- SNOW Game Update 1.2.0 - 26 January 2021
We hope all of you had a merry Christmas with your loved ones and a happy new years eve! Of course we have continued our efforts to offer you the best possible SNOW experience. That's why we have a new update for you that brings especially new visual changes. We completely reworked the lighting and environment values in SNOW resulting in several new CRYENGINE features utilized in the game like volumetric fog and clouds that dynamically impact the 24-hour lighting cycle featured in SNOW. Volumetric Fog https://i.imgur.com/3PTpoDk.gif Volumetric Clouds https://i.imgur.com/PsRbmbD.gif Dynamic 24 hour day / night cycle https://i.imgur.com/LTvnLsw.gif Four different environment presets https://i.imgur.com/iwSvg6U.gif Level design changes to improve immersiveness https://i.imgur.com/NRGP9NJ.gif Realtime lighting enhancements https://i.imgur.com/JkOKb8c.gif New features Cycle through the envir…
- SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF UP TO 80% DEC 7-14, 2020! Weekly Sale! - 4 December 2020
SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF UP TO 80% DEC 7-14, 2020! Weekly Sale! Special Discount of up to 80% for all existing F2P owners Dec 7-14, 2020 - Everybody else will see 45% discount Greetings to all SNOW users and those potentially interested in our winter sports action game. We have been trying to get the current situation best solved for all F2P owners and to transition everybody to The Ultimate Edition. The issue is that there are too many mixed owners of the F2P owners and it's hard to solve this on the Steam Backend as the game has quite a history from the last years. With this in mind we have agreed to offer every owner of the Free to Play version a one-time steep discount during next week's special sale. This means every existing Free to Play owner will have the chance to acquire the game for a special discount of 80% from December 7-14, 2020! Everybody else will have the chance to acquire…
- SNOW Game Update 1.1.0.3 - 2 December 2020
New small update was just release. This update contains one crash fix and minor gameplay and experience improvements: System Fixed crash that can happen when collecting collectables or unlocking sightseeing points "Fetch Data" now takes the higher backend of offline values for experience and level Gameplay Fixed the player being able to jump while being in the start gate within an event before starting the timer Fixed music stopping after the first track, it will now continuously play We are constantly working towards delivering you the best user experience possible. Please keep reporting your issues and bugs via the Steam Community forums & SNOW Discord and to access our help desk check out Kayako: https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://snow.kayako.com/
- SNOW Game Update 1.1.0.2 - 13 November 2020
New update hitting the slopes! This update contains critical fixes for two startup crashes and a new feature that veterans will be very happy about: Features We introduced a new main menu tile called "Fetch Data". As many of the veteran player noticed, their progress and items weren't displayed temporary. We implemented a new feature to fetch the latest data from the backend and save it locally on the computer. Keep in mind, that this will only fetch the latest player snapshot from the backend and merge it into your account. Progression is stored locally on your PC. We are working towards a Steam Cloud integration. Crash fixes Fixed crash on startup throwing the error: "Plugin load failed - initialization failure, check log for possible errors." Fixed crash on startup throwing the error: “Couldn't allocate texture.” Gameplay Grinding sideways won't slow you down anymore. We are constant…
- SNOW Game Update 1.1.0 - 11 November 2020
Crytek is excited to be partnering with WastedStudios and Poppermost to bring you the latest update for SNOW. SNOW is a real labor of love for them and their passion for winter sports shines through in the game, bringing you a re-vamped SNOW - The Ultimate Edition. Effective from November 11, 2020 SNOW will cease to be Free to Play and will transition to a premium model, you will be able to get all the great content for a reduced launch price of 9.99 EUR/USD. Any existing customers and Free to Play owners will receive the updated SNOW - The Ultimate Edition game for free automatically in their Steam library. (Please contact us shall there be issues with the new package not appearing in your library) Enhancements engineered and provided by WastedStudios include: - Update to the latest iteration of CRYENGINE V - Wide array of bug fixes - Improved performance - Support for Razer Chroma RGB…
- SNOW Game Update 1.0.3 - 1 April 2019
New update hitting the slopes right now! This update contains two features and several gameplay and UI fixes that occurred in the previous version of SNOW & SNOW Ultimate Edition (SUE). Find the details below: Features Selected music albums are now stored when ending the game and will also be synced with your account on the backend You can now filter for specific multiplayer server regions using “TAB” on your keyboard or the “Y” button on your controller We fired up three new European servers featuring huge performance improvements. Multiplayer gameplay should be smooth again! Stay tuned for updates on other regions Gameplay The message “Waiting for Server” will no longer pop up and hold you back from ending an event run or a free roam session Players will be held in the starting area when playing events until server communications are successful executed (indicated by “Waiting for Serv…
