Just in time for the holiday season, a game that’s perfect for your favorite PC sports gaming junkie has been released through Steam. Shaun White Snowboarding is now available for $29.99 although a hard copy of the game for PC and DS from retail outlets costs the same. The benefit of Steam is that if you find a computer with the Steam client on it that you can sign onto, you can play the game pretty much anywhere. It became an active download in the Steam stores on December 3, 2008. For other consoles and the PSP the game would set you back between $39.99 and $59.99.

The game offers a lot of options and freedom in terms of play. One is the “open-world mountains” that you can board any way you want. Other than the normal snowboarding, you can also have snowball fights, hike through…

Project Powder is a free massive multiplayer online (MMO) snowboarding game still in the closed beta phase, but that hasn’t stopped Outspark from announcing that it will be released commercially worldwide in August, 2008. Right now the closed beta phase is in effect until July 8, 2008, so players can help the developers out by testing and spotting any potential problems. The closed beta participants are also competing for some nifty prizes, so you may want to try signing up.

In Project Powder, players create a snowboarding avatar, and then head out to snowboard and perform tricks on one of 33 different courses. If you’re a beginner, you can play on your own until you figure out the tricks. If you think you’re pretty good, then you can challenge other players.