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The guys at Ascension Games have been busy plugging away at their cutesy adventure RPG Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim since it was successfully Kickstarted back in October 2013. Their campaign was a bit of a frustrating nail biter since they had most everything going for them; a great looking game, a number of unique features, and even a playable demo. With that they still just barely managed to hit their $30,000 funding target, coming in with only an extra $1,448. (Read More)

Welcome to The Funding Crowd! In fact, The Funding Crowd #22 to be exact. As always, we'll do our best to entertain while recapping what's happened since the 14th October and today, taking you on a tour of some marvellous Hidden Gems before ending on a high with our five Biggies. Yes, it's quality over quantity in this issue of The Funding Crowd. Enjoy! (Read More)

Men and Women of Nygard, WE DID IT!!!    We couldn't have done this without you!! All your hard work of spreading the word and giving every last penny made this possible! We are truly thankful as a team to have such supporters as you guys!  Now We... (Read More)

Hey everyone!Thank you soo much for your support, the kickstarter is looking brighter! but its still a nail biter xD We notice a lot of support all over and we really believe that we can do this together! it is soo close and still about 30 hours to... (Read More)

Soo close!We want to thank everyone who has pledged and even increased their pledge, it warms our hearts to see you guys so passionate about this game. We're still very excited to keep working on this game and we're giving it everything we've got, to... (Read More)

When someone describes their upcoming game as “Wind Walker meets Dark Souls” you’re going to grab a lot of folks attention – ours included. Ascension Games Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim has been described as that, and as of today they are inching towards being successfully funded on Kickstarter. (Read More)

Cornerstone: The Song Of Tyrim, which is being pitched by its devs as looking like Zelda but playing more like Dark Souls, has a demo out, so you can judge that particular blend of look and genre for yourself. Unfortunately, the demo crashed out for those of us from RPS who tried it, which seemed like a shame, because the game is filled the very brim with hot promise, as you can see in gameplay videos below. (Read More)

Final days! We have reached $20,000 which is awesome! But we are entering into the final days of our Kickstarter and we are cutting it close! 5 days left and 34% to go! But we are vikings! We never give up!  And if you have, feel free to bump that... (Read More)

Hey good peopleWe picked some of our favorite let's plays so far. haven't seen them? Check them out!  ||| TheRPGMinx ||| Flik's Gaming Stuff ||| DGTempusFugit |||  We could still upload a play ourselves but these guys covered almost all of it... (Read More)

The final week is approaching Are we giving up?  NO! vikings never surrender.  We are going to do our own lets play tommorow . We will try some stuff the "lets players" havent thought of.  We have also discussing the " rogue like mode " as we... (Read More)

Now its here! The "long awaited" ;) Pre-alpha demo. it doesn't represent the final game but it shows the direction we're aiming for. its still a work in progress so dont get too shocked if you bump into  a bug, and even report them to us so we can... (Read More)

Welcome back to The Funding Crowd, issue #2 ACS (After the Crowd Sourcing). You may notice that the amount of content has been somehow reduced, but we're always for quality before quantity. Moreover, in this new epoch of the column we'll try to go back to one of its original goals: focusing on the true Hidden Gems, those worthy projects lacking the necessary attention and coverage for becoming big hits. (Read More)

Hey super awesome peopleHope you are still excited about the game, we're really sorry for not posting an update sooner but we have been working on the demo and contacting press.  We chose to work more on the demo since - you all will get free... (Read More)

We interviewed Jonathan Gustafsson of Ascension Games about their Cornerstone project, heavily inspired by the Zelda and Souls series. (Read More)

Some ArtThe brothers, Mamba and Vasabi in the dry Mokaga desert. Brave warriors and chiefs of their "tribes" they are fighting for the only water supply available. At first they rationed the water, but Vasabi got greedy and broke the agreement,... (Read More)

Greetings Adventurer ! Some Design Philosophy On the spectrum of interactivity we have on the one side games like Pong and Tetris. Your options are very limited, so the challenge and  beauty lies in  maximzing your efficiency. On the other side of... (Read More)

Lovely Backers! (and to be-backers)It's fantastic working on the game again (this kickstarter makes us do other things), the demo is coming along well. The demo will include some more improved combat, so we we're thinking that we also could do a lets... (Read More)

The past week in the world of Kickstarter saw the walking dead front and center. No, not the show, but the undead, with several developers stepping into the horror realm. Others brought forward original ideas; one of which includes the integration of stop-motion animation with video games. So without further ado, welcome to our first, Kickstarter Weekly. (Read More)

Hey all lovely people! we're still working hard! (but we love it!) ;)  we'll be posting Some characters for the different cultures on a regular basis, but for today you'll have these culture icons to gaze upon, so try to pare them with the... (Read More)

We're at 28%!! Soo close to 30%!We cannot thank everybody enough for sharing, keep up the good work!  The pledge-sheet is now at the bottom of our kickstarter page, check it out!  we're also working on the FAQs. we're getting lots of questions... (Read More)

Open world action adventures with RPG elements, you know, games not wholly dissimilar to the Zeldas of the past decade, always seemed too huge and expensive to be produced the indie way, though it does seem that Ascension Games are willing to actually make one. Provided, I suppose, their Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim kickstarer campaign reaches its modest funding goal and their already impressive pre-alpha work doesn't get destroyed by evil goblins. (Read More)

Open world action adventures with RPG elements, you know, games not wholly dissimilar to the Zeldas of the past decade, always seemed too huge and expensive to be produced the indie way, though it does seem that Ascension Games are willing to actually make one. Provided, I suppose, their Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim kickstarer campaign reaches its modest funding goal and their already impressive pre-alpha work doesn't get destroyed by evil goblins. (Read More)

I‘ve just realized that we already have three articles covering Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim on Statik, making this the fourth. There’s a good reason for that. Ahem. “Wind Waker meets Dark Souls.” That’s all you need to know, isn’t it? It looks like Wind Waker, plays a lot like it too, but has taken some elements from Dark Souls to spice it up. If that’s enough for you to throw your money purse at the screen, then feel free to go do that over on the game’s Kickstarter page. (Read More)