Rumor: Skate 3 in the works

by David Hinkle { Jul 3rd 2009 at 2:00PM }

Apparently EA is working on a sequel to Skate 2, if the Epicly Trife twitter is to be believed. Epicly Trife (NSFW) is a site dedicated to skating, and its twitter account said the following: "I just got told 'tonight we gotta celebrate,' one of the bro's got offered to be in SKATE 3." By no means a confirmation, we're still excited, as Skate 2 was not only a great sequel, but pretty much the best skating sim around. Plus, it's much easier to get up after falling down four flights of stairs in a video game, as gravity is a much more harsh mistress in real life.

We've put in word to EA for comment, but with almost everyone taking the day off today, don't hold your breath for a response. We sure aren't.

[Via Kotaku]

Tags: ea, ea-black-box, skate, skate-2, skate-3, skateboarding, sports

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Misframed @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:06PM

duh.

Pszczola @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:14PM

I love the skate series.

fffunfarm06 @ Jul 3rd 2009 5:27PM

skate 3 is gonna b better than 2 'cause ull be able to scan ur board and ride on the floor with natal.

confirmed: skate 3 to use natals 3d cameras.

Gloqwi @ Jul 3rd 2009 5:43PM

When and where was this ever confirmed? If Skate 3 hasn't even been properly announced, how would someone be able to confirm that?

SaMav @ Jul 4th 2009 12:56AM

I thought 'fffunfarm06' was being sarcastic so I up-voted him..

Sly @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:15PM

EA is really giving activision a run for its money. skate > tony hawk. rock band > guitar hero. who knows, they might be able to make a call of duty competitor that's better than COD itself! and no, not medal of honor. we're not going there.

WINterfang @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:20PM

Meh Activision only has to do two good hardcore games and have one sold bad to get the love of the "hardcore" fanboy crowd.

Yep everybody hated EA until they made Dead Space and Mirrors Edge, oh what did Mirror Edge didn't sold more than 5 millions? ooh poor babies.

ryanpaulmcgowan @ Jul 3rd 2009 5:07PM

@WINterfang

The entire point of the EA hate was that they were milking franchises and doing nothing else.

Suddenly: New games! Skate, Dead Space Army of Two, Mirror's Edge.

Now, Activision has taken the place of EA not because they were the de-facto bad guy, but because they've stepped up their milking to levels larger than anything EA has ever done. The worst EA had done was a sports game every year. Activision has been pumping multiple games from the Hero series every year for the past two, almost three years.

This would be acceptable if new franchises came out, or they attempted to do something new. It would be seen as funding instead of milking, and that would be acceptable.

WINterfang @ Jul 3rd 2009 10:24PM

That's just the same thing I said.

WINterfang @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:15PM

I'll wait for Tony Hawk Ri* hahahaha*

rockstargodzu @ Jul 3rd 2009 4:01PM

I'll wait for SSX. Oh wait, EA isn't making it because they're wasting their time with 2 sequels for a game that came out a year and a half ago.

aMac @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:15PM

A sequel to an EA licensed game? Colour me surprised!

iluvmyzune @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:16PM

pray to the skate gods it doesn't have a board you play with!!!!!!

cuteSAVAGE @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:20PM

I know Tony Hawk is now officially uncool, but I don't think it would do any good to pray to him on this one.

WRYYYYYY @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:31PM

File this under the "no shit" tag.

Pachter the Haiku Artist @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:35PM

Grab your board and skate
Grind those rails, do kicks and flips
Don't fall, that would hurt.

Sly @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:06PM

*golf claps*

Pachter the Haiku Artist @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:58PM

Don't hurt my feelings, I am only trying to promote art : (

Sly @ Jul 3rd 2009 4:49PM

what? i really meant it! you're meant for haikus.

-Vexx- @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:36PM

Its EA ofcourse its in the works all they do is make sequels

camobandanna @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:53PM

Who seriously cares about this series? I sure as hell dont. After wasting my time on both the first and second one I dont even want to know anything about the third one. The Tony Hawk games, espescially the earlier ones, will always be the best skate boarding games.

