EA’s Long-Awaited Skate Reboot Drops Viewers Into the Heart of the Community

As with earlier variations, the brand new Skate goals to defy stereotypes concerning the sport’s members, mentioned Leonard.

“Folks attempt to paint skate as punk, prefer it’s this harmful drive. It’s nearly the other, and it’s innately inventive,” Leonard mentioned. “It’s not nearly skating, it’s about hanging and the conversations you might have and the way in which you see the world. This recreation nails that.”

As EA tries to fulfill the expectations of passionate followers, it additionally needs to entice new audiences who could really feel “this world doesn’t have precisely what we’d like always,” Renken mentioned. Skate is positioned because the antithesis of “overly aggressive [gaming] experiences,” he added. 

“We expect that [Skate] might be that secondary place for individuals simply to hang around, loosen up, and be with their associates,” Renken mentioned. “Skateboarding and this recreation will not be about the way you escape the world; they’re about the way you create it for your self.”