No surprises here, but it looks like Electronic Arts is working on -- or at least thinking about -- a new game in the Skate franchise.
One of the dudes over at skateboarding Web site Epicly Strife dropped some info on the new hot place to spill your guts, Twitter.
“I just got told ‘tonight we gotta’ celebrate,’” Epicly Trife’s Schmitty wrote, “one of the bros got offered to be in Skate 3.”
Seeing as how the first and second games were reasonably solid, we could think of worse news. But EA should tread carefully, and keep an eye on the history of the one-time King of Skating Games, Tony Hawk Pro Skater.
If you recall, developer Neversoft made a Tony Hawk game a year until it got burnt out and moved on to Guitar Hero. If history is any indication, Skate developer EA Black Box will be working on Rock Band titles by 2013. Obviously.
What new would you like to see EA bring to the series? What’s missing? What would you like to see go away?
[via Kotaku]
Contest:
4:00 AM on 07.05.2009
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In Skate, I didn't have to worry about moving dumpsters and shit like that, I never even had to get off my board. I could just zen out and, you know, skate. I liked that aspect. To me, it kinda messed things up when they started adding more crap to it. I dunno. I have to get the full game to really get an idea about it. But those were my initial feelings.
That's the whole point. The harder the moves, the more complex they oughta be. It's a pretty good representation of skating, you know... with using buttons and whatnot.
Split-screen would be nice.
i'd say the game is near perfect as it is, just give me a more responsive camera (it's great at having a mind of it's own sometimes). better off-board controls would be nice, and with that some more functionality when arranging rails and ramps would be good.
really though, i think skate is a fresh enough franchise that some tweaks to the engine and a fancy new map would be plenty for skate fans. i know i'd definitely buy a copy without hesitation. in fact, i'd go as far as saying they could probably pump out two more skate titles before they really need to think of a new angle for it.