Skate 3 First Look Screens & Vid Written Friday, November 06, 2009 by Dan Webb EA and Black Box's Skate franchise jumped on to our consoles way back in 2007 and has been strutting its stuff as if it was a veteran of the skate scene ever since. 3 iterations in and the question has to be, are they running out of new ideas yet? Apparently not, the new focus in Skate 3 falls firmly on team play and before we give you our early impressions and the opinions of the dev team next week, check out the first look video below and the new screenshots in the gallery here.    | |
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 | Comment #1 by GreaseMonkeyGB Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 04:53:04 PM wow, loving the look of it already |
 | Comment #2 by theglf9 Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 04:54:17 PM looks nice |
 | Comment #3 by P3nguinOrgy Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 04:54:46 PM yea fuck yea skate rocks and will always be better then tony hawk |
 | Comment #4 by eternal123 Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 04:56:12 PM all skate games suck |
 | Comment #6 by Opayk Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 05:08:11 PM It looks....exactly the same. Okay, why am I supposed to be excited? And I can already see this getting as stale as Hawk's games. |
 | Comment #7 by JJBDude Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 05:18:39 PM Get excited because you can now film a friend, that's an epic win in my books. Just hope the team stuff works. I'm slightly sceptical but they pulled off skate 2 as a successful sequel so I have faith skate 3 will be good too. Can't wait! |
 | Comment #8 by J0K3R C4RD Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 05:27:48 PM looks pretty sick (: |
 | Comment #9 by ii br00tal ii Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 05:28:17 PM I, for one, love the Skate franchise and will be getting this out of habit. |
 | Comment #10 by asilentboom Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 05:29:23 PM Looks nice, I loved the hall-o-meat until everyone started glitching it. If they release Skate 3 with alot of glitches i'll stop caring about a series that doesn't finish or fix their games, which sucks because I really enjoyed the first two. |
| Comment #11 by paddycfc22 Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 05:31:47 PM skate is the number 1 skating game ,absalute brilliant |
 | Comment #12 by peppermagik Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 05:32:53 PM Love the Skate series. |
| Comment #13 by paddycfc22 Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 05:33:26 PM a feal sorry for the tony hawks games cause they all suck cumpared to skate |
 | Comment #14 by Emfulz Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 05:35:57 PM Skate is a sick game but will never beat THUG 1 :D Hopefully the online multiplayer is better then Skate 2 and I'd love them to bring back Community Center... it's the best map ever! :P |
 | Comment #15 by tractakid Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 05:57:34 PM I need THUG3. Until that day comes I will not be excited about skating games. Skate really is nothing more than 'meh'. Novel, interesting, but cant compete with proper Tony Hawk games. |
 | Comment #16 by NFaMuS one Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 06:09:41 PM sold! |
 | Comment #17 by Architechnology Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 06:17:22 PM I'm pretty bummed about this franchise - they took something golden and turned it into a turd. I blazed thru Skate 2's campaign as fast as I could so I could just free skate and not have to worry about absolutely ridiculous challenges and "GNARLY" competitions. The addition of darkslides and underflips is understandable, but I can tell you that if you went to a skatepark and started trying darkslides, you would get joked on something terrible. Add a lip-trick mechanic, alter the crooked grinds to make them more realistic, fix the "real" switch position to where your head faces down/direction youre going instead of backwards, fix the physics (not even lizard king can kickflip out of a backtail 5ft high) and fix the animations. Enhance the graphics maybe, Im not too concerned about that. |
 | Comment #18 by Iron Board Pat Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 06:19:39 PM the first skate. was the most authentic unique skateboarding game ever made. skate 2 will never compare and this one looks even worse than 2. the 4th one will probably be called tony hawk. |
