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Skate
Developer(s)Full Circle
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Director(s)Chris Perry
SeriesSkate
EngineFrostbite
Platform(s)PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
MacOS
Windows
Android
iOS
Release2025
Genre(s)Sports, Sandbox
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Skate[note 1] (known colloquially as Skate 4) is an upcoming free-to-play skateboarding video game developed by Full Circle and published by Electronic Arts. It is a reboot of the Skate series, focused on delivering a sandbox-style multiplayer experience. The game is expected to launch in early access in 2025.[1][2][3]

Development

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Over a decade after the release of Skate 3, Electronic Arts announced that a fourth installment of Skate was in development.[4] EA established Full Circle, a new studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, to lead its development.[5] The studio is led by Daniel McCulloch, and includes Deran Chung and Cuz Parry, who had worked the original Skate games.[6][7]

The game was first revealed in 2020 during EA Play Live 2020.[8] The game's director Chris Perry stated that a new Skate game was heavily requested by players.[9] CEO of Electronic Arts Andrew Wilson stated that the game is believed to be "a strong candidate to employ some of the popular trends it sees inside of its existing game communities" by EA. He also stated that the game will focus on building a virtual community through cross-platform play and user-generated content.[10]

In late August 2021, EA confirmed that the game will be available on Microsoft Windows and macOS for the first time ever in the series' history,[11] and will also target PlayStation and Xbox consoles, as well as mobile platforms.[12] In July 2022, the game was announced as Skate, stylized as skate. as the original game. It was also stated that the game will be free-to-play.[13] The new Skate will be set in a new city known as San Vansterdam.[14]

In June 2024, during Summer Game Fest, a gameplay trailer for Skate was published on YouTube. The game was stated to be in a "pre-pre-alpha" version, with a promise that Full Circle is "still working at it".[15][16]

In April 2025, Full Circle has stated that Skate will not have an offline mode "in order to deliver on [the team's] vision of a skateboarding world".[17] This decision was criticized by users and various news outlets, such as PC Gamer and Rock Paper Shotgun, who both compared Skate to the 2014 online-only racing game The Crew, which got its servers shut down in 2024, rendering the game unplayable.[18][19]

During the closed alpha playtesting, microtransactions have been added into Skate in form of a digital currency "San Van bucks" that is used to buy in-game items.[8] According to Full Circle, the decision to add microtransactions early on was to ensure a "positive experience when purchasing items from the Skate store".[20] Prior to these news, EA stated that the game will not feature any loot boxes, pay-to-win gameplay elements and paywalled cosmetics and locations.[21][22]

Notes

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  1. ^ Stylized as skate.

References

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  1. ^ Selby, Nicholas (2024-09-17). "Skate is officially launching into early access next year". VGC. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  2. ^ Donnelly, Josh West Contributions from Joe; Mercante, Alyssa; Gould-Wilson, Jasmine; Bishop, Rollin; updated, Heather Wald last (2022-08-26). "Skate 4 trailer, playtests, and everything else we know". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  3. ^ "Skate 4 release date estimate, gameplay, and all the latest news". PCGamesN. 2025-05-27. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  4. ^ Grubb, Jeff (2020-06-18). "#Skate4: Electronic Arts announces the next game in the beloved series". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  5. ^ "EA forms new studio Full Circle to revive Skate franchise". www.gamedeveloper.com. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  6. ^ Stewart, Marcus (2009-01-21). "Meet Full Circle, The New Studio Making The Next Skate". Game Informer. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  7. ^ McWhertor, Michael (2021-01-27). "EA announces Skate 4 development team". Polygon. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  8. ^ a b Griffin, Marc (2025-05-01). "Skate 4 is set to release in 2025 but there is one issue that you need to know". XDA. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  9. ^ Statt, Nick (2020-06-19). "Here are the 5 biggest announcements from the EA Play Live 2020 press conference". The Verge. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  10. ^ Robinson, Andy (2020-06-22). "EA suggests Skate 4 will be about 'user-generated content and community'". VGC. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  11. ^ Good, Owen S. (2021-08-26). "Skate 4 will launch on PC". Polygon. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  12. ^ Appleford, Danny (2022-07-14). "Will Skate (4) be cross-platform?". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  13. ^ Bankhurst, Adam (2022-07-14). "Skate 4 Is Officially Called skate. and It Will Be Free-to-Play and Have Cross-Play and Cross-Progression". IGN. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  14. ^ Peters, Jay (2022-07-14). "Skate's developers say going free to play is a 'natural evolution of the franchise'". The Verge. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  15. ^ LeBlanc, Wesley. "Skate: 'Pre-Pre-Alpha' Gameplay Revealed In New Trailer, Console Playtesting This Fall". Game Informer. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  16. ^ Chalk, Andy (2022-06-30). "EA reveals 'pre-pre-pre-alpha' Skate gameplay, closed beta signups are now open". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  17. ^ "EA's New Skate Game Is Always Online, Reconfirmed For 2025 Launch". GameSpot. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  18. ^ published, Andy Chalk (2025-04-25). "EA's Skate reboot is always online, and you know what that means". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  19. ^ Kuhnke, Oisin; Kuhnke, Oisin (2025-04-26). "You can start ringing the new Skate's death knell, because EA says it's online only". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  20. ^ Straw, Mike (2025-03-12). "EA Adds Microtransactions To Skate's Closed Alpha". Insider Gaming. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  21. ^ "Skate Reboot Devs Really Want You To Know It's Not Pay-To-Win". GameSpot. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  22. ^ "Skate 4 Won't Have Paid Loot Boxes, EA Reiterates". Yahoo Tech. 2023-01-26. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
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