Returnal getting campaign co-op and new survival mode in big free update

eurogamer.net:

Developer Housemarque's moody PlayStation 5-exclusive sci-fi shooter Returnal is returnaling later this month with a big new update for all players.

Ascension, as the free update is officially known, got its unveiling as part of tonight's PlayStation State of Play livestream, but specifics are regrettably rather thin on the ground.

All we know so far is that it's significant enough to warrant boosting its version number up to 3.0, and that it'll bring campaign co-op and a «mysterious» new survival mode.

Returnal — Ascension Trailer.

Both those things (and possibly more?) will be making their way to Returnal toward the end of this month on Tuesday, 22nd March.

And if you haven't yet experienced Returnal's punishing, confounding charms, it's certainly worth a look. Eurogamer's Chris Tapsell liked it enough on release to award it a Recommended badge, saying it's «full of real, bona fide video game magic, but with each death it becomes less special, more mundane». Housemarque's has steadily been ironing out some of Returnal's launch day quirks, however, so it's somewhat more approachable now than it was back then.