Developer Full Circle is celebrating its progress on the event of Skate with a brand new video that options highlights from its most up-to-date playtest from February. The video, which you’ll take a look at beneath, options fairly a little bit of gameplay, and even exhibits off among the recreation’s multiplayer features.
Judging by the video, growth on Skate has been coming alone fairly nicely. The place earlier spotlight movies have featured loads of unfinished textures and tough fashions, the most recent one exhibits fairly a little bit of polish. The core gameplay additionally appears to be near completion, with the number of tips pulled off by numerous gamers is kind of huge.
Among the tips pulled off by gamers embrace numerous types of grinds on rails, in addition to totally different flips and even seize tips.
The video additionally does a terrific job of highlighting the extent of customisation gamers can count on from the sport. Nearly each participant showcased within the video had totally different outfits and types, giving every of them their very own sense of persona. There additionally appears to be skateboard customisation, full with colors and even graphics.
Skate doesn’t but have a launch date. Nevertheless, the studio has previously acknowledged that it might be getting an Early Entry launch a while in 2025. Whereas the PC model of Skate has been operating playtests for fairly a while, the studio additionally introduced earlier this yr that console gamers will be capable to get in on the motion as nicely.
The announcement of console playtests was made as a part of a Q&A session. When the builders had been requested concerning the standing of playtests for the console variations of Skate, the builders responded by saying that it’s taking place quickly.
At the moment, gamers can join the playtests via the sport’s official web site. It’s price noting, nevertheless, that the studio is being fairly selective about which gamers get to affix the playtests, and never each participant that indicators up might be assured to get chosen. Nevertheless, the builders have mentioned that this choice course of is an ongoing one, and it hopes to convey extra gamers into the playtest.
Skate might be launched as a free-to-play title with an emphasis on multiplayer and social features, in addition to loads of character customisation. Full Circle had revealed particulars on the sport’s character customisation choices final yr because of a dev diary video.
Amongst different issues, Skate gamers will be capable to change their characters’ top, physique form, and different options. There may even be loads of clothes choices for gamers to extra simply specific themselves, starting from tops and pants to eyewear and socks.
Tying in with real-world skateboarding tradition, Skate may even function real-world manufacturers as a part of the vary of apparel it provides gamers. On the subject of skateboards, gamers will be capable to enhance them with graphics and stickers, and even change colors for numerous elements.
Skate received a trailer showcasing some pre-pre-alpha gameplay footage again in June 2024. The trailer featured a skit involving M-Corp, tying it in with older video games within the franchise.
