Originally starting as a demo for Wildlands, Ubisoft’s Annecy studio has been working on Steep for two and a half years. The production on Steep came out of the open world development for Ghost Recon: Wildlands.

Being touted as the “first open world game that links open world and sports,” Ubisoft is excited for Steep both for its multiplayer potential and the way it takes advantage of the franchise’s new tech. For more information about the game, check out our Steep PC Technical review.Ubisoft’s movement toward open world games continues with Steep, a new extreme sports game for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC that was announced at E3 2016.

The game will be available to download for free until May 21. Players who enjoy Steep for free have plenty of paid DLC offerings in the works, and Ubisoft seems apt to push live events for the game on a regular monthly schedule. The free offering comes right after the release of Season 6: Carve the Curve, which promises new weekly and monthly challenges, as well as difficulty tweaks. Starting this weekend, players can grab the game for free via the Uplay launcher. If people are talking about Winter sports games, then they are certainly talking about Steep. So there is no doubt that Steep has been the premier extreme sports title from the last few years. Steep also saw the addition of a shared-online world, something we’ve seen in other recent Ubisoft titles. However, Ubisoft aimed for realism with Steep over arcade action, and the addition of wingsuits and paragliding helped set new boundaries. Steep originally looked to be a spiritual successor to the popular SSX series.

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