Snowboarding addicts don’t have to wait for their hometown mountains to open this season thanks to Destineer’s Stoked: Big Air Edition, the follow-up to the highest meta critic rated Xbox 360 snowboarding video game. Stoked: Big Air Edition includes improved visuals and controls, two additional massive mountains, and fan requested single-player racing.
Destineer’s Stoked: Big Air Edition is partnering with U.S. Snowboarding this season to help support Vancouver Bound snowboarding athletes.
Unlike any other snowboarding video game, Stoked: Big Air Edition gives players the chance to ride at the elite level of professional athletes. Players have physical control over their riders through the analog sticks, allowing them to focus on more on finesse and style rather than the memorization of button combinations. Like professional riders, players snowboard to win challenges and competitive events and to gain clothing and gear sponsorships.
Official U.S. Snowboarding and Grand Prix marks decorate the Big Air and Grind Fest competitions on two of Stoked: Big Air Edition’s in-game mountains as well as the game’s individual race courses. In turn, Destineer’s Stoked: Big Air Edition will be highlighted during the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix and the World Cup competition weekends in a fan program as athletes simultaneously compete to qualify for their country in The Olympic Winter Games. Stoked: Big Air Edition will also be featured within official broadcasts on NBC.
You can follow the U.S. Snowboarding team this winter by watching the following broadcasts of the Grand Prix and World Cup on NBC (all times Eastern):
Copper Mountain – Dec, 13, 2:00 p.m.
Telluride Mountain Resort – Dec. 26, 1:30 p.m.
Mammoth Mountain – Jan. 10, 1:30 pm..
Park City Mountain Resort – Jan. 24 3:00 p.m.
“Stoked: Big Air Edition is a great game to partner with U.S. Snowboarding. Destineer has created an authentic way to bring the mountain to the homes of people who can’t make it up on the hill and let them engage in what U.S. Snowboarding athletes do on a daily basis,” Vice President, Sales and Marketing Ted Morris said. “U.S. Snowboarding has four incredible events this winter, all leading to Vancouver, and Destineer will be there every step of the way.”
Destineer will also be styling the youth crowd with their participation in the Xbox 360 Junior Jam being held at the Copper Mountain and Park City Grand Prix weekends.
“Having US Snowboarding as a partner within the game is really exciting. With this dynamic relationship, Stoked will see some terrific exposure during this championship season,” Director of Creative Marketing Ced Funches said.
The Xbox 360 Junior Jam will be a rail jam format competition highlighting up and coming riders 8-12 years of age. The winners will receive Stoked Big Air Edition games and Xbox 360 consoles.
Destineer and Xbox 360 will be supplying games and consoles for the U.S. Snowboarding House in Vancouver. This should provide a welcome distraction for athletes during what will certainly be a demanding time.
Stoked: Big Air Edition is scheduled to release on Tuesday November 24, 2009. The release is exclusively for the Xbox 360 videogame system from Microsoft (r).
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