Krafton Acquires The Ascent developer Neon Giant - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 November 2022 / 2,567 Views
Krafton, the south Korean video game holding company behind PUBG: Battlegrounds, announced it has acquired The Ascent developer Neon Giant.
Neon Giant is currently developing its next release, which is an open-world first-person shooter.
The studio previously developed 2021's cyberpunk-themed action RPG The Ascent. It released for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, and Xbox Game Pass in July 2021, followed by a release on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in March 2022.
Krafton also owns Bluehole Studio, PUBG Studios, Striking Distance Studios, Unknown Worlds, and more.
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The Ascent was one of my favorite games I played last year. It had some issues here and there, but very much enjoyed it. Hopefully this will be a good thing for the developers.
This krafton publisher is trying to make a name for themselves!
You could say they are krafty
Funny since Embracer owns a percentage of this company I thought that they would have picked them up, this might be a good thing if the studio plans to grow since Krafton seems to want to invest more into AAA.
Callisto Protocol looks really good and that is a game funded by Krafton including the studio, I’ll be excited to see how Neon Giant’s next game turns out.
AAA is how we don't get games like this. AAA is so risk averse. No thanks
:/ I really love this game but dunno how to feel about this
One of my fave games I played this year. IMO best Cyberpunk game released in the last couple years. Top town Shooter/ARPG. Unlike Diablo weapon loot like crazy isn't a thing. You have weapon types and a finite amount. So will be selling a lot of excess. No rarities. The color coding has a different meaning. You do find upgrades to level the weapons up but again they are finite so be choosy which ones you upgrade. I found 2 I like and maxed them. It's a blast to play tho.
Welp, good while it lasted.
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