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 some kind of sequel announcement.
But here we are, having sat through a disastrous Command & Conquer demonstration, with no new Skate to show for it. The publisher’s yet to comment on the omission, or indeed what the future holds for a franchise that’s not-so quietly been growing in popularity in recent years. Honestly, we could settle for a high-quality new Skate game – c’mon EA, it’s not like you’re making much else!
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Why no #Sk4te?
Saving it for the Nintendo E3 Direct, Switch exclusive
@SlimDrizzyLamar ... Seems like a long shot? More likely is that it doesn't exist.
@get2sammyb @SlimDrizzyLamar Hmm I dunno I think thats a pretty decent call from Slim, skate is pretty popular franchise in Australia at least, I can see M$ wanting to use it
@ShogunRok Yeah like the rumoured Ridge Racer 8 /s
@SlimDrizzyLamar I expect it at MS, they need SOMETHING hype right?
@bbtothe What does Australia have to do with Microsoft wanting to announce an EA game?
I mean there's a microscopic possibility this shows up in another presser, but it's so tiny. If Microsoft had it, I have to imagine they'd have shown a logo tonight and then said tune in tomorrow, just like they did with the Battlefield stuff.
@get2sammyb I'm just saying its not out of the likelihood of possibility that Microsoft has grabbed onto it to showcase at their presser to beef up its publicity and give it some ooomf. Personally I think theres actually decent chance its gunna be there, we'll see
Disappointment
I'm going to check the full conference right now, God help me
Why was anyone anticipating an announcement? From EA, no less.
@AFCC
RIP Skate
It's disappointing. I would really love another Skate game.
I hear rumours M$ has a big presser coming up
If Skate 4 was a trick it would be a coffin.
maybe people shouldn't have jumped the gun just because the online servers of the last game was turned back on, it didn't mean a new game was coming
anyone ever think they were turned back on because it's now on the XB1 Backwards Compatibility Program?
point is until a game is official unveiled, don't jump to conclusions
I could see it showing up at Microsofts conference to be fair.
I'm with Fullbringlchigo, could just be skate 3 added to backwards compatibility. How come the site isn't showing the microsoft presser? Know that might seem odd for a Sony site but there is bound to be multiplats shown. I'm going to watch just for Cyberpunk.
Ahhhhhhh We want skate 4 so much.
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