Steep Is An Open World Pseudo-MMO Winter Sports Game

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Yesterday at E3, Ubisoft announced a new open world pseudo-MMO winter sports game called Steep. In it, players take part in multiple sports—including paragliding, skiing, and snowboarding—in an open world environment, taking on challenges and "live riding quests" throughout the world. Players will be able to meet up in the open world and challenge each other in various events—it sounds like it will be set up in a similar manner to The Crew, Destiny, or The Division. After each event, players will be able to share their successes and failures.

The game's competitive aspects are described as follows.

Steep’s challenges are designed to test your skills and create a competitive atmosphere as you and your friends fight for supremacy on the leaderboards in events like Big Air, Proximity Flying, or Forest Slaloms. But it doesn’t end there. Steep takes competition a little further with a sharing feature that lets you post replays on social media for your friends to see, which not only gives them a chance witness your spectacular run, but also an opportunity to do better, as you can directly challenge them on the run you created. Additionally, these replays can be edited with different camera angles, speeds, and pacing to give them that extra dramatic feel.

Steep is set to release in December. In the meantime, you can sign up for the upcoming Beta via the official website.

Steep Trailer: Announcement – E3 2016 [NA]

Steep Gameplay Walkthrough: World Premiere – E3 2016 [NA]