Returnal Update 3.0 Will Bring Campaign Co-Op And Survival Mode

Cam­paign co-op and a new sur­vival mode are head­ing to Retur­nal short­ly. Announced dur­ing Sony’s lat­est State of Play livestream, Retur­nal: Ascen­sion is the lat­est expan­sion to join the roug­like, adding new ele­ments of chal­lenge to the shoot­er. The update is expect­ed to release on March 23rd and will be free for all players.

PlaySta­tion says Retur­nal: Ascen­sion fea­tures a robust cam­paign co-op mode that allows you to “share your entire jour­ney through the shift­ing labyrinth of Atro­pos with anoth­er play­er.” Addi­tion­al­ly, the update also brings The Tow­er of Sisyphus–an ascend­ing gaunt­let of increas­ing­ly dan­ger­ous phas­es, with each con­tain­ing twen­ty floors.” Once enter­ing the tow­er, play­ers will have to elim­i­nate all ene­mies on each floor before being able to advance to the next one. Of course, don’t expect a cake walk on even the eas­i­est of floors.

While the new coop­er­a­tive mode will take some of the bur­den off the game’s noto­ri­ous­ly demand­ing cam­paign, House­mar­que made it clear friends won’t be able to help you in The Tow­er of Sisy­phus of the game’s Chal­lenge Mode.