'Steep' lets you carve up the stunning Alps with action sports
Skiing, snowboarding, wingsuiting and paragliding.
These are the four key components of Ubisoft's newly announced action sports game, Steep. You can switch between them at any time, and opt to take it all in from either a first-person or third-person perspective.
It all plays out against the backdrop of the Alps, where towering rock faces and snowy wastes create a gorgeous natural playground for thrill-seekers to explore. Steep is all about social play; it's an online-only game that lets you go anywhere, trick off anything and document every moment for the world to see.
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The game comes from Ubisoft's Annecy studio, and it's the first that team has led development on. Blockbuster games from Ubisoft are often all-hands (or many-hands) projects that incorporate multiple studios, and Annecy in particular specializes in multiplayer creations.
Steep has been in development for two and a half years, and some of the inspiration for it comes from the unlikeliest of places: a military action game.
Ubisoft's upcoming Ghost Recon: Wildlands sets players loose in an intricately detailed recreation of Colombia. It's a cooperative game for four players that focuses on combat, but the diverse environments got Annecy thinking: What if players could turn that into a different kind of playground?
Steep focuses heavily on exploration, giving players the freedom -- with help from a freecam feature -- to scout out the terrain ahead and plot their path. There are structured activities, of course, but there's also an emphasis on creating your own runs and then challenging friends and strangers alike to replicate those feats.
Steep will be out this Dec., 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
