I don't know what was in the air a few years ago, but climbing games are all the rage now. As soon as you reach the summit of one peak, another looms tantalisingly on the horizon. I may be 31, but I have absolutely no desire to go mountain climbing in real life, unlike my peers. But give me a game where the goal is to go up a big rock and I'm all in—eyes closed, head first, can't lose.
At the PC Gaming Show, we just got an explainer of Ascenders: Beyond the Peak from the creative director of developer Ludogram. Build a team and plan a route up a deadly mountain. Sounds simple, right? Well, actually, no it doesn't, and it's only going to get more tricky. Lovecraftian horrors await you, and monsters and the mountain itself will try to stop you reaching the goodies at the top.
