EA has revealed what you’ll be able to anticipate from the primary season of free-to-play skateboarding sim Skate when it arrives subsequent week, and there are a ton of latest cosmetics up for grabs, plus extra.
As detailed in a put up on the sport’s official weblog, the primary season of Skate will deliver two seasonal occasions with it, in addition to “a bit of makeover” for San Vansterdam, plenty of new challenges and goals so that you can pursue, and, after all, a model new battle cross.
First up, it is the primary of two seasonal occasions, Skate-o-Ween. It is San Vansterdam’s annual Halloween celebration, however EA says it is “much less targeted on the spookiness” and “extra about getting a chuckle out of somebody”. It runs from October twenty first to November eleventh.
The second large occasion this season is the 7-Ply Maple Harvest, which begins on November 18th and ends on December 2nd. Each occasions will characteristic up to date neighborhood parks, plus new themed cosmetics you’ll be able to seize both through in-game challenges or by visiting the Extravert Store.
Finishing seasonal occasions will earn you occasion forex, and you’ll then use that forex to seize particular beauty gadgets. EA says it will have extra information about each occasions earlier than they go reside in Skate.
Season 1 will even deliver new normal cosmetics so that you can earn outdoors of the precise seasonal occasions, however after all, the battle cross could have each a free and a premium observe, and you will have to cough up some money if you wish to get premium gadgets.
It isn’t all about spending cash, although; a number of new music tracks are additionally being added for Season 1, together with the likes of Dangerous Faith’s “Towards the Grain”, Jane’s Dependancy’s “Cease!”, and Gang Starr’s “Full Clip”, amongst others.
You may try Skate without spending a dime proper now on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, and its first official season kicks off on October seventh. Make sure you learn our very personal Andrew’s preview of the sport to seek out out his ideas.