EA won’t make Skate 4, so these guys are doing it for them

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The rabid anticipation for the release of Skate 4 is no secret amongst the gaming community, and while publisher EA continues to drag its feet on that front, another studio may meet the demand from a different direction.

Meet Session, a skating game that’s been in development at the Montreal-based studio creā-ture Studios for a few years now. We recently stumbled across footage of the game and were blown away by the level of quality it’s already achieved as a part time project. Formerly known as Project: Session, the game recently a round of funding from the Canada Media Fund earlier this year, allowing the creators to focus on development full-time.

As a result, work on Session appears to be ramping up in a big way. Last week, creā-ture put out two new screenshots, one of which you can see at the top of the post. Here’s the other:



The game has clearly come a long way from this early gameplay teaser, released all the way back in 2015:



Creā-ture Studios founder Marc-andré Houde explained his intentions for the project in an interview with N3rdabl3 in March of 2016, as linked in the Reddit post.

“Something we want to do is that we’re not aiming directly at making a game itself, we have a philosophy that Project: Session is a toy, something you launch and skate with friends, you do some skate games, or film with your friends, or something like this. This is something that’s going to be a big part of the game, it’ll be mostly online so you can play with friends and they’ll be able to film your tricks with an on-control design for the filmer mode.”


If you’re interested in learning more, Reddit user n_body compiled a helpful FAQ about the game approximately a year ago, answering some of fans’ burning questions about the game, based on developer comments and sources. The game has yet to garner much significant hype, likely due to its lengthy development cycle, but the Reddit post offers two clips of the game’s development progress. Other potential questions fielded by the FAQ include what platforms the game is releasing on, what the controls will be like (hint: Skate fans will probably love them), why it’s taking so long to develop, and more.

Session was originally set to be released in 2016, but that obviously did not happen. The team’s current release plan is to get a trial version out in 2017, with the full game expected no earlier than 2018. Assuming the game stays on its current development path, comparisons to the Skate series are certainly not without merit.

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YouKissGirlsPosted:

SteaksMods I **** love the skate series, so if this game is anything like skate I'd be happy.
I don't have much hope as the teaser is shittily produced and literally only shows like 7 seconds of the game.

lol "shittily produced." I disagree completely with you. the TEASER showed all it needed to, and everything that's before it is supposed to make you hyped to skate. The game looked okay.. probably about the same level graphically as skate 2 though which is a bit of a bummer, but we're 8 year out since the release of skate 2, and I thoroughly believe that the engine will run way better than it looks currently & in general be a better game.
*can't speak on skate 3, didn't really play it that much.

CraigPosted:

-Silky
Yoke Hate to hear EA Saying they wont make skate 4. every skate game was awesome.


I wonder if it'll feel the same seeing as it's different devs.
I honestly doubt it. Unless they get help.

EchoPosted:

Skate was a favorite of mine, and i'm sure skating lover or not this was a fun game to play. Bummer to hear that about EA hoping these other guys do a great job!

SilkyPosted:

Yoke Hate to hear EA Saying they wont make skate 4. every skate game was awesome.


I wonder if it'll feel the same seeing as it's different devs.

CraigPosted:

Xbox Hopefully they give us a trial soon, I would like to give it a try.


Since they are technically a dev company. I bet it will be a while till it's an actual working game lol.

YokePosted:

Hate to hear EA Saying they wont make skate 4. every skate game was awesome.

XboxPosted:

Hopefully they give us a trial soon, I would like to give it a try.

SkatesPosted:

forget skating, scooter games is where its at.

KuruptFMPosted:

Glad to see this game is still in development,thought it got cancelled... I just hope the trick liners don't ruin In

SteaksModsPosted:

I **** love the skate series, so if this game is anything like skate I'd be happy.
I don't have much hope as the teaser is shittily produced and literally only shows like 7 seconds of the game.