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 commit, 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.