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Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: Black Box
Release Date: September 24, 2007
Genre: Extreme Sports (other)
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    About This Game

    Skate delivers the real feel of skating in a fully reactive skateboarding city, utilizing the power of the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles for advanced new control and physics techniques to feel through every kick-flip and land every aerial. The game features professional skaters such as Danny Way and PJ Ladd. Skate's unique control scheme captures the true feel of skating -- with physics-driven animations, gamers will have a unique gaming experience every time they pick up the controller since no two tricks will ever be the same.

    ESRB Rating: T for Blood and Gore, Crude Humor, Language, Mild Violence, Tobacco Reference
    Genre: Extreme Sports
    Also Available On: Xbox 360, Wireless
    Release Date: September 24, 2007
    MSRP: $59.99
    October 12, 2007
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    General Features
    • Flickit—The days of button mashing are over. The intuitive Flickit dual analog control lets you perform skill-based trick executions that capture the real-world feel and true attitude of skating
    • Define Your Style of Skating—Create your own style and personality with animation and physics that give you the freedom to decide how your skater looks, feels and rides. Get creative as you develop your own tricks and string them together to create lines.
    • Without Footage, It’s Fiction—Capture your sickest moves in game and bring them online for the world to see. Using innovative online video editing tools and add music to create the ultimate skate vid.
    • Create Your Own Story—Skaters don't follow rules, they can choose how they want to progress through the game. Open progression allows gamers to skate how they want to skate. Become famous and generating mainstream hype or go the infamous route by outrunning security guards, owning spots and building street cred. Depending on how you roll in the game, you'll start seeing your own coverage in Thrasher or The Skateboard Mag
    • Make San Vanelona Your Playground—Get chased by security guards, impress and/or annoy the citizens in this fully reactive city. San Vanelona is the ultimate skate mecca where you can ride with pros, discover skate shops, and own spots to make them yours
    • Roll with the Pros—skate features professional legends and upcoming pros including Danny Way, Mark Gonzales, Rob Dyrdek, Mike Carroll, P.J. Ladd, Chris Cole, Jason Dill, Pat Duffy, Jerry Hsu, Paul Rodriguez, Dennis Busenitz, Alex Chalmers, Chris Haslam, Colin McKay, John Rattray, Ryan Gallant, Ryan Smith and Terry Kennedy
    • Online Gameplay—skate features an extensive online gameplay system including multiple online multiplayer modes. Gamers can hit up popular spots in the city with friends across the country

    ESRBSkate
    Publisher: Electronic Arts
    Platform: PlayStation 3
    Release Date: September 24, 2007
    Release Region: United States

    PEGISkate
    Publisher: Electronic Arts
    Platform: PlayStation 3
    Release Date: October 12, 2007
    Release Region: United Kingdom

    Skate
    Publisher: Electronic Arts
    Platform: PlayStation 3
    Release Date: October 11, 2007
    Release Region: Australia

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