Publisher No More Robots and developer RageSquid have revealed the release date for upcoming extreme sports game Descenders Next, and, well, it turns out the game isn’t so “upcoming” anymore.
As revealed in a press release, Descenders Next is out now for PC and Xbox, and it’s also on Game Pass. That’s right; the game has been shadowdropped, and you can check it out right now at no extra cost if you’re a Game Pass subscriber.
If you’re not, the game will set you back $24.99 or your regional equivalent. It’s in Early Access right now, which means you’re getting just two sports: snowboarding and mountainboarding. Additional sports will, however, be added over time; Descenders Next‘s goal is to become “the only extreme sports game you’ll ever need”.
As revealed back when the game was announced last year, Descenders Next‘s first two sports will handle differently from one another as well, so you won’t just be getting carbon copies of the same activity at launch (i.e. now).
No More Robots and RageSquid say the goal with Descenders Next was to “deliver the same feel, the same sense of speed [as the original Descenders], but expand beyond mountain biking”. As such, the studios emphasized a philosophy of “perfecting the fluidity of numerous sports” for Descenders Next.
According to the two studios, Descenders Next already has the same amount of content that the original Descenders does, and it’ll offer a “more natural experience” than the original game’s mixture of procedurally-generated stages and hand-crafted levels thanks to its “procedural off-piste mountains that chain together into tight, winding parks and vistas”.
Descenders Next is out right now for PC and Xbox (including Xbox One), and if you’re a Game Pass member, you can play it right now at no additional cost as well, although you will need to be on the Ultimate or PC tiers to check it out.
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