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SSX launches January 2012

Moore: "Ridiculous amount of content."

SSX takes to the slopes in January 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, EA has announced.

Taking to the stage during its E3 conference today, EA Sports boss Peter Moore promised that the finished game will pack in a "ridiculous amount of content."

There are three gameplay modes included – Race It, Trick It and Survive It - playable, according to Moore, over every mountain range in the world.

A new trailer, which we'll have live on Eurogamer as soon as it's made available, showed off Patagonia and the Himalayas.

EA plans to unveil one new playable character before the end of E3 via the game's Facebook page.