Skate 4 is finally launching in early access in 2025 after 4 years of teasers and playtests
Sep. 17, 2024Skate, or rather Skate 4, is finally coming next year
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EA shared the news earlier today, finally ending years of teasers semi-conclusively. That said, playtests for Skate 4 – I’m calling it that until it gets ameaningfultitle - are very much ongoing.
A short, still pre-alpha trailer released to mark the occasion shows off – you guessed it – some more skating. The game looks a bit more polished than it did insome previous, admirably blocky trailers, but the fact that it’s launching in early access is no surprise.
The latest Skate 4 development update arrived in June. At the time, the team said they’d done “a ton of work rebuilding Flick-It, skate.’s core trick control system.”
“We want to make sure every trick feels fun and satisfying, while delivering the familiarity from past Skate games,” the devs continued. “On top of that, we’ve improved accuracy and control to make learning tricks easier. The team is also hard at work to give you the tools to have fun your way, by yourself or with friends, anywhere in San Vansterdam. Almost everything you do in the game will earn you rewards, so you can customize your character, setup, and even unlock new objects to place and skate in San Van.”
Skate 4 devs reassure fans it won’t include paid loot boxes.
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