SSX review
In looking to other games for inspiration the snowboarding series loses some of its own personality.
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SSX online pass walls off virtual currency
EA has confirmed that SSX, the upcoming reboot of its snowboarding series, will use the company's online pass. Rather than lock second-hand buyers out of the game's multiplayer component entirely, however, it prevents them from accruing the in-game currency used to unlock vanity items and additional events. More >
2SSX trailer
At yesterday's EA conference at Gamescom in Cologne , much was made of SSX's social features, powered by Ridernet, its take on Need For Speed's Autolog. Ghosts can be saved, shared and downloaded, drop points can be shared using a recommendation engine, and pesky friends who keep beating your times can be down-voted and hidden. We're not sure it lives up to EA's billing of "revolutionising social competition," but we'll find out for ourselves when SSX is released in January.
SSX powered by NASA data
Peter Moore reveals that players of open-world snowboarding title will use NASA satellite data "to explore the globe and drop into every major mountain range on the planet."