The Ascent: Cyber Edition (2022) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The Ascent: Cyber Edition

The Cyber Edition includes: - Base Game - CyberSec Pack - Cyber Warrior Pack - Cyber Heist DLC Physical Cyber Edition also includes: - Steelbook - 88 Pages Artbook - Tuck-in Box

18 August 2022

What The Ascent: Cyber Edition is

The Ascent: Cyber Edition is an adventure game developed by Neon Giant and released in 2022. It was published by Curve Digital. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Welcome to The Ascent Group arcology, a self-contained corporate-run metropolis, stretching high into the sky and filled with creatures from all over the galaxy. You play as a worker, enslaved by the company that owns you and everyone else in your district. One day, whilst sent on a routine assignment to make use of your skills with a cyberdeck, you are suddenly caught in a vortex of catastrophic events. The Ascent Group, the largest mega corporation on the planet, shuts down for unknown reasons, causing the automated security systems to go haywire. The survival of your district is threatened: rival corporations are trying to force appropriation and crime syndicates are looking to boost…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

The Ascent: Cyber Edition launched on 18 August 2022, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part I, Cult of the Lamb, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Immortality. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part I, Cult of the Lamb, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Immortality.

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