Ubisoft Quietly Cancels Switch Game Steep

Ubisoft has canceled the Nintendo Switch model of the snowboarding and snowboarding excessive sports activities recreation Steep. The cancellation got here quietly, through a message to a fan on Twitter.

Explaining the cancellation, Ubisoft stated "We are wholly dedicated to supporting the live game, and made the decision to stop Steep development on the Nintendo Switch platform to focus on bringing new live content and challenges to Steep players instead."

Steep launched in December 2016 and has seen numerous updates over time that added new content material, whereas the massive enlargement Road to the Olympics was launched in December 2017. The recreation exceeded Ubisoft's gross sales expectations, although the corporate by no means stated what it was projecting the sport to promote or what number of copies it is moved up to now.

The Switch model of Steep was introduced in January 2017, at which period Ubisoft additionally confirmed that the Alaska DLC would come to Nintendo's hybrid console. That's all thrown out the window now as the sport has been scrapped for Switch.

Steep is at the moment accessible on Xbox One, PlayStation four, and PC. For extra, take a look at GameSpot's full evaluate, an besides of which is accessible beneath.

"Steep is a game that's never really sure what it is, and its vagueness and lack of meaningful rewards causes it to suffer in any comparisons to the likes of SSX," reviewer Leif Johnson stated. "But there's a quiet thrill to exploring the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc, and snowed-in Alpine villages. It's a strangely attractive approach for all its qualifications, and there's a constant sense that Ubisoft is channeling George Mallory's famous response when asked why he wanted to scramble up Mount Everest: 'Because it's there.'"