Tag Archives: Skate

Back in 2022, EA announced plans to bring back its cult-hit sports game, Skate. The new game has been going through extensive playtests, some of which have leaked in their entirety, for a couple of years and now, the official release is just around the corner.  Officially titled ‘skate.’, the …

For years, the video games industry suffered from a drought of new skateboarding games, with the late 90s and early 00s ‘fad’ fading out of the limelight. IThat said, it looks to be making a big comeback with the upcoming Skate 4. While fans continue to wait for the game’s …

While the heyday of skateboarding video games may be behind us, EA is currently looking to revamp the genre, bringing back its much-loved Skate series in a new way. Said to be coming to PC, consoles and mobile devices, the free-to-play title looks to feature full crossplay and cross progression …

July has been an unexpectedly big month for EA’s Skate game. The first public alpha test took place last week, and now EA has revealed further details, including the fact that the game will be free to play.  Officially titled ‘skate.’, the new game in the series will be free …

Last week, it was reported that EA's recent Skate 4 pre-alpha playtest build leaked online and has been cracked, allowing essentially anyone to play. EA has now confirmed the leak, but is urging fans not to download the current build due to its age.  When EA announced the Skate 4 …

The popularity of certain sports within the medium of video games has waned and waxed over the many years. Currently, the skateboarding genre is seeing a resurgence with one of the most prominent upcoming titles being Session: Skate Sim. After a lengthy development and Early Access period, Session is set …

Just one week ago, EA announced the Skate 4 pre-alpha playtest, encouraging fans to sign up to provide feedback. In the past we've seen gameplay footage leak out of playtests like this, but the situation with Skate 4 might be much worse, as the playable build has reportedly been cracked.  …

Last week we heard through leaks that EA was planning a Skate 4 reveal before the end of June. Yesterday, those reports were proven correct, as EA released a new trailer, giving us a very transparent look at where the game is at in development, and opening up an insider …

This week, Tony Hawk himself confirmed that we're unlikely to get a remake for Pro Skater 3 + 4, as Vicarious Visions was absorbed into Blizzard shortly after shipping the excellent Pro Skater 1 + 2 remake. While Tony Hawk Pro Skater might be dead in the water, EA will …

It has been almost 18 months since EA officially announced Full Circle, a brand new studio looking to bring back the Skate franchise. Skate 4 has been in development for at least two years already, and now following on from a pre-alpha gameplay leak, more details about the game have been …

Though skateboarding may no longer be the hip and cool teen / young adult sport that it once was, many still hold a great deal of appreciation for the sport, at least when it comes to video games. While Tony Hawk fans had Pro Skater 1+2, SKATE aficionados continue to …

EA’s Skate franchise has just as dedicated a fan base as Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. It separated itself from other skating titles thanks to its ‘Flick It’ style of controlling, as well as the physics heavy gameplay. The franchise has been absent since 2010 on consoles, and never came to …

Back in June 2020, EA officially announced that it was bringing the Skate franchise back with a new game, but we didn't know much about the studio taking on the project. That changes today, with EA announcing the new studio it has put together for Skate 4.  EA's newest studio, …

At the end of last month, Dan McCulloch announced that he would be leaving Microsoft after a 15-year long career at Xbox. During that time, McCulloch helped lead the Xbox Live team and now, he is moving onto a new challenge- Skate.  In a tweet today, McCulloch revealed that he …

Not only are we seeing the return of Tony Hawk Pro Skater this year, but EA is also reviving Skate. Fans of Skate have been asking for another entry to the series since Skate 3, which released all the way back in 2010. Finally, EA has listened, confirming a new …

E3 has arrived, and while there will be announcements aplenty, unfortunately not all series will get the same attention. Here are 9 of the most wanted sequels that likely won't appear at the event.

There is a lot of mystery surrounding EA's plans for the Skate series. Back in 2015, Skate 3's online servers went down with no official announcement, and over the last couple of years, there have been plenty of rumours surrounding Skate 4. Now, it looks like we may finally be …

A few weeks ago, Session released its demo ahead of launching its Kickstarter campaign, with gameplay that reminisced over EA’s incredible, but long-gone Skate franchise. Now, with three weeks left on the clock, Session developers turn to backer-voted stretch goals after smashing its goal by £13,000. “It's time to change …

It’s safe to say that the Skate games were unique, pushing a physics-based engine instead of the wildly popular arcade-like Tony Hawk’s games. EA might not be listening to fan demand for the series to make a return, but creā-ture Studios is, with a spiritual successor in the form of …