- SNOW Game Update 1.0.2 - 28 February 2019
It’s time for another update! This time, we have three new features and a couple of hot fixes for issues that occurred in the previous version of SNOW & SNOW Ultimate Edition (SUE). Get the low-down: Crashes Changing your gear frequently while playing multiplayer won’t cause the client to crash anymore – go wild, fashion fanatics! Features Prepared a new slope to reach O’Brien Park on Tyro Valley We opened a new ski lift at O’Brien Park for your convenience Added two new drop points on Tyro Valley Gameplay Random objects that played hide & seek by appearing to be invisible should be rendered correctly again A vertex stretching out of the terrain was fixed at the first set of X Games 2016 Rewinding through an area that triggers a pop-up in the tutorial won’t get you stuck in rewind mode anymore UI Title in unlock pop-up for the SNOW Ultimate Edition displays correctly now When you own th…
- SNOW Game Update 1.0.1 - 19 February 2019
With our latest update, we bring you some hot fixes for issues that occurred in the launch version of SNOW & SNOW Ultimate Edition (SUE). Here’s what has been fixed across the board: Crashes Entering the same ski lift on X Games Aspen 2018 for the 2nd time doesn’t cause game crashes anymore. Ending a game session won’t crash the client. Gameplay X Games 2016 will now automatically unlock in your map selection Exploit: Tutorial experience rewards will not be granted multiple times. Flying light posts on X Games Aspen 2018 are now effectively grounded The Vista ‘Aspen’ on X Games Aspen 2018 now triggers unlock progress & vista scene Two ski lifts on B&E 2015 accept passengers again – sorry for the temporary service disruption. The collectable in X Games Aspen 2017 will not block the view of your beautiful finisher cinematic anymore. Using the quick restart functionality on a remote player…
- SNOW 1.0.0 Out Now! - 15 February 2019
Those of you who have been following SNOW's journey are well aware of the challenges we faced as a small indie team attempting to build something huge: an open world, free-to-play, physics driven "simulation" of skiing and snowboarding. We made a huge amount of progress towards that goal, achieving some pretty incredible things along the way. Sadly, despite continued progress, our funding sources began to dry up by early 2018, forcing us to stop development. When an acquisition offer from a larger developer fell through, we had to let go of the entire team and all but stop operations entirely. For the rest of the year I worked to find a new home for SNOW - someone or somewhere that appreciated what we created as much as we (the developers and the community) do. Considering what a year it’s been for SNOW, I never imagined I would be writing a blog post with this title today! So, time for…
- SNOW M10 / Game Update 0.10.0 Out Now - 5 January 2018
SNOW M10 (Game Update 0.10.0) is live, and just in time for the winter! We have worked day and night since the beginning of November to get this update out in time for the winter, and bring some great new features to the world of SNOW. For those interested in release notes, here they are. Here are the big new features in SNOW 0.10.0... Ski Pass & Weekly Mountain Rotation The biggest change to SNOW in M10 is the way you will access mountains. As explained in our preview blog post, we have moved away from selling new mountains and instead added a Ski Pass system that lets you access mountains for a much cheaper price. Ski Passes work like this: each mountain requires a Ski Pass to access the mountain and all of its content (events, rewards, etc). Ski Passes come in 1 Day, 7 Day, and 28 Day options and can be purchased with Credits or earned as rewards through Swag Bags. Don’t worry – Ski…
- SNOW M10 / Game Update 0.10.0 Out Now - 5 January 2018
SNOW M10 (Game Update 0.10.0) is live, and just in time for the winter! We have worked day and night since the beginning of November to get this update out in time for the winter, and bring some great new features to the world of SNOW. For those interested in release notes, here they are. Here are the big new features in SNOW 0.10.0... Ski Pass & Weekly Mountain Rotation The biggest change to SNOW in M10 is the way you will access mountains. As explained in our preview blog post, we have moved away from selling new mountains and instead added a Ski Pass system that lets you access mountains for a much cheaper price. Ski Passes work like this: each mountain requires a Ski Pass to access the mountain and all of its content (events, rewards, etc). Ski Passes come in 1 Day, 7 Day, and 28 Day options and can be purchased with Credits or earned as rewards through Swag Bags. Don’t worry – Ski…
- Scheduled Backend Maintenance - 13 December 2017
Today, from 0900 CET (Stockholm time) to around 1400, we will be offline for maintenance of our backend, in preparation of 0.10.0.0. This means that the game will not work for this while. You can follow along here: http://status.snowthegame.com/incidents/bbxv9fx3xrp0 The maintenance is now complete, and we are back online.
