skate. (PlayStation 3)

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Description

skate. is the first in-house developed skateboarding game by Electronic Arts, after publishing the Street Sk8er series in the past. Players can create a custom-design character and move it through the fictional town of San Vanelona. To become a top skater, players has to enter skating challenges marked on the map to gain notability, attracting sponsors and having tricks photographed or filmed. By performing well, spots can be "owned", and there are also jam sessions and death races against other skaters. Completing challenges is also rewarded with new equipment, clothing, characters and additional challenges.

There are two different paths to follow: Skateboard Mag and Trasher, both with the aim to get coverage in different magazines. The Skateboard Mag path follows a more formal career skater format, where progress through the path relies on completing photo moments, demos, contests and filming parts. The Thrasher is more of an anti-authority path, with downhill races, and screwing with security. By completing either path the player gets access to the Xgames, and the mega-ramp, which is a gigantic ramp based on a real construction.

Unlike the Tony Hawk series, movement and tricks are entirely controlled through the analog sticks.

skate.reel and the in-game replay editor allow players to go back at any time and look over there last 15-25 seconds of gameplay and view it from multiple angles. That footage can also be uploaded directly to the skate.reel website, where players vote for their favorite footage. The game supports online play with a number of challenges duplicated from the offline game as well as some unique online modes.

The game comes with a number of famous skaters, for which the appearance was licensed.

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Alternate Titles

• "S.K.A.T.E." -- Common title
• "Skate" -- Informal Name

Part of the Following Group

• skate series

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The Press Says

GameSpy	Oct 08, 2007		100
Game Freaks 365	2007	9.5 out of 10	95
The Review Busters	2007	9.25 out of 10	92
UOL Jogos	Oct 19, 2007		90
AusGamers	Oct 17, 2007	9 out of 10	90
IGN	Sep 07, 2007	8.8 out of 10	88
Gamesmania	Oct 12, 2007	88 out of 100	88
4Players.de	Sep 25, 2007	86 out of 100	86
Kombo.com	Sep 20, 2007	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Revolution	Oct 18, 2007	B+	83

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Trivia

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2007 – #2 Best Sports Game of the Year
• GameSpy
  • 2007 – #10 Console Game of the Year
  • 2007 – #5 PS3 Game of the Year
  • 2007 – #8 Xbox 360 Game of the Year
  • 2007 – Best Sports Game of the Year
  • 2007 – PS3 Sports Game of the Year
  • 2007 – Xbox 360 Sports Game of the Year

Related Web Sites

• skate. (Official game website)
• Wikipedia: .skate (Article in the open encyclopedia)
• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Skate.)