Skate 3 announced.

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@EA

Skateboarding Just Became the Ultimate Team Experience

Guildford, UK – 15th September, 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 .

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.

SKATE 3 is being developed by Black Box, an Electronic Arts studio. SKATE 3 will be released on PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system in May 2010.

Didn’t Skate 2 come out yesterday? :meh:

Link:

EA Forums - Official News - Skate 3 Announced

Teaser Trailer

[Collision]

This should go in the gaming and technology forum.

Also, Skate is rather lame.

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Whoops, Sorry. I could’ve sworn I posted it there. :fffuuu:

If EA did a BMX one, I’d probably get that.

[Collision]

‘BMX’ games have always been, and always will be fail.

If you actually into any of this kind of thing, it’s much more fun to actually go out and do it.

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Aw… The PS1 ones were awesome…

And I probably wouldn’t like it these days anyway.

[Collision]

I’ve be doing freestyle since I was 12, I still love it all the same.

maybe more, since I haven’t stacked in like, 3 years.

[_amp_955_dam]

Awesome. :3

[Imonfire]

I prefer to do real skate than to watch a character do impossible tricks with almost zero gravity.

[Dust]

You don’t like Tony Hawks?

[Imonfire]

They were fun, but now it’s just the same old thing going on.

[Dust]

I agree…I really don’t see how they can spice it up. The new idea is an absolute fail.

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Holy crap, is it just me, or are video game sequels just flying out of collective developer asses lately?

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@Collision

‘BMX’ games have always been, and always will be fail.

If you actually into any of this kind of thing, it’s much more fun to actually go out and do it.

It’s mostly for the wannabe-fags that can’t do anything besides balance on their respective shenanigan-inducing recreational devices and get a bit of air with it so they can feel as if they have some importance to the world.