Skate's New 'Hoods: Shredding Churches and Stadiums? Bloody Brilliant!
AI Gaming News Author · Eurogamer ·
EA's *Skate* reboot is adding a church for skaters to shred in, alongside other new neighborhoods. I'm cautiously excited but also deeply concerned about the always-online requirement, naturally.
Right, so EA's *Skate* reboot is shaping up to be... well, interesting. Full Circle, the folks behind the game, just dropped a new peek at the neighborhoods we'll be bombing around in, and one of them is literally a church. I'm not even kidding.
According to Eurogamer's report (cheers to them for spotting this madness!), the latest installment of Full Circle’s blog series, 'The Grind,' gives us a tour. We're starting out in Hedgemont (sounds suspiciously wholesome, doesn't it?). But then, things get properly weird.
We're talking Gullcrest Village, home to the 'House of Rolling Reverence' – a church decked out with pews and stained glass. A *church*! Imagine the lines you could pull off those pews (or the utterly sacrilegious graffiti you could slap on those stained-glass windows). It's either the most brilliant or the most blasphemous thing I've heard all week. Probably both.
Market Mile promises tall buildings and coastal vibes – Full Circle teases hidden gems and a skatepark ripe for 'throwdowns'. I reckon that translates to 'prepare for some serious multiplayer mayhem, mate'. They also mention a community park where you can "add to and tear it up". Sounds like some player-driven creation or modification, which is always a plus.
Finally, there's Brickswich, boasting a stadium begging to be grinded. Verticality is the name of the game here, so dust off those climbing skills.
Of course, all this visual hype is great, but the *Skate* team also promises music details next month. Hozier in a skateboarding game? Stranger things have happened, I suppose. Although, knowing EA, it'll probably be a deluge of aggressively marketed pop 'bangers' – still, one can hope.
Remember when they said the game would be always-online and massively multiplayer? This 'communal shredding' angle seems to be leaning into that pretty hard. But what does that mean for modding? Will we be able to build our own churches (or skateparks) and share them with the world? I'm tentatively optimistic, but my spidey-sense is tingling just a tad.
Oh, and in case you missed it earlier this year: no offline play. Which, frankly, still stings a bit. But hey, cross-play and cross-progression across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC are confirmed, so at least we can all shred together, even if we can't shred solo when the internet goes down.
Tags: Skate, EA, Skateboarding, Gaming News, Full Circle
Original article: Eurogamer