skate. console playtesting begins this fall
An update from M-Corp.
skate. will begin console playtesting this fall, publisher Electronic Arts and developer Full Circle announced. Specific consoles were not announced, but registration is available now.
Get the latest details below.
Get up to speed with the story of skate. and San Vansterdam.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about what went down in San Vansterdam this week: M-Corp, the city’s corporate overlords, are now the city’s former corporate overlords.
Just in case you have been rock-dwelling and don’t get how huge this news is, here’s a little backstory: during San Van’s boom period in the 1980s, a multinational investment conglomerate known as “M-Corp” (though I think they went by another name back in the day) started investing heavily in the city and, eventually, through a combination of deep pockets, influence, campaigns, and corruption*, managed to take over the place. It quickly became apparent that M-Corp had a single priority: profit. Over the following long and painful decades, their growth-at-all-costs approach throttled the city’s once thriving creative and collective spirit. Fun and self-expression became a thing of the past. Skateboarding? Forget about it. If it wasn’t filling M-Corp’s coffers, it was out.
*The fine folks at SV Legal would like us to state that any mention of alleged corruption or otherwise illegal activity is merely speculation.
Fast-forward to 2024, and it looks like M-Corp’s “alleged” misdeeds have finally caught up to them and, despite what Kook of The Castle Richie Dandle has been saying, it’s over for M-Corp and their reign of terrible vest.
That brings us to today and what comes next: a new era for San Vansterdam. Those guys made a serious mess, so things are a little nuts around here, but with the help of some old friends—and you—we’re confident we’ll be able to right the ship and get the city ready, (and knob-free!) for visitors in no time.
—Sammy (and friends)
Watch a new trailer below.