EA's Skate 4: Release date, platforms, trailers and more
(Pocket-lint) — After what felt like a lifetime of rumours and false starts, EA finally confirmed that they are working on a brand new Skate title at the EA Play event in June 2020. This will be the first new game in the Skate franchise since Skate 3 in 2010.
The Skate games have a cult-like following from both skateboarders and non-skaters alike. Although Skate 3 saw middling success upon initial launch, it saw a great revival when YouTube giant, PewDiePie, became obsessed with the game's ragdoll physics.
More recently, we have seen a variety of skateboarding games launch including remasters of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2, Skater XL and Session. With skateboarding making its Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020, this seems like the ideal time for the series to make its return.
We've gathered up all the details, and here is everything we know about Skate 4 so far.
There have been no official announcements regarding the release date of Skate 4.
During the initial reveal, the game was said to be very early in development. Aside from the announcement that Skate 4 is happening, very little has been revealed and we have yet to see any gameplay footage.
A page on the developer's website still shows multiple job openings for the Skate development team, hinting that the game is quite a way from being finished.
During EA's Q3 2022 earnings call EA CEO, Andrew Wilson, stated that the game will «launch soon».
Our prediction is that the game to be a late 2022 or 2023 release at the earliest.
While there is currently no trailer for Skate 4, we have been given two teaser videos from the developer.
The first video was the announcement itself at EA Play 2020. It's a short video that essentially just confirms that Skate 4 is a thing without
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