

Best of all, many of them will actually let fans start downloading/playing the game on Monday night. Like most modern games, from big publishers, Steep will be available for purchase on the PlayStation Network, Steam, Uplay, Xbox Live and a variety of other digital storefronts. There doesn't appear to be any big midnight launch events for Steep slated for Thursday night - which isn’t shocking, given its near obscurity compared to likes of Call of Duty, Destiny or Madden - but that doesn’t mean fans of Ubisoft’s first open-world winter sports game have to wait until business resumes on Friday to snag a copy. Thankfully, digital distributors are stepping in to make the game available almost as quickly as we’d expect from traditional brick and mortar retailers. But many gamers are still trying to figure out the exact moment they’ll be able to claim a copy of Steep on PS4, Xbox One and/or PC. After taking steps like installing fencing to preserve and protect nesting areas, the American oystercatcher has increased by 23 percent.We’re less than 24 hours away from the debut of Steep, the new extreme winter sports game from Ubisoft Annecy and its parent company. But thanks to a conservation effort by Atlantic coastal states and the Gulf of Mexico, with support from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, their prognosis has changed.


Earlier research showed that the American oystercatcher, a species that can be found in Massachusetts, was facing a 10 percent decline. “I’ve spent my career trying to give these birds a chance,” he said.īut, he said, there is some reason for hope. Brown, of Manomet, said the report’s findings broke his heart. “You stare out at the ocean and it looks vast and wide and blue, and the intricacies of the food web and the things that make an ecosystem healthy are sometimes challenging to see,” Kirk said.įor researchers working in the field, the results can feel personal. The study’s findings in some ways tell a story that is otherwise invisible, he said. A black-bellied plover scored a worm on Plymouth Beach.
