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Spotlight
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Review: The Ascent review: a fun cyberpunk shooter that takes a while to warm up
Requires a stretch
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The Ascent’s just released its first DLC update, plus a fifth round of bug fixes
They’re calling the DLC The Cybersec Pack
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The Ascent's patch is causing issues for players on Game Pass
Stuttering but with a possible workaround
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Top-down RPG The Ascent looks incredible in first person
See the moles on an NPC's chin
The Ascent Feed
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News
They’re calling the DLC The Cybersec Pack
![The Ascent's patch is causing issues for players on Game Pass](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-ascent-mohawk.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
The Ascent's patch is causing issues for players on Game Pass
Stuttering but with a possible workaround
![Top-down RPG The Ascent looks incredible in first person](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/angleascent.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![The Ascent - Four player characters stand inside a blue shield dome while aiming at a mechanical enemy while standing in a cluttered, metal terrace full of mechanical scrap heaps.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-ascent.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
The Ascent's first patch brings ray tracing to Xbox Game Pass
Along with performance and crash fixes
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![An image of The Ascent which shows the player chatting to an alien called Poon.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-ascent-poon.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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![The Ascent - Four player characters stand inside a blue shield dome while aiming at a mechanical enemy while standing in a cluttered, metal terrace full of mechanical scrap heaps.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-ascent.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Cyberpunk RPG The Ascent coming to Game Pass at launch in July
Taking the fight to the corpos in co-op
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Feature
The Ascent's top-down cyberpunk shooting is looking, you know, fine
More like an uphill climb
![A screenshot of The Ascent showing a futuristic waiting lounge, in which men in scifi suits are crouched behind rows of chairs firing laser weapons at zombie-like monsters. It looks cyberpunky.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-ascent-thumb.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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