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skate. News
2025
October 6
⚫︎ Skate will have a 90s themed event coming next week. The upcoming update will bring new areas, cosmetics, challenges, and more for the players.
September 19
⚫︎ Skate has reached over 2 million players in its first 24 hours of launching. Developer EA also addressed the soft lock issue that prevented players from progressiong, updtating the game with a fix.
September 17
⚫︎ Skate is now available for early access, but players are experiencing server issues. Much to their frustration, fans are taking their disappointment over at Twitter (X), raising their connection concerns.
August 29
⚫︎ Developer Full Circle revealed skate.'s Early Access roadmap, which starts with Season 1 on October 25, 2025. Each season includes new areas, challenges, seasonal events, cosmetics, and much more.
August 27
⚫︎ EA officially confirmed that skate. will release for Early Access on September 16, 2025 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store,
August 18
⚫︎ EA revelead that Skate will see constant changes to its soundtrack with every update, delivering fresh tracks every 3 months. This includes new customization options such as cosmetics, items, and music.
August 18
⚫︎ EA understands that the soundtrack for thier upcoming skateboarding game, Skate, is as much important as its gameplay. The developers stated that there will be over 100 songs, ranging from Vhits from emerging artists and deep cuts to help players discover new music as they skate through San Vansterdam."
July 29
⚫︎ On July 25th, the development team for Skate announced on EA's official game forum that over 1 million players have registered for its closed playtest. This makes it EA's most popular playtest ever, a significant milestone given the company's vast portfolio of games.
July 17
⚫︎ Skate developer Full Circle has shared new details of the game's neighborhood on The Grind Vol. 4, featuring highly-detailed maps that gives players freedom to express their creativity. They also noted that update 0.27.0 is now live and will bring major improvements to the playtest.
June 18
⚫︎ Skate will have its biggest playtest update ahead of its early access launch this summer. Playtest Update 0.27 is set to go live on July 2 to address multiple community feedback, including upgrades, changes, fixes, and performance improvements.
April 25
⚫︎ Though skate has narrowed down their early access window to around late 2025, they reveal that the game will not have an offline mode, forcing players to always have an internet connection and be online in order to access the game and its features.
March 12
⚫︎ EA has officially added microtransactions to skate during its alpha stage. Though the game is within a closed invite-only alpha playtest, in-game currency has already been implemented.
February 10
⚫︎ skate. responded to comments in their regular update video, revealing new details of the new trick system, as well as showing off new tricks: wallies, slappies, and polejams.
