News: The Ascent Ultimate Edition Comes to Nintendo Switch 2 on December 3rd
Developer Neon Giant announced that its action-shooter RPG The Ascent will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 on December 3. The release schedule was revealed during Nintendo Direct, marking the next step in the platform expansion first teased as part of the game’s fifth-anniversary roadmap earlier this year. Set in a densely populated cyberpunk world, The Ascent is an action-shooter RPG that can be played solo or in co-op with up to four players. Since its original release in 2021, more than 12 million players have entered the world of Veles. The Nintendo Switch 2 version will be available digitally through Nintendo eShop as The Ascent Ultimate Edition for $29.99. The package includes the base game and all three previously released DLC packs — Cyber Heist, CyberSec Pack and Cyber Warrior Pack — giving players access to the complete experience in a single edition. The game will support 10 languages, including English, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Simplified Chinese. Pre-orders will open on Nintendo eShop on October 6. During the pre-order period, the Ultimate Edition will be available at a 10% discount, with the offer running through launch on December 3.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG, set on Veles, a packed cyberpunk world. Welcome to The Ascent Group arcology, a 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, you are suddenly caught in a vortex of catastrophic events: The Ascent Group shuts down for unknown reasons and the survival of your district is threatened. You must take up arms and embark on a new mission to find out what started it all. You belong to the corporation. Can you survive without it? Play the entire game alone or work together with up to three friends in local or online co-op. Aim low or high, switch weapons and equip lethal gadgets, take cover and use the destructible environments at your advantage and keep adjusting your tactic as you face new enemies. Customize your character with cyberware that suits your playstyle. Allocate new skill points as you level-up and try various augmentations to take down your enemies in new creative ways. Meet new allies and enemies and find loot as you explore the brimming world of The Ascent and its wide range of districts, from the deep slums to the higher luxury spheres.
Ahead of the Nintendo Switch 2 release, Neon Giant will roll out a Legacy Patch for the existing PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation versions on November 19. The update will include localisation improvements and fixes for previously identified issues, with those improvements also incorporated into the Nintendo Switch 2 version. Neon Giant is a Swedish game development studio based in Uppsala and part of the KRAFTON family of studios. Founded by industry veterans with experience across action, RPG and shooter franchises, the team is known for creating visually distinctive, high-impact experiences, including its debut title, The Ascent. The studio is currently developing NO LAW, a new immersive shooter that builds on its strengths in worldbuilding, combat and technical ambition.