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Returnal: Ascension

Returnal: Ascension adds a co-op mode to the game allowing the player to team up with another player to try and break the cycle as well as an endless mode called The Tower of Sisyphus where the objective is to keep climbing the tower to discover new secrets and challenges.

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Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Housemarque is a game developer working on console and PC. True to our core gamer audience, we prioritize stratified gameplay mechanics and impeccable audiovisual execution to create euphoric gaming experiences.

Housemarque was co-founded in 1995 by Harri Tikkanen and Ilari Kuittinen. Prior to joining forces, Harri and Ilari founded two of Finland’s first game development studios – Bloodhouse and Terramarque.

‘This is gaming’ is our motto."

In June 2021 it was announced that Housemarque had joined Playstation Studios.

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Returnal is a 2021 roguelike third-person shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

It follows Selene Vassos, an astronaut who lands on the planet Atropos in search of the mysterious "White Shadow" signal and finds herself trapped in a time loop.

After crash-landing on a shape-shifting alien planet, Selene finds herself fighting tooth and nail for survival. Every time she’s defeated, the player is forced to restart the journey.

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