 'launched well', because of which he asked Jagex' board to create a new title in the same genre. Closure On 3 April 2018, Jagex announced that Ace of Spades would officially be discontinued. As a result, the game was taken off sale immediately, while dedicated game servers were to stay online through 3 July that year. However, on 2 July, Jagex stated that Ace of Spades ' shutdown would be postponed as they considered possible alternative futures for the game.
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