EA's Skate 4: Release date, platforms, trailers and more

(Pocket-lint) - After what felt similar a beingness of rumours and mendacious starts, EA yet confirmed that they are moving connected a marque caller Skate rubric astatine the EA Play lawsuit successful June 2020. This volition beryllium the archetypal caller crippled successful the Skate franchise since Skate 3 successful 2010.

The Skate games person a cult-like pursuing from some skateboarders and non-skaters alike. Although Skate 3 saw middling occurrence upon archetypal launch, it saw a large revival erstwhile YouTube giant, PewDiePie, became obsessed with the game's ragdoll physics. 

More recently, we person seen a assortment of skateboarding games motorboat including remasters of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2, Skater XL and Session. With skateboarding making its Olympic debut successful Tokyo 2020, this seems similar the perfect clip for the bid to marque its return.

We've gathered up each the details, and present is everything we cognize astir Skate 4 truthful far.

Skate 4 merchandise date

There person been nary authoritative announcements regarding the merchandise day of Skate 4.

During the archetypal reveal, the crippled was said to beryllium precise aboriginal successful development. Aside from the announcement that Skate 4 is happening, precise small has been revealed and we person yet to spot immoderate gameplay footage.

A page connected the developer's website inactive shows aggregate occupation openings for the Skate improvement team, hinting that the crippled is rather a mode from being finished.

Based connected this, we expect the crippled to beryllium a precocious 2022 oregon 2023 merchandise astatine the earliest.

Skate 4 trailer

While determination is presently nary trailer for Skate 4, we person been fixed 2 teaser videos from the developer.

The archetypal video was the announcement itself astatine EA Play 2020. It's a abbreviated video that fundamentally conscionable confirms that Skate 4 is simply a happening without revealing overmuch else.

The adjacent glimpse came astir a twelvemonth later. Again, a speedy video with nary gameplay footage but this clip featuring influential members of the skateboarding community, specified arsenic Garrett Ginner and Atiba Jefferson, reacting to gameplay. We besides got a fewer shots showing america immoderate question seizure enactment and the wide connection is 'be patient, we're moving connected it.'

Skate 4 platforms

Not overmuch has been said truthful acold astir which platforms we tin expect Skate 4 to get on, with 1 notable exception:

PC_confirmation.exe pic.twitter.com/ubLRKoCw9P

— skate. (@skateEA) August 26, 2021

That's right, for the archetypal clip successful the past of the Skate franchise, the caller rubric volition beryllium coming to PC.

Given the game's console-centric history, we expect to spot Skate 4 onshore connected Xbox bid X and S on with Playstation 5 astatine a minimum.

Skate 4 developer

In January 2021, EA confirmed that it had created a caller improvement squad to enactment connected Skate 4 called Full Circle. The caller workplace is based successful Vancouver alongside EA Sports and Respawn Entertainment.

Hi! Yes, we’re inactive moving connected the adjacent Skate and we officially formed a workplace to beryllium it! https://t.co/Ha1Zf9omyI pic.twitter.com/2M3WNvzBxb

— skate. (@skateEA) January 27, 2021

Full Circle's General Manager is Daniel McCulloch, antecedently GM of Xbox Live for Microsoft. He said "The fans wished Skate backmost into existence, and we privation them to consciousness progressive successful the process from improvement to crippled motorboat and beyond," helium continued "We’re each astir having amusive and making large games that radical privation to play with their friends."

Writing by Luke Baker. Originally published connected 6 December 2021.