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 be able to try beneath, options fairly a little bit of gameplay, and even reveals off a number of the recreation’s multiplayer elements.
Judging by the video, improvement on Skate has been coming alone fairly properly. The place earlier spotlight movies have featured loads of unfinished textures and tough fashions, the newest one reveals fairly a little bit of polish. The core gameplay additionally appears to be near completion, with the number of methods pulled off by numerous gamers is sort of huge.
Among the methods pulled off by gamers embrace numerous types of grinds on rails, in addition to totally different flips and even seize methods.
The video additionally does an excellent 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 character. 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 will 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 12 months that console gamers will have the ability to get in on the motion as properly.
The announcement of console playtests was made as a part of a Q&A session. When the builders had been requested in regards to the standing of playtests for the console variations of Skate, the builders responded by saying that it’s occurring quickly.
At present, gamers can join the playtests via the sport’s official web site. It’s price noting, nonetheless, that the studio is being fairly selective about which gamers get to affix the playtests, and never each participant that indicators up can be assured to get chosen. Nevertheless, the builders have mentioned that this choice course of is an ongoing one, and it hopes to carry extra gamers into the playtest.
Skate can be launched as a free-to-play title with an emphasis on multiplayer and social elements, in addition to loads of character customisation. Full Circle had revealed particulars on the sport’s character customisation choices final 12 months because of a dev diary video.
Amongst different issues, Skate gamers will have the ability to change their characters’ peak, physique form, and different options. There can 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 can even characteristic real-world manufacturers as a part of the vary of apparel it presents gamers. Relating to skateboards, gamers will have the ability to beautify them with graphics and stickers, and even change colors for numerous components.
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.
