No new content for SKATE

By Robert Purchese Published 30 October, 2007

Forget extra trainers and decks.

EA has confirmed to Eurogamer that it will not be offering any downloadable content for SKATE in the future.

It follows comments made by EA Black Box producer Scott Blackwood, who said asking you lot to pay for insignificant extras was not how he wanted SKATE to get a name for itself.

"[We're] not planning any new content for Skate 1 ... We didn't want to go back and ask [people] for more money to get more shoes and shirts," Scott Blackwood told EGM. "That's not how we wanted to enter this market."

However, when talking about the lack of female characters in the game and what a tough design decision that was, Blackwood suggested that we may see something in the future, and that "when we do it - and we will - it's going to be done very well".

SKATE is, unsurprisingly, a skateboarding game in the same vein as the Tony Hawk's series. However, it has numerous differences like more realistic controls and free-form trick manoeuvres.

We were quite taken aback by it last month and found it bastardly hard but ultimately the most rewarding game in the genre around. Pop over to our SKATE review to find out why.

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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 (16) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • KingOfIceland #1 4 years ago

    Ehhhhhh, nobody would have wanted it anyway

  • tentonipete #2 4 years ago

    exactly

  • asphaltcowboy #3 4 years ago

    "[We're] not planning any new content for Skate 1 ... We didn't want to go back and ask [people] for more money to get more shoes and shirts," Scott Blackwood told EGM. "That's not how we wanted to enter this market."

    So Skate 2 is in development already then?

  • KingOfIceland #4 4 years ago

    It's EA, and the game did pretty well so a sequel is inevitable

  • dadrester #5 4 years ago

    this is one of the few games i probably would have payed a couple of quid to get a few more competitions, multiplayer options and customisation thingies for. oh well i guess i'll be getting skate 2 if they don't break it.

    [edit] this gen EA seem to be putting their huge coffers to very good use. some, not only nice looking games, but also pretty innovative titles.
    Edited by 1 at 30/10/07 @ 09:50

  • Res #6 4 years ago

    I would have liked to have seen the camera it switches to when you get chased by security guards (perhaps abit lower) added as an option for the whole game, it would have been much easier to spot some different gaps with it.

  • LOLLERS #7 4 years ago

    "So Skate 2 is in development already then? "

    10 months to next-gen breast technology

  • [TR] #8 4 years ago

    Did that guy just say female characters are... features?! LOL
    I doubt the lack of female characters in SKATE is due to any technical difficulty...

  • sickpuppysoftware #9 4 years ago

    Maybe they could spend the time saved fixing the crappy website so you can see your own footage.

    Oh and make the EA network more reliable while you're at it too.

  • jellyhead #10 4 years ago

    I think even the producer said "It's EA, what do you think?" when asked if there was a chance of a sequel. :)

    I wonder if this news will kill sales though?
    Will you buy Skate knowing there's no DLC, something a lot of you have come to expect or just wait for Skate 2?

  • FmCUK #11 4 years ago

    On the subject of SKATE, anyone had any success converting their FLV files into usable formats? I've downloaded several vids I've uploaded to my computer but they seem to have customized the FLVs enough that my tools won't convert them.
    Edited by 1 at 30/10/07 @ 11:40

  • markypants #12 4 years ago

    Great game. Up there as a contender for my GOTY. Hope the sequel fixes some of the inconsistencies in the control method. Very difficult to be as precise as some of the challanges need you to be.

  • andromeda #13 4 years ago

    this is why it such a good game.
    doesnt need pathetic extras to maintain user interest

  • zozart #14 4 years ago

    But... but... it's EA. I don't understand. No milking?

  • Eraysor #15 4 years ago

    Skate is brilliant. It kicks Tony Hawk right in the face.

  • Barry619 #16 4 years ago

    Fantastic Game!

    Very happy about the fact there is no extra's he's talking about (as in decks, shoes.... stuff that doesn't effect the game) but i was really hoping a company finally did something worth buying for a great game, like a whole new set of tasks or whole new mulitplayer modes.

    Skate was fantastic, and i agree with the guy who said GOTY contender (for me anyway, we all know what piece of rubbish will actually win it) but IMO at least it was abit short, but still worth every penny.

    If they are all this good and keep getting better then i hope this runs aslong as the TH series!