 | Comment #19 by lu3mm3l Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 06:37:35 PM R.I.P. Tony Hawk Franchise as Skate 3 will kick your ass. Again. @#10 The glitch was fixed a long time ago. Go online and enjoy some matches! @#14 WORD! CC rocks :) But Skate 1 was (imho) way better then THUG1 as the TH Franchise getting lamer each game since TH3. @#15 Meh?! You can say "meh" if you're not into skating in general. If you own your own deck you'd say "yay" as skate brings (mostly) REAL skating to your console. |
| Comment #20 by l MCLOVIN 808 l Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 06:42:12 PM the one thing i hated about skate 2 was how crappy the walking was |
| Comment #21 by Zmoke Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 06:58:30 PM I agree with #15, I've been thinking of Tony Hawk's Underground 3 as well. I've got THUG1 and THUG2. I haven't bought the recent Tony Hawk's though because they're not good enough. Neither I have bought any Skate games. It's good that EA names the Skate games simply with numbers and the same name although the first Skate was written "skate." but I hope they'll never give any extra names for the main series. |
 | Comment #22 by yoeddyj Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 07:01:57 PM still looks exactly the same to me, they will have to do more to impress us. |
 | Comment #23 by kizwiz Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 07:48:25 PM filming a friend could be fun if done right but they really need more than that for my money. |
 | Comment #24 by laundryman Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 07:56:00 PM Looks great |
 | Comment #25 by Nerdz0r Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 08:01:35 PM I agree with the upper comments. THUG 1 > Any attempt at a Skateboarding game and I will never be interested in skating until the day of THUG 1 remake. |
| Comment #26 by J0K3R C4RD Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 08:37:59 PM i'd be surprised if Hawk releases anymore games prior to or after this, as it won't do nearly as good as sKate3. |
 | Comment #27 by danielthomas8 Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 09:08:32 PM this looks like skate 2 |
 | Comment #28 by SoBeRxFTW Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 09:40:20 PM Looks exactly the same but might get it if it has not so hard achievements. The online legend took me 1 Month on my other account. |
 | Comment #29 by IIMF DoomII Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 10:05:01 PM the last screen the guy was wearing guy marianos signature shoes. So hopefully mariano is in the game |
 | Comment #30 by xtye Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 11:33:09 PM Whoa whoa, they make Skate, which wasn't even that good. They make Skate 2 which sucks major ass, now a 3rd? I might buy it just to break the disc on a video and piss off all the Skate fanboys. |
 | Comment #31 by Dillagence Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 11:45:19 PM I hope they include Andrew Reynolds as a playable character that would be sick, anyways imma get skate 3 regardless it looks good so far. |
| Comment #32 by Mordhaus Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 01:06:23 AM Team play mode? Great. Like the idiots on Skate 2 XBL weren't already bad enough at doing the simplest of activities... This will be the ultimate ball breaker. |
 | Comment #33 by rkpoole49 Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 06:18:16 AM so apparently this is using the skate 2 engine..the engine that broke physics and took out the realism of skateboarding (even thought it added neat features)..i still play skate 1 which still is the most realistic skateboarding game ive played..that being said why does ea have to make a skate game almost every year now when it doesnt have to run on a yearly schedule like nhl and madden, i would rather see them take their time and work on the bugs. but thats just my opinion. |
 | Comment #34 by FriXionX Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 06:20:49 AM Shame the skate series are the worst skateboarding games to date. |
 | Comment #35 by himalaybarad Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 06:23:20 AM sounds cool. |
 | Comment #36 by Andreas_loel Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 06:54:42 AM Fucking awesome :d @34 Suck something and gtfo |
 | Comment #37 by Cronic x22 Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 08:17:32 AM @17 jokes at for darksliding?? you kidding me anyone who can pull off a darkslide is like king down at more skate parks. |
 | Comment #38 by Dusty Longshanx Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 08:47:05 AM @34 you have no idea what your talking about, Skate killed Tony Hawk games cause it's about SKATEBOARDING, not stupid ass lame combos of flip+grind+flip+manual that could never be done in real life. You probably just suck at Skate that's why your hating |
