Returnal: Ascension
Returnal: Ascension adds a co-op mode to the game allowing the player to team up with another player to try and break the cycle as well as an endless mode called The Tower of Sisyphus where the objective is to…
Returnal: Ascension is a shooter developed by Housemarque, released 22 March 2022 on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Returnal: Ascension is
Returnal: Ascension is a shooter game developed by Housemarque and released in 2022. It was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Returnal: Ascension adds a co-op mode to the game allowing the player to team up with another player to try and break the cycle as well as an endless mode called The Tower of Sisyphus where the objective is to keep climbing the tower to discover new secrets and challenges.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
What it launched against
Returnal: Ascension launched on 22 March 2022, within three weeks of Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and Gran Turismo 7. 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: Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Gran Turismo 7.
Official trailer
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