Advertising Without a Product
Intrepid Studios is pushing advertising for Ashes of Creation’s Alpha 2 despite low tester retention and declining community engagement, a move that risks wasted money, high refunds, and further backlash.
Intrepid Studios is pushing advertising for Ashes of Creation’s Alpha 2 despite low tester retention and declining community engagement, a move that risks wasted money, high refunds, and further backlash.
In 2017, Ashes of Creation launched on Kickstarter, raising more than $3.2 million. Public filings show that several months earlier, Intrepid Studios entered into a financing agreement with the Ya-Ya Legacy Trust, which later converted into equity. This video reviews those filings and related records to provide a documented timeline of events.
Steven Sharif accused me of "masquerading the truth." I do not need to masquerade anything, Intrepid Studios embarrasses itself just fine.
Ashes of Creation has faced years of delays, but new claims suggest the project may have been restarted in 2021 despite years of public assurances to the contrary. From questions about staff size to payroll filings and missing features like Nodes Part 3, the game’s development history raises concerns about transparency. This investigation examines whether Intrepid Studios has been forthright about its progress or quietly started over.