 | Comment #39 by sonicboy793 Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 10:02:09 AM i'm getting this the day it comes out |
 | Comment #40 by Wired Rising Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 11:38:34 AM Looks like it's still gonna kill Tony Hawk's series yet again. Tony Hawk doesn't stand a chance anymore with it being unrealistic and all. |
 | Comment #41 by steadfastlamb Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 11:54:12 AM skate. was the best game. skate2 added more tricks, which were sick to say the least, but started to get really retarded like tony hawk did. all we need in skate3 is to be able to grind on a telephone wire and its the same game with different controls. |
 | Comment #42 by XvMav3rick007vX Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 01:02:49 PM looks pretty good. @ everyone who is getting mad at other peoples opinions grow up. some people like the Tony Hawk games better then Skate. does it mean that their opinion is wrong. no because everyone is entitled to their own opinion and there is nothing you can do about that. |
 | Comment #43 by yourmanmilk Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 02:24:59 PM yer baby bring it on |
 | Comment #44 by Ix iDARKSTAR xI Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 02:32:30 PM @4 One word. TWAT! games looking good cant wait for a demo early 2010 |
 | Comment #45 by narcolepticshee Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 02:39:17 PM Love the skate games, but this is looking like its going the same way as Tony Hawk games. C'mon, grinding a Digger!??! What's THAT about?? They seem to be trying to make things bigger and better which isn't what Skate is about, it's about nice, realistic skate spots - not massive gaps and un-realistic tricks. Hope it turns out ok, but I've got a bad feeling about it... |
 | Comment #46 by devin the brain Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 03:58:20 PM i think you should be able to snap decks, a be able to stalls on ramps easier, and 1 foot stalls. |
 | Comment #47 by BBQ Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 04:05:48 PM I Think I'm Going To Play Some Skate Tonight To Try And Stop The Dribbling. |
 | Comment #48 by shtbx Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 04:42:25 PM SKATE DARKSLIDE |
 | Comment #49 by x Quikbaud x Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 07:00:04 PM #13 i feel sorry for someone who can't spell to save their life! Should be good. just picked up Skate 2. |
 | Comment #50 by DeekBoy Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 09:06:27 PM looks sick |
 | Comment #51 by Do It Switch Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 09:45:23 PM TONY!?!?TONY HAWK IS THAT YOU? |
 | Comment #52 by Purge Sunday, November 08, 2009 @ 09:11:59 AM I've never played the Skate series.. It might just take me this long to give it a go. :p |
 | Comment #53 by Evol Error Sunday, November 08, 2009 @ 01:58:13 PM Awesome, Gonna get this for sure, i love the skate series. |
 | Comment #54 by G34RZ22 Sunday, November 08, 2009 @ 02:13:57 PM OMFG I'VE DREAMT ABOUT THIS HAHAH I NEVER THOUGHT EA WERE MAKING THE THIRD GAME!! I'M SOO GONNA GET IT I LUUV SKATE!! |
 | Comment #55 by newbsicle Sunday, November 08, 2009 @ 03:04:23 PM Another skate game already? I haven't even gotten a chance to get to skate 2 yet. Hopefully it doesn't turn out to be EA just cashing in on the series name. |
| Comment #56 by Pumpfake93 Monday, November 09, 2009 @ 12:24:47 AM i would rather get tony hawk ride |
 | Comment #57 by FlimFlam Monday, November 09, 2009 @ 02:17:30 AM Skate 2 was one of this years best games. FACT. I'm not a skater, though I do appreciate it, but Skate 2, especially with friends (party mode - fun track. That's all I need to say) has been one of the highlights of 2009. Skate 3 will be awesome, the step up from Skate to Skate 2 was huge and I can't wait to get online with friends on Skate 3. Oh, and whats up with the 'I hate skating, skate games are rubbish' crew? Why are you here? Why do you feel the need to post? Also, Tony Hawk hasn't been any good since 3. Those were the days... Skate is the king now baby. |
 | Comment #58 by SteamingClown Monday, November 09, 2009 @ 03:36:22 AM wow it looks so...exactly the same as no.2. |
 | Comment #59 by DJSeth227 Monday, November 09, 2009 @ 05:52:28 AM it looks dull in graphics and ive always hated the controls to complicated .......meh i dont care i bet more than 90% of people who play skateboard games cant even do a kickflip in the real world. but im in the 90% XD |
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