Microsoft's Xbox Series X event is off to a great start, with its latest reveal perhaps the most exciting yet. Introducing The Ascent, a cyberpunk action-shooter RPG from Neon Giant. Debuting during Inside Xbox, The Ascent promises an incredibly diverse setting full of strange people and aliens. Played from the top-down perspective, The Ascent is something unique.
Early details regarding The Ascent's story reveal it to revolve around the collapse of the mega-corporation The Ascent Group. The player will work to unravel the cause of The Ascent Group's ruin, while also keeping hostile gangs and corporations in check. The cyberpunk setting gives it an edgy futuristic sheen so the player knows that anything can and will happen.
The Ascent will be Neon Giant's first game as a studio. The Swedish studio was formed in 2018 with some of the country's biggest talent. They draw experience from games including Bulletstorm, Wolfenstein, Gears of War, and Doom. An investment by Goodbye Kansas Game Invest, now named Amplifier Game Investment, helped The Ascent get off the ground and making such an impressive game quickly.
Expect more information regarding Xbox Series X and  The Ascent in the weeks and months to come.
The Ascent is confirmed for Xbox One and Xbox Series X.