Comet @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:05PM

I agree. I don't want to do something realistic in a skating game. I want to grind telephone poles, Skate as a fat Elvis impersonator, and have insane goals to accomplish.

camobandanna @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:12PM

Gee thanks for the fast comment captain sarcasm...

Sly @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:09PM

@comet

THPS4. you could launch yourself out to sea, do tricks in the air, and right before hitting the water, you would just do the jango jump jet, and repeat the process until you got a million points and froze the game. good times, good times...

WINterfang @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:20PM

THPS 4 is one of the best Skate games out there, Even the PS1 version is super fun.

Jack Tretton @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:24PM

THPS2X for Xbox is tops in my book.

mooseinabox @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:36PM

@Sly:

oh my god i remember that! i shall repeat- good times, good times.

Comet @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:53PM

@camobandanna

I was dead serious. I loved the Tony Hawk games up to THUG2 for this very fact.

Sly @ Jul 3rd 2009 4:50PM

@mooseinabox

i remember sitting in a room with friends just doing that right next to each other. it was awesome.

Joey @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:10PM

I have a lot of fun playing Skate and Skate 2. Can't wait for a Skate 3. I hope it has better customization options though... I got to admit the Tony Hawk series was better with character customization.

mooseinabox @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:35PM

YES! I love Skate 2 so much, I played it for months, and it still isn't old. i'm excited for a conformation.

CH3BURASHKA @ Jul 3rd 2009 4:38PM

*confirmation.

Shane @ Jul 3rd 2009 4:10PM

Sweet, I mean I knew it was coming but...

Skate 1 and 2 were so amazing. Like one poster said, I hope they have better CAS this time around. I thought the CAS in Skate 1 was better than in 2.

Nothing beats just finding a spot and getting creative. I guess the un-imaginative need telephone wires to grind and letters to collect instead of you know, actually playing the game S-K-A-T-E like your supposed to or setting up their own lines.

Deck @ Jul 3rd 2009 4:34PM

I love the skate series. I loved Skate and Skate 2 is probably the best skating game made. Especially recently.

But in all reality, do we really need a third? I hope they put it in a completely new city this time instead of just remodeling the last one again. That way it may help a lot.

In the end, I just don't know what they might be able to do differently to really make it worthy of a "3rd" than just DLC. Granted, all that being said, I'll probably buy it anyway. Rofl.

ryanpaulmcgowan @ Jul 3rd 2009 10:56PM

Off the top of my head... the ability to take the city in Skate 2 and skate on it if you have Skate 2 on your hard drive. Maybe toss in a $5 deal like they did with Rock Band 2. I'd be happy with that.

CH3BURASHKA @ Jul 3rd 2009 4:38PM

RUMOARS! FRANCHISE THAT SOLD WELL MAKES A SEQUEL! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Pretty obvious really.

Roofie @ Jul 3rd 2009 5:42PM

Am I the only person who didn't like Skate 2 as much as the first Skate? I like the new moves and the ability to move objects in the world, but the physics feel way wrong in Skate 2 for me. And to a lesser extent, I didn't like how the game seemed to make it easy to just skip from mission to mission, and didn't encourage any actual skating between the events.

Don't get me wrong, I still beat Skate 2 and liked it a lot, but I still find myself returning to the original Skate when I'm just looking to do some freeskating. I wish there were some option to change between the realistic physics of the first one and the lesser-realistic physics of the second so that both parties could be happy.

Santiago @ Jul 4th 2009 9:07PM

I hear it gonna have a BMX bike.

jukesey_92 @ Aug 4th 2009 5:49PM

Yeah a skateboarding game with BMX's, that's what they'll do. (American Wasteland failed for that fact)

Where I'm from skateboarders and BMXers are heavy rivals. If EA has any sense, they won't put in the two-wheeled eyesores.
F*ck fruitbooting by the way.

zane farner @ Aug 9th 2009 11:07PM

Skate 3 has to have some longboards on it.

