EA announces Skate 3 for May

By Robert Purchese Published 15 September, 2009

Team co-op the key this time.

EA has whipped the wrappers off Skate 3, revealing team-based co-op as the headline feature.

This enables you and your friends to skate together in a crew, tackling group challenges and helping each others' careers as you go.

Due May 2010, Skate 3 also packs a beefy toolset to edit videos and graphics as well as create skate parks with. There's a new skate.School to learn in, too.

If, on those scraps of evidence, you decide to pre-order, you'll be given an unlock code to access the Black Box Distribution Skate Park, which is home to the Zero, Mystery and Fallen skate teams.

The first Skate 3 video is up and running over on Eurogamer TV, so pop over there for a look.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (12) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Physically_Insane #1 2 years ago

    Skate 3 all ready! Colour me surprised/red.

  • Skurmedel #2 2 years ago

    Word of warning if you are buying this for MP: I have both Skate 1 and Skate 2 and sadly the rubbish EA Online thing the second game uses totally ruins the MP features. The other guy I am supposed to be playing it with can't get it to work behind his firewall, no matter what we do, so be cautious if you have a very restrictive firewall.
    Edited by 2 at 15/09/09 @ 14:54

  • LiveForever #3 2 years ago

    EA is back to business as usual

  • cianchristopher #4 2 years ago

    Never played Skate 2, the first one was sufficient. I don't understand the constant need to buy sequels. If the first game is enough, that should be it (see BioShock 2 - what's the point?)....

  • myiagros #5 2 years ago

    I really enjoyed both skate 1 & 2, but this feels to soon for another sequal.

    Hopefully the short turn around doesn't mean they will skimp on new features.

  • PlugMonkey #6 2 years ago

    The skate series has had good, solid reviews. They announce a sequal about a year or so later, probably with improvements and so on. Explain how that is bad news?

    HenryVIII: Allow me to explain. People who like a particular game no longer want any more of said game. If they did want any more of it, they should get it through DLC and for free. And if devs insist on making a sequel, they have to take six years (minimum) to make a it or it is automatically a cynical cash in and shit. See the whole Left 4 Dead 2 debacle for more info.

  • Apostle #7 2 years ago

    Not exactly a real sequel is it. In my day a real sequel was Half Life 2, delayed multiple times, leaked onto the net, but complete new graphical overhall, gameplay and story improvements etc.

    Will welcome more Skate. but hope there is enough features to justify number 3.

  • PlugMonkey #8 2 years ago

    Not exactly a real sequel is it. In my day a real sequel was Half Life 2, delayed multiple times, leaked onto the net, but complete new graphical overhall, gameplay and story improvements etc.

    Wow, with spectacles that rosy, who needs reality?

    Even in 'your day', stuff like HL2 was the exception NOT the rule.

  • el_pollo_diablo #9 2 years ago

    The second one lost all the charm of the first.

  • Apostle #10 2 years ago

    @PlugMonkey: Point taken. I think what I meant was that sequels took more time to make, and often ended up on the next generation console having a massive graphical upgrade. Or in the case of the PC games, they are always pushing the graphics as hard as they can. I suppose what I'm getting at is there was clearly a visual improvement which made you think you were getting your moneys worth. These yearly iterations of games franchises need are at a disadvantage I suppose, because their graphics won't have changed a great deal. They have to improve the gameplay, which often is invisible to the consumer. As long as the game is more fun to play, I have no hesitation buying it.

  • smelly #11 2 years ago

    Love Skate. Dont like playing games co-op (i'm a loner gamer).

    i'll adopt wait and see.

  • smelly #12 2 years ago

    Quote : "These yearly iterations of games franchises need are at a disadvantage I suppose, because their graphics won't have changed a great deal. They have to improve the gameplay, which often is invisible to the consumer."


    See that's the attitude i dont get with gamers nowadays. " because their graphics won't have changed a great deal" - So what?!? Do you REALLY only buy games for their graphics?!? That's weird to me! I personally play games because they're - FUN! I'd rather have improved gameplay than the same game with better graphics (which is how a lot of fps sequels play to me).