- Scheduled Backend Maintenance - 13 December 2017
Today, from 0900 CET (Stockholm time) to around 1400, we will be offline for maintenance of our backend, in preparation of 0.10.0.0. This means that the game will not work for this while. You can follow along here: http://status.snowthegame.com/incidents/bbxv9fx3xrp0 The maintenance is now complete, and we are back online.
- 0.10.0 PREVIEW - 13 December 2017
Ever since Game Update 0.9.2's release over a month ago, we've been hearing the same question: when's the next update? Well, I have great news for you! 0.10.0 will drop before the holidays and will be our largest and most influential update, ever! We're even more excited because it includes many of the features that you've been asking for. Here's what else you can expect... Leveling & Swag Bags We have redesigned the leveling system to make sure that both new and experienced players always have something to work towards. Initial leveling is now from 0-20. Once you hit Level 20 you are considered a Pro and begin earning Pro Levels which will take longer to complete, but will also contain more valuable rewards. Pro Levels continue until Level 100, but will be increased once the first handful of players reach the milestone. Many of you did not like the previous reward system where you rece…
- 0.10.0 PREVIEW - 13 December 2017
Ever since Game Update 0.9.2's release over a month ago, we've been hearing the same question: when's the next update? Well, I have great news for you! 0.10.0 will drop before the holidays and will be our largest and most influential update, ever! We're even more excited because it includes many of the features that you've been asking for. Here's what else you can expect... Leveling & Swag Bags We have redesigned the leveling system to make sure that both new and experienced players always have something to work towards. Initial leveling is now from 0-20. Once you hit Level 20 you are considered a Pro and begin earning Pro Levels which will take longer to complete, but will also contain more valuable rewards. Pro Levels continue until Level 100, but will be increased once the first handful of players reach the milestone. Many of you did not like the previous reward system where you rece…
- Game Update 0.9.2 - 10 October 2017
With the goal of releasing an update every 6-8 weeks, I'm happy to share that the latest game update, 0.9.2 is now live on PC! There are three big-ticket features included with the 0.9.2 game update: a new tutorial, new music, and a messages menu. We've also fixed a bunch of bugs, made improvements to animations, and added some new stuff to explore on Sialia. A full list of changes can be found in the full Release Notes. New Tutorial Welcome to Tyro Valley, the home of SNOW's new tutorial! The new tutorial brings a much needed improvement to SNOW's new user experience. When you boot the game for the first time you will automatically be loaded into Tyro Valley, a brand new mountain that contains the tutorial. Players are now required to complete the tutorial and as a reward unlock the rest of the mountain's drop points. But don't worry, the tutorial is quick and painless - it teaches you…
- Game Update 0.9.2 - 10 October 2017
With the goal of releasing an update every 6-8 weeks, I'm happy to share that the latest game update, 0.9.2 is now live on PC! There are three big-ticket features included with the 0.9.2 game update: a new tutorial, new music, and a messages menu. We've also fixed a bunch of bugs, made improvements to animations, and added some new stuff to explore on Sialia. A full list of changes can be found in the full Release Notes. New Tutorial Welcome to Tyro Valley, the home of SNOW's new tutorial! The new tutorial brings a much needed improvement to SNOW's new user experience. When you boot the game for the first time you will automatically be loaded into Tyro Valley, a brand new mountain that contains the tutorial. Players are now required to complete the tutorial and as a reward unlock the rest of the mountain's drop points. But don't worry, the tutorial is quick and painless - it teaches you…
- SNOW is currently undergoing maintenance - 10 October 2017
We're currently offline for a big update on our backend. You can stay up to date on our Status page. This is being done in preparation of a game update to come soon. The maintenance is now complete :)
- SNOW is currently undergoing maintenance - 10 October 2017
We're currently offline for a big update on our backend. You can stay up to date on our Status page. This is being done in preparation of a game update to come soon. The maintenance is now complete :)
- Welcome to Whiteridge! - 23 August 2017
As the title says, welcome to Whiteridge! We've been working on Whiteridge in different states for several years now, and are excited to finally release it to the public. https://youtu.be/Xq4HXOUFgZA Whiteridge is the first urban-focused mountain in SNOW, or as far as we know, any skiing/snowboarding game ever made. While it's not as large as Sialia, it is extremely dense and features a dozen of different urban areas across the face, including a piste and terrain park. The level costs 699 Credits, but for the next week it will be on discount for 499 Credits. Included in the level are seven Events and three Challenges. Each Event includes a Gold Medal reward that together, forms the Whiteridge Urban Set - an exclusive bundle of dirty clothing and scratched-up equipment from many seasons of riding the streets of Whiteridge. Whiteridge features over a dozen unique areas, each with a differ…