Ryan @ Aug 24th 2009 9:59PM

I think that in skate 3 they should add a few new things:

1. no comply's any trick by holding the mongo push button and then flipping a trick (except for hardflips and inward heels and nollie stuff)

2. does anybody remember how frikkin amazing those photo shots were in the Photoshoot missions/goals? They should add a button combo (like LB +

randmidiot1993 @ Aug 27th 2009 8:44AM

i dont care if the gameplay is the same i just wanna play the game with new places

altek001 @ Sep 15th 2009 11:16PM

echoing others, i hope Skate doesn't turn into a yearly franchise like THPS did. i will say that i still bust the original through Underground (skipping #2) and :AW out sometimes and have a great time cruising the levels. the design and feel of the earlier games definitely have an appeal that still grips me, from their levels (THPS1's Chicago or THPS2's School II) to the create-a-skater, which Skate arguably does well, too (Skate's strong point being the more-fully-customizable physical/facial dimensions with lame branding vs. THPS's favorable make-it-your-own generic clothing but basic physical editing...though in Skate you can make your own graphics now and the phys edit in THUG got better over time.)

Skate is awesome (meant that it fills me with awe, not the 'sweet' connotation its taken on) with its realistic portrayal of exactly what you can do on a board, going along with the realistic graphics, story and the rest of such 'reality' that we want from our games nowadays. there will always be a place in my heart for the THPS of yore but i think Skate won me over with its slick style.

all nitpicking aside,
what *i* want to see in Skate 3 is some new place like Portland, OR or Seattle. active day and weather cycles, with rain and fog, making traffic signals fade, the blinking four-way red on the edge of town look like it's from a zombie movie, streetlights reflecting off the ground, showing rough pavement texture and, yeah, making things a bit slippery. i read San Van is done. (for now, at least.) EA squeezed all they could out of that city and i am very thankful they're moving the setting. please, EA, hear this plea: Seattle.

Nicholas @ Oct 4th 2009 9:23AM

Vancouver, British Columbia - September 15, 2009 - Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today revealed the next title in the company's landmark skateboarding franchise: SKATETM 3, and confirmed that it will ship in May 2010. SKATE 3 breaks new ground by taking all of the camaraderie and competitive excitement of real-life skateboarding and brings it to the hands of gamers. Whether online or offline, players can now team up to build the ultimate skate crew in the definitive skateboarding co-op experience. In SKATE 3, players take part in team-based challenges, compete against rival crews and leave their mark on the all-new skater's paradise, Port Carverton.

"The social and community aspects of the SKATE franchise are something we've always embraced, but we've never done anything to the scale you're going to see in SKATE 3," said Senior Producer, Jason DeLong. "We're giving gamers a very unique experience by providing them with the tools they need to build their ultimate team or to create a team comprised entirely of their online friends. From there, it's all about proving yourself - teaming up, and throwing down."

Players who pre-order SKATE 3 get an unlock code that gives them exclusive access to the iconic Black Box Distribution Skate Park, home turf of Zero, Mystery, and Fallen skate teams. Black Box Distribution was founded in 2000 by Jamie Thomas, and houses and distributes some of skateboarding's biggest selling brands .Pre-orders are available now at http://skate.ea.com or at participating retailers nationwide.

SKATE 3 features an all-new co-op mode where teammates can complete challenges together while advancing each other's careers. From rewarding epic bails and fails with a beefed up Hall of Meat mode to honing your craft with the all-new skate.School, players of all skill levels have multiple ways to "kill it" in the game. The franchise also continues to raise the bar for user created content with the skate.Create feature suite, an innovative toolset that empowers gamers to truly express their skate style by creating their own graphics, videos, and skate parks.

For all the latest Skate 3 updates make sure to follow us on Twitter and be a fan of the EA Skate Facebook Page!

ME: Can't say much about that.

toast2472 @ Sep 17th 2009 7:02PM

omg skate 3 , i thougth they said they said they wouldnt make a skate 3 is this true ??? and how much would it be for ps3
??? and can you do a dark slid grind ??? i have much more questions plz tell me any thing if you know more at toast2472@yahoo.com