{"id":39049,"date":"2018-08-09T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/ubisoft_has_halted_development_of_steep_on_nintendo_switch"},"modified":"2018-08-09T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T16:30:00","slug":"ubisoft-has-halted-development-of-steep-on-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/09\/ubisoft-has-halted-development-of-steep-on-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft Has Halted Development Of Steep On Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cabc876c21b4b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cabc876c21b4b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Steep\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cabc876c21b4b\/steep.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cabc876c21b4b\/steep.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Steep\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Despite being\u00a0one of the first third-party games to be confirmed for the console, the promised Switch version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/steep\"><strong>Steep<\/strong><\/a> has been subject to an unfortunate amount of doubt over the last year or so. Now, it seems that the game has been well and truly cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Replying to a Twitter user who asked for any news on the Switch port supposedly in the works, the official Steep account responded with news that they likely didn&#8217;t want to hear.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RJISAGAMER?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RJISAGAMER<\/a>! 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. We\u2019ll have more exciting news to share soon.<\/span>\u2014 Steep (@Steep_Game) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steep_Game\/status\/1027527193528856576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As you can see, Ubisoft has shifted its efforts towards making the Live Seasons in the game as strong as it can be &#8211; a feature that is naturally present in the already existing\u00a0PS4 and Xbox One versions. In October last year,\u00a0the game&#8217;s director Arnaud Ragot <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/steep_is_still_coming_to_nintendo_switch_honest\">reaffirmed<\/a> Ubisoft&#8217;s commitment to the cause, although we weren&#8217;t entirely convinced that the project would make it even then. Sadly, it appears we were right to be dubious.<\/p>\n<p><em>Were you hoping to play Steep on your Switch? Let us know if you&#8217;re upset by this news in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being\u00a0one of the first third-party games to be confirmed for the console, the promised Switch version of Steep has been subject to an unfortunate amount of doubt over the last year or so. Now, it seems that the game has been well and truly cancelled. Replying to a Twitter user who asked for any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}