Riding on Community Feedback, Descenders Next Gets Bigger with the Grand Tour Update

Pip Hoskins, Marketing Lead, No More Robots

Summary

The Grand Tour Update for Descenders Next adds new challenges, locations, and features like Career Mode.
All of our big updates have been led by our Descenders community, and we can’t thank you enough for the love and constant feedback you’ve been giving us.
Descenders Next (Game Preview) is available now on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Xbox Cloud, and with Game Pass.

As you may know, we’ve had massive success with the original Descenders. To this day it’s still one of our most popular games ever. The core of its success boils down to its unique formula and all the fun features you enjoy the most. We’ve been taking Descenders Next (Game Preview) in the same direction – everything you’ve enjoyed about the original, but bigger and better. Today, I’m here to share the next news for Descenders Next, alongside a big thank you to our community for their continued help and support.

Thanks to your feedback, we’ve made some great changes to Next so far and the Descenders formula is working better than ever. We’ve already brought some big community-driven updates, including bringing back the classic Career Mode, a familiar way to earn gear, further Multiplayer additions, and much more! But it turns out we weren’t quite finished adding things into our maps just yet…

We’ve been keeping a close eye on our socials and chatter with Descenders Next, and that’s given us some big inspiration with our future updates and how we want to go forward with development of the game. We wanted to prioritize bringing these changes to the game now over our initial plans — we know you’ve expressed how much you’d like to see some classic Descenders features make a return in Next.

And that brings us to the Grand Tour Update. Our Grand Tour challenges were a hit in Descenders (and still are!), and we wanted to give you the chance to experience them again in Next. In the Grand Tour Update, we’ve smashed together both the Career Mode and the Grand Tour to give you a new way to unlock Parks, Slopestyles, and Races!

This is very much an update for you the players – we want to bring back the Descenders familiarity with progression and challenges, which we know is a big thing for our community, so we think you’re all going to have a great time with this one! Once you log in after the update goes live, you can find all the locations you’ve unlocked so far from the Grand Tour menu, beat extra challenges, unlock medals and trophies, and even play the locations at dusk and at night. We’ve also included spectator mode for multiplayer, so you can sit back and enjoy the show!

We aren’t stopping there though. Since launch, we’ve seen lots of chatter in bringing back a popular mechanic from Descenders, which honestly, we think is a great feature too. If you’ve been enjoying jumping from extreme heights but not enjoying the leg-crushing landings, we’ve popped in a solution for you – Counter Pumping has made its way to Next to help you land softer on some of those harder jumps. Just give your right stick a flick with good timing, and your rider will be safe!

There’s still so much to explore with Next and we’re so glad you’re having a great time with it. Enjoy the new locations, hanging out with your friends, and some potentially softer landings! All of our big updates so far have all been led by our Descenders community, and we can’t thank you all enough for the love and constant feedback you’ve been giving us with Descenders Next (Game Preview). We’re super pleased the game is shaping to be the best it can with every update, and it’s all thanks to you. We’ve got loads more to come – we’ll see you Next time!

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This game is a work in progress. It may or may not change over time or release as a final product. Purchase only if you are comfortable with the current state of the unfinished game. It's time to conquer the world of extreme sports. This is Descenders NEXT. Grab your snowboard and tackle the steep, snowy slopes, or tear up the harsh, lush terrain with your mountainboard! Feel like taking on the challenge with a squad? Match up with your friends and Descenders players all around the world, and take on the tracks together! The mountain is calling – will you master it? A re-imagining of extreme sports, Descenders style • Ride your way, every way: Find your own path and attack the mountain in style • Ride solo or multiplayer: Be a lone wolf, or join players all around the world in grinding for those points • Freestyle board controls: Control every subtle movement of your rider, with in-depth physics and trick systems to learn and master • Showcase your skills: Keep and show off your incredible plays – you've got all the tools you need to make the best edits • Build your reputation: A fully-featured character customizer and rep system so you can unlock new threads, gear and boards • Ride to banger after banger: Descend in style to the perfect soundtrack from Monstercat • Become the next Descender: Complete all the challenges the world has to offer, and reach the ranks of the legendary Descenders! Choose your choice of Biome: • Unlock new nodes, each one offering unique terrain & playstyles • Easily change Biomes if you feel like switching up the sport • Explore new areas of the map as you complete nodes • Experience new & fast paced tracks every time Get your hands dirty with brand new parks: • Descenders Next brings a set of all new, high octane parks • Each park brings unique gameplay, catering to your playstyle • Experience new environments, while enjoying the familiar Descenders thrill • There's a park for everyone – find your favourites and jump in with your friends We're making customisation even better in Descenders Next: • More customisation than ever before – make your rider your own • A whole new library of unique gear sets, from common to rare • Spend your hard earned DesCents on gear in shops throughout the world • Collect new types of gear, including gear from very real brands • Team Kinetic, Enemy & Arboreal are BACK! Will you rep your original home ground from Descenders, or is it time to change your allegiance? Full details on the latest status of the game, how you can give feedback and report issues can be found at www.descendersnext.com.