New footage of Skate and word of a demo

by Jared Rea { Jul 13th 2007 at 11:30AM }

If you've seen our previous coverage on EA's Skate, you probably know that we consider it to be the greatest thing since the George Foreman grill changed the way we looked at the culinary world, forever. Our play date pals over at GameTrailers cornered the ever-so-modest producer of Skate, Jason Balmer, to see how the game is progressing. After seeing their footage, we're completely floored as to how incredible it's looking these days.

Through the typical musings of Tony Hawk, Jason casually mentions that the game will see a September release and that a demo will be made available. Exactly when, you ask? We've asked EA for a comment on the matter and we'll let you know as soon as we hear back. As a consolation prize, please enjoy the E3 2007 trailer of Skate after the break. You'll be very glad that you did.

Tags: e307, skate

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Anthony @ Jul 13th 2007 12:04PM

oh wow. sign me up. this game looks sick.

ANt @ Jul 13th 2007 12:18PM

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

therpham @ Jul 13th 2007 12:19PM

Wow, a fresh skating game. Awesome. Tony Hawk has been stale for years.

mike @ Jul 13th 2007 12:21PM

the game certainly looks interesting. I deffenitly give the demo a try. MY only concern is that since the game is about pulling off the small realistic tricks unlike tony hawk, it might become frustrating when its taking you 30 minutes of constant rety after retry trying to nail just 1 trick. (like some of the really hard gols in the THPS games).

Ill give it a try I guess and check out what echievments it has to offer. I really like the idea of a online carreer progression. in THPS, the online is just a bunch of kids who always play trick attack over and over and over and over again. ITs just boring. Unfortuntly, I think halo 3 will be occupying my time when this is released, too bad it didnt come out in janurary.

wizard poop @ Jul 13th 2007 12:59PM

The tricks look simple to execute so I don't anticipate having to master anything just for one little kickflip or anything. In fact, it looks like you just manhandle the right analog stick and you'll automatically perform a countless combination of things. It definitely won't be as hard or frustrating as real skateboarding - it's a videogame after all!

meh @ Jul 13th 2007 2:07PM

Also be sure to check out the "Halfpipe" Gameplay footage on gametrailers! Gametrailers is down now so I can't post teh link, but it looks sick.

This is my GOTY!!!!

arrrgh @ Jul 13th 2007 3:48PM

The game looks a LOT less "realistic" than i thought it would be :( I thought this was going to be like the exact opposite of tony hawk, so i was so stoked. But the jumps and turns, for the most part, seem very surreal, almost cartoon-like. :( damn, hope it turns out