Skate 4 news overshadowed by EA's dumb tweet insulting its own single player games

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Whoever runs EA's Twitter account has royally plowed the hornet's nest with a tweet dismissing single-player games.

Let's bear in mind the stable of amazing single-player titles under the EA umbrella, to appreciate the true boldness of the tweet. There's Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and long-running classic, The Sims, to name a few. Even as we speak, Bioware is beavering away on Dragon Age 4: Dreadwolf, while The Sims 5 is in the extremely early 'conceptual' phase. 

So it's no surprise that the EA Twitter account is having its proverbial nethers needled by (absolutely justified) barbs. Developers of EA-published games have also waded into the fray to comment on the misguided tweet(opens in new tab). Aside from ruffling feathers so hard that they've practically been plucked out, the hubbub has overshadowed other big news: EA is inviting gamers to playtest its Skate 4 «pre-pre-pre-alpha». 

Thinking about working until midnight for the better part of a year to help ship Mass Effect 2. https://t.co/POtZrFX0FiJuly 1, 2022

The Twitter account(opens in new tab) has since 'fessed up to its misstep, saying: «Roast well deserved. We’ll take this L cause playing single player games actually makes them an 11.» You bet your butt it does. I've gone from a shaky three to a solid 11 and I'll hear no different! 

As well as Bioware writer Patrick Weekes' response above about their late night's crunching, Dragon Age creative director, John Epler, chimed in with the perfect gif(opens in new tab) of Jim from The Office. You know the one. And Dragon Age 4 game director, Corinne Busche, didn't miss her chance to get in on the fun either, tweeting(opens in new tab):  

«The only reason I know we’re not all living the darkest timeline is because we made