This is a huge week for Xbox Game Pass. Not only has Microsoft Flight Simulator launched, but the cyberpunk RPG known as The Ascent is also dropping on July 29. While you may assume it's a midnight launch, it's actually coming quite late in the day, and developer Neon Giant has confirmed exactly when.
If you've booked the day off work to dive in, then unfortunately it may have been wasted as it's not actually launching on the Microsoft Store until the evening in Europe. If you're in the US, then you'll benefit from it being a little earlier at least, as it's scheduled to launch at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST.
Thankfully, you can pre-load the game now ahead of release, ensuring you're ready to go once it unlocks in your territory. It's currently sitting at 16.9GB on Xbox Series X, so it's not too big of a download.
If you want to know more about The Ascent, we sat down with the team earlier this year to talk about everything included in the upcoming adventure. We've also prepared an all-encompassing guide ahead of tomorrow's Xbox Game Pass release. Be sure to have a read prior to launch to get prepped for some cyberpunk goodness!
Are you excited for The Ascent? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Well, at least that gives us time to play the sadly ignored Omno, which releases at 8 pm EST tonight. Not sure why you haven’t done any stories this week on that release.
Perfect, should just be finishing up lunch at that time, can't wait to dive in!
Not a big deal since you can pre-load it. I work during the day anyways, and wouldn't be up playing it tonight at midnight, so this releasing later in the day than usual is meaningless for me.
I just hope it turns out to be good, that's all.
@awp69 We covered the Omno announcement earlier this month and will be highlighting it (along with everything else) tomorrow!
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2021/07/omno_brings_its_world_of_wonders_to_xbox_game_pass_this_month
Omno reviews are coming out and they’re great! 4.5/5 on The Xbox Hub and 9/10 on Tech Raptor.
@awp69 how dare you bring to attention another great looking game?! Can't you see I'm up to my nipples in new releases?!
@PhhhCough Only Mario's nipples matter.
Really looking forward to this and some online co op fun with buddies. I'm ready to blow something up!
Gggrrrr yes I was trying at midnight grr, and then discovered in the store it's not available to play till 6PM!!! Damn you Microsoft!! I'm impatient!
Where's all the reviews for it?
Release the reviews pleeeeeeeeeeassssee!
Bet there will be a day 1 patch, which will go live at 6pm.... pleasebewrongpleasebewrong
@NEStalgia lucky for you..unfortunate for me..but I have mario shaped nipples.
FYI...I just tried launching the game early (no luck unfortunately) but it did prompt an update of 7.3gb. So you may want to try and do the same thing just so everything’s good to go at 6pm.
@PhhhCough
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