After more than a decade of waiting, there’s finally official gameplay footage of the next Stake. Better yet, EA will let fans try an early build relatively soon.
On Thursday, EA announced closed playtest sign-ups for Skate. Despite being the fourth installment, its official title is dropping a number. It’s annoying, I know — but the critical detail is pre-registration is already open here. So get on that if you want in on next-generation kickflip tomfoolery.
“We’re still working on it – but it’s time for you to see what we’ve been up to,” EA said via its website. “It’s still early, but we want to get this right, and that means we want you to be a part of it.”
Check out the “pre-pre-pre-alpha” video of Skate below.
we're 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 working on it, but it's time for you to see what we've been up to. become a skate. insider and sign-up for playtesting at https://t.co/7Hh4xsMBxw 🛹 pic.twitter.com/WU8fto8HUj
— skate. (@skateEA) June 30, 2022
Yeah, that’s no doubt work-in-progress stuff. Developer Full Circle is probably happy to release something on its terms rather than deal with another leak for a change.
The Stake FAQ page stresses that playtesting isn’t a beta per se, as development is still very early. Successful applicants will provide instrumental pre-release feedback, though. EA didn’t clarify what sort of factors go into its selection process at all.
Earlier this month, a report claimed there would be some sort of Skate 4 reveal in July. It looks as though that was bang-on.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
