Skate 2 demo coming Thursday

by Justin McElroy { Jan 5th 2009 at 8:00PM }

We tend to think of demos as free gifts from the gaming overlords, which would make the Skate 2 demo coming on Thursday to Xbox Live a gift within a gift, like a Hickory Farms sampler wrapped in a Snuggie. Just for downloading the demo and registering here, you could win MS points and, curiously, one of six custom Skate 2 skateboards, which should look great sitting idly in your garage.

Thanks to the Thursday placement, we're assuming this'll pop up simultaneously on PSN, just without all the free prizes.

[Via Team Xbox]

Tags: demos, skate-2

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

shane86 @ Jan 5th 2009 8:02PM

Sweeeet. I love skate.

Ihavepants @ Jan 5th 2009 8:50PM

In your comment I read "skate" as "cake" for some reason...

jarhead906 @ Jan 5th 2009 9:06PM

Wow that's trippy. I did too.

Subliminal gaming has us in its grasp.

shane86 @ Jan 5th 2009 9:05PM

I love cake too

Wiinterfang @ Jan 5th 2009 9:06PM

I wish they where a Food that rhymes with Tony Hawk.

Linkario @ Jan 5th 2009 9:16PM

THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!!!!!11!!1!

You know me @ Jan 5th 2009 11:16PM

The cake had to do with the companion cube on his avatar

soviet chick @ Jan 5th 2009 8:09PM

Love Skate (playing now-ish), though I hate how every character model looked like a GTA III hobo with a penchant for serial-rape and child abduction.

2 looks mighty swell, off the board and female pros/creations make it an instant purchase for me.

Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 5th 2009 8:18PM

"I hate how every character model looked like a GTA III hobo with a penchant for serial-rape and child abduction".

Now I have to play this game.

Levi @ Jan 5th 2009 8:14PM

I've had a used copy of Skate for a while and I still haven't tried it out yet. I've been glued to Crash Commando. Sounds like they're doing good things with Skate 2 though, I'm interested.

j.howlett @ Jan 5th 2009 8:17PM

crash commando is pretty addictive

Cal @ Jan 5th 2009 8:21PM

Bit slow to post this weren't you?

Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 5th 2009 8:22PM

I like skateboarding games but sadly some of them have been very bad or mediocre. The last one I tried was Project 8.Loved the bugs like when you touched a fire hydrant, your character is launched to space.

shane86 @ Jan 5th 2009 8:31PM

The first skate was the best skating game ever. This will be just as good, if not better.

Snowblind @ Jan 5th 2009 8:35PM

I had loads of fun in the Project 8 demo launching my character around. Almost bought the game just because of that..

But yeah, Skate really put the Tony Hawk series to shame, to the point where they're not even releasing another one this year because they know they can't compete.

Prime @ Jan 5th 2009 8:51PM

the link won't work

sk8monroe81 @ Jan 5th 2009 9:04PM

now if only sony could follow the lead of other companies that release their demos before a game is released.

maybe i can try LBP when LBP 2 comes out?

j.howlett @ Jan 5th 2009 9:29PM

in the time being knock yourself out with the halo 3 and gears demos

sk8monroe81 @ Jan 5th 2009 9:33PM

you might think its funny.
but sony may not think so when the ps3 goes bankrupt like the original xbox did.

i am only saying things that would be better for us gamers...

would you not like to see demos on PSN before a game is released?

why are you arguing about something that would benefit us all..

damn fanboys will be demise of the ps3 because they stand behind sony and dont talk back.

and remember halo 3 and gears 2 have sold over 12 million copies on 1 console to date so far...

LBP is at 1 million.....

what game would you say needs a demo more??

ms doesnt need to change this to help sales.
i was saying something that would help sony sales and marketing.

ice~ @ Jan 5th 2009 9:34PM

Lol ohhh he went there

j.howlett @ Jan 5th 2009 9:41PM

i tried to wait for you to make a couple post in a row but ice broke it up. it kind of sucks but at least there will be a demo. no matter when it's released though it won't stop the trolling. so we have to wait for the idiots claiming to have played the demo to continue to say it sucks as i'm sure they'll keep up regardless

soviet chick @ Jan 5th 2009 9:46PM

So few well realized points...

So many Line Breaks...

LBP is a great game br / GameCrazy lets you play games before buying br / Play LittleBigPlanet at GameCrazy

sk8monroe81 @ Jan 5th 2009 10:20PM

soviet- i have joystiq habits as howlett pointed out.. lol
one of them being line breaks. another being multiple posts. i guess i dont get it out on the first try ...lol.

and whats gamecrazy anyway?

it gets crazy to me though when i am wanting more PSN demos and some people still want to argue about that point with me...