Skate (PS4) News Articles
Wednesday26th Nov 2025
News Skate Improves Replays, Adds New Tricks, Party Voice Chat, More in Season 2 on PS5, PS4
Early access continues
The early access, free-to-play revival of Skate has been met with a mixed reception so far, but it seems developer Full Circle is keen to turn things around with some significant updates in Season 2. The major update to the sandbox skating sim starts on 2nd December, and you can get a rough idea of what to expect in this daft...
Wednesday8th Oct 2025
News Dead Space's Isaac Clarke Is Now in Skate, And He Costs More Than His PS5 Remake
Daily grind
Beloved Dead Space protagonist Isaac Clarke has joined the world of EA’s free-to-play Skate reboot as a skin – but he’ll cost you more than his recent PS5 remake to buy. The full bundle, available for around two weeks at the time of writing, includes the following in-game items: Engineer Rig Skin Slasher Deck Isaac’s...
Friday3rd Oct 2025
News Skate Season 1 Brings New Events, Challenges, More Next Week on PS5, PS4
Happy Skate-o-ween
Skate has been available in early access now for a couple of weeks or so, and soon it'll get its first major content update. On 7th October, the free-to-play skateboarding title will enter Season 1, running until 2nd December. Here's a trailer that gives a brief look at what it entails: The seasonal update will give San...
Tuesday16th Sep 2025
Out Today Skate Makes Its Big Return in Early Access on PS5, PS4, and It's Free to Play
Ollie in
Fans have been incessant about bringing back the beloved Skate series, and though it took some time, EA listened, and is today launching the latest entry in the skateboarding series in early access on PS5 and PS4. Developer Full Circle Studio has revived the franchise, turning it into a free-to-play skateboarding sandbox. Though it...
Tuesday26th Aug 2025
News Skate's Free-to-Play Revival Rides into Early Access on PS5, PS4 in September
Right around the corner
EA and developer Full Circle have finally announced a release date for their reboot of the beloved Skate series. The game, which is a free-to-play, social, open world skateboarding sim, is set to launch in early access on 16th September 2025 — and that includes PS5 and PS4. There's no word on when the final, 1.0,...
Monday25th Aug 2025
News Long Awaited Skate Reboot's Early Access Release Date Will Be Revealed This Week
Flippin' fantastic
After years of development, Skate’s long awaited free-to-play reboot will receive its Early Access release date later this week, on 26th August. You’ll be able to watch a special presentation from the developer on YouTube, starting 9AM PT. If you’re not sure what time that is in your country, we’ve put together a quick...
Tuesday17th Sep 2024
News PS5, PS4's Long Awaited Skate Reboot Will Launch in Early Access Next Year
Flipping the script
It’s been five long years since we excitedly reported EA was working on a new Skate game, and now we can confirm it will launch on PS5 and PS4 next year – albeit in Early Access. While this may seem unusual for a AAA title, the skateboarding sim’s entire development cycle has been unorthodox, with developer Full Circle...
Saturday8th Jun 2024
News You'll Be Able to Test Ride Skate on PS5, PS4 Later This Year
Skate or die
The new free-to-play Skate game from EA is still in pre-pre-alpha, which means it’s many years away from release. But developer Full Circle has been quite open about the release’s development, inviting fans to playtest the skateboarding sim since its inception. And that process will continue on consoles later this year. A trailer...
Thursday2nd May 2024
News The New Free-to-Play Skate Is Going Big on Customisation, Licensed Brands, More
New video outlines plans
In case you forgot, EA studio Full Circle is beavering away at a brand new entry in the Skate series. Announced what feels like eons ago (read: 2020), the skateboarding sim is making steady progress, and the team is ready to provide another update in its latest video. Part of its occasional Board Room dev diary series, this...
Wednesday26th Jul 2023
News Skate 4 Playtests Will Kickflip onto Console Eventually, EA Promises
Gnarly bro
Skate (or Skate 4, as it's colloquially known) is currently in development, with EA inviting the community in over the past year to kick its tiny, skate-board-sized wheels on PC. This has all been going swimmingly, apparently, but EA has thrown us console warriors a lifeline; we'll get the chance to have our say on PlayStation platforms,...
Thursday22nd Jun 2023
News The New Free-to-Play Skate for PS5, PS4 Is Really Coming Together Now
New footage of pre-pre-alpha build
EA is taking a slightly different marketing tactic with Skate, as it’s been quite open about the game ever since it started development. We’ve regularly been seeing early footage, and this pre-pre-alpha gameplay from a recent insider test is the best yet. While the title’s clearly still years away, we’re...
Thursday14th Jul 2022
News Skate's Anticipated PS5, PS4 Reboot Will Be Free-to-Play
But will you bail?
The new Skate game from EA Sports and Full Circle will be a free-to-play, live service game. It’s, of course, the natural progression for a series that’s aiming to be a skating sandbox where you make up the rules one ollie at a time, but it’s certainly a surprise change of direction for a franchise that has historically been...
News An Early Build of Skate 4 Has Leaked, and the Developers Have Asked Fans Not to Play It
You wouldnt steal... an early build of Skate 4
The long-in-development Skate 4 (which the devs simply call skate. with the full stop being intentional) recently re-emerged, with developer Deep Circle showing off some "pre-pre-pre-alpha" gameplay in a trailer called Still Working On It. In addition, the studio began accepting sign-ups for players...
Friday8th Nov 2019
News Skate 4 Hopes in Tatters After EA Leaves Trademark to Expire
At least in heaven I can skate
Electronic Arts has had a pretty disastrous generation. Its reputation has gone down the toilet in recent years, thanks primarily to its fascination with microtransactions and "surprise mechanics". That's not the only reason, though; its games have been generally uninspired, safe, and lacklustre experiences, and many...
Sunday10th Jun 2018
E3 2018 Where the Hell Was Skate 4 at EA's Press Conference?
Face plant
There was a big, skateboard-shaped hole in EA’s big E3 2018 press conference today: where was Skate 4? Expectations, as they so often are, were raised to astronomical levels earlier this week when the publisher unceremoniously re-enabled Skate 3’s servers on last-gen consoles. Many, perhaps not unreasonably, assumed that it signalled...
Wednesday6th Jun 2018
News Skate 3's Restarted Servers Spark Skate 4 Speculation
E3 2018 announcement inbound?
Remember a while back when a group of Skate fans rallied together to spam the message "#Skate4" on all of EA's Instagram posts? And then an EA employee Tweeted out the hashtag, which of course went viral? Rumours surrounding a possible Skate 4 have been on and off for some years now, but a fresh clue has emerged, and...
