The Ascent, the debut game by indie studio Neon Giant (made up veterans in the AAA game dev) now has a release date.
The Ascent has you explore a cyberpunk world, in particular, “The Ascent Group” arcology. For whatever reason, The Ascent Group shuts down, and now the sci-fi dystopian metropolis becomes a battleground for rival corpos and crime syndicates trying to fill up the power vacuum.
The game is a top-down twin-stick shooter in presentation, but it has more depth than you would expect. There’s a heavy emphasis on RPG systems in The Ascent, playable solo or co-op up to four players.
The Ascent will be an Xbox console exclusive and will launch on July 29 on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam for RM99, Microsoft Store). It will also be on Xbox Game Pass on release.