If you’ve found yourself tantalised by Ubisoft’s upcoming extreme sports game Riders Republic, but not so much that you’re quite ready to , you might like to get involved in the newly announced Free Trial week, giving players up to four hours with the full game ahead of launch.
Riders Republic, a spiritual successor to 2016’s underrated Steep, expands on the open-world winter sports action of that game to usher in a fuller roster of activities. There’s skiing, snowboarding, biking, and wing suits (of the vanilla and jet-powered varieties), playable both solo and competitively, with Ubisoft’s heavily pushing the game’s large-scale competitions for upward of 50 players.
All this unfolds on a map stitched together from seven iconic US national parks – Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Grand Teton, Mammoth Mountain, Sequoia Park, Yosemite Valley, and Zion – making for some welcome environmental diversity.
Ubisoft has given players the chance to put Riders Republic through its paces a number of times already, first in the form of a closed beta and more recently as a 24-hour test on PC. And while the newly announced free trial week – which runs tom 21st-27th October on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC – won’t pack in anywhere near as much playtime, it’s considerably more convenient for those with a busy schedule.