The Ascent was updated for Xbox and Windows 10 Thursday, putting it on parity with the version Steam players have had for nearly two weeks. It fixed some things, but it seems to have broken a lot, too.
First released in late July, The Ascent is a sci-fi twin-stick shooter for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, meant to be played cooperatively by up to four players. Fundamentally, it’s a great game with rock-solid shooting, intriguing RPG mechanics, and an eye-popping cyberpunk setting. But like many recent multiplayer games, it launched with several issues, from the minor (framerate dips) to the major (totally busted multiplayer).
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This first major patch—which became available for Steam players on August 6—is a beefy one that purports to fix many of those problems. It claims…
