While the International Olympic Committee may be playing politics with the Russian Olympic team, Ubisoft isn’t. Yesterday, the IOC banned Russia from the 2018 Olympics due to a “doping scandal”. While Russian athletes will be able to participate in the Olympics, all competitors will be prohibited from wearing a Russian flag when the Olympics kick off in South Korea next year.
Ubisoft has been touting its “Road to the Olympics” for months and released it on the day that the IOC handed down its ruling. So, while Russian athletes will not be able to win medals in the name of their country in South Korea, they and gamers around the world will be able to do so in Steep: Road to the Olympics.
Game Informer reached out to Ubisoft about possible implications of the IOC decision. The company responded, “There are no existing plans to patch Russia out of Steep: Road to the Olympics.”
Good news indeed.
Road to the Olympics
From the official Steep site:
Steep Road to the Olympics takes you on a journey to the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 in South Korea.
Freely explore a massive open world, including iconic Japanese mountains, where you will train hard and take part in qualifiers to reach the ultimate winter sports competition.
Create your own success story as you pull off awesome tricks in freestyle sports, or challenge yourself in new full-speed alpine action. Show other players what you’re made of and go for the gold!
Steep™ Road to the Olympics is an Official Licensed Product of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018.
Steep™ Road to the Olympic is an expansion for Steep™, the open world action-sports game. Steep™ The base game is required to play the expansion.
