<s>
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
was	O
a	O
2012	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
and	O
voxel-based	O
sandbox	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Jagex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
poor	O
reception	O
and	O
several	O
minor	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
package	O
releases	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Ben	O
Aksoy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
of	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Beta	O
0.1	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
4	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
played	O
as	O
a	O
16-versus-16	O
team-based	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
with	O
a	O
capture	B-Application
the	I-Application
flag	I-Application
game	O
mode	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
were	O
to	O
obtain	O
the	O
opposing	O
team	O
's	O
intelligence	O
briefcase	O
and	O
return	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
own	O
team	O
's	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
voxel-based	O
graphics	O
and	O
emphasis	O
on	O
block-building	O
techniques	O
aside	O
from	O
gunplay	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
quickly	O
labelled	O
as	O
"	O
Minecraft	B-Application
with	O
rifles	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gunplay	O
itself	O
was	O
compared	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Red	B-Application
Orchestra	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ostfront	I-Application
41-45	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
was	O
received	O
well	O
,	O
despite	O
its	O
early	O
and	O
unfinished	O
state	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
listed	O
amongst	O
Kotaku	O
"	O
Best	O
Indie	O
Games	O
of	O
2011	O
"	O
list	O
and	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
April	O
2011	O
"	O
Best	O
Free	O
PC	O
Games	O
"	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
beta	O
of	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
had	O
been	O
installed	O
2.5	O
million	O
times	O
and	O
had	O
roughly	O
550,000	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
2012	O
,	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
British	O
developer	O
Jagex	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
previously	O
started	O
creating	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
mid-2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
continued	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
Jagex	O
 '	O
offices	O
until	O
late	O
2012	O
,	O
when	O
his	O
laptop	O
was	O
physically	O
damaged	O
by	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
system	B-Application
administrators	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
former	O
developer	O
for	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
,	O
who	O
held	O
a	O
Reddit	O
AMA	O
on	O
the	O
topic	O
,	O
Jagex	O
provided	O
work-for-hire	O
developer	O
Blitz	O
Games	O
with	O
Aksoy	O
's	O
code	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
asking	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
rewritten	O
within	O
eight	O
weeks	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
Christmas	O
2012	O
deadline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remade	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Jagex	O
on	O
1	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
tentative	O
release	O
date	O
set	O
for	O
the	O
following	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
via	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
digital	O
distribution	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
launch	O
trailer	O
,	O
released	O
alongside	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
,	O
highlighted	O
the	O
characteristics	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
new	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
,	O
the	O
trailer	O
also	O
featured	O
Motörhead	O
's	O
eponymous	O
1980	O
song	O
,	O
"	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
games	O
released	O
by	O
Jagex	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
RuneScape	B-Protocol
,	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
was	O
not	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
model	O
and	O
was	O
instead	O
provided	O
as	O
a	O
one-off	O
purchase	O
costing	O
,	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
small	O
one-off	O
fee	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
following	O
the	O
release	O
,	O
on	O
21	O
December	O
,	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
was	O
updated	O
with	O
free	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
(	O
DLC	B-Protocol
)	O
containing	O
four	O
new	O
maps	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
weapon	O
and	O
the	O
reintroduction	O
of	O
the	O
capture	B-Application
the	I-Application
flag	I-Application
game	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Valentine	O
's	O
Day	O
on	O
14	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
its	O
first	O
paid	O
DLC	B-Protocol
package	O
,	O
named	O
St.	O
Valentine	O
's	O
Day	O
Massacre	O
,	O
which	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
VIP	O
mode	O
"	O
wherein	O
teams	O
defended	O
one	O
randomly	O
chosen	O
players	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
team	O
while	O
trying	O
to	O
defeat	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
team	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
to	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
on	O
16	O
May	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
a	O
native	O
map	O
editor	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
produce	O
maps	O
shared	O
through	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
Workshop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
this	O
update	O
,	O
the	O
previously	O
paid	O
St.	O
Valentine	O
's	O
Day	O
Massacre	O
DLC	B-Protocol
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
reflect	O
the	O
new	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
Builder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
paid	O
DLC	B-Protocol
package	O
,	O
Hurt	O
+	O
Heal	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
8	O
December	O
2015	O
and	O
introduced	O
two	O
new	O
character	O
classes	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
one	O
new	O
weapon	O
for	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
previous	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
3	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
Jagex	O
announced	O
that	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
2	O
July	O
,	O
Jagex	O
stated	O
that	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
shutdown	O
would	O
be	O
postponed	O
as	O
they	O
considered	O
alternative	O
futures	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Considering	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
release	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
codebase	O
,	O
but	O
finally	O
decided	O
to	O
retire	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jagex	O
clarified	O
on	O
1	O
March	O
2019	O
that	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
release	O
would	O
pose	O
"	O
potential	O
technical	O
,	O
legal	O
and	O
licensing	O
implications	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
servers	O
would	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
6	O
March	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Jagex	O
release	O
of	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
20	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
Jagex	O
announced	O
Block	B-Application
N	I-Application
Load	I-Application
as	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
successor	O
to	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Block	B-Application
N	I-Application
Load	I-Application
developed	O
stemmed	O
from	O
Alex	O
Horton	O
,	O
chief	O
creative	O
officer	O
at	O
Jagex	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
who	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
Ace	B-Application
of	I-Application
Spades	I-Application
was	O
not	O
"	O
launched	O
well	O
"	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
which	O
he	O
asked	O
Jagex	O
 '	O
board	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
