The Skate franchise has been missing in action for more than a decade. After all these years, it’s coming back with a bold new direction.
On Thursday, Electronic Arts (EA) revealed the fourth installment is called Skate. Yes, we’ll have to stop calling it Skate 4. It’s not supposed to be a sequel or reboot, so developer Full Circle is ditching numbers entirely. Instead, it’ll be a free-to-play multiplayer title complete with cross-play and cross-progression between Xbox, PC, and PlayStation platforms. While the live-service route might scare off long-time fans, Full Circle claims that the microtransactions in Skate won’t be pay-to-win, and there will be no loot boxes.
