Skate

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Skate
American Boxart
Developer	Electronic Arts
Publisher	Electronic Arts
Genre	X-treme Sports
Platforms	Sep 12, 07 [NA] Sep 14, 07 [EU] Sep 20, 07 [AU]
ESRB Rating	Teen

Background

Skate was a monumental skateboarding video game. The Tony Hawk series, who had seen very little competition since is inauguration into gaming in 1999 was awestruck by Skate's ambitious attempt at adding a realistic effect to skateboarding video games. Skate focuses on realism, rather than big scores, which set it apart from Tony Hawk and gave itself a name. The game was released exclusively on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in 2007.

Gameplay

Recognition

IGN.com gave Skate a 9 out of 10, and labeled the game as Outstanding.
Gamespot.com gave Skate a 7.5 out of 10, and labeled the game as Good.

Sequels

After Skate sold more copies than Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, which was released at a similar time, developers began working on a sequel. In May 2008, Skate 2 was announced. It was released on January 21, 2009.

A spinoff of Skate was also released on the Nintendo DS and Wii, called Skate It. The game was released on both consoles in November 2008.

The Layout of San Vanelona

San Vanelona is layed out into four main areas:

Downtown
The Res
Old Town
The Suburbs

Soundtrack

• Agent Orange - No Such Thing
• Airbourne - Let's Ride
• Bad Brains - I Against I
• Band Of Horses - The Funeral
• Beat Beat Beat - Sinking Slow
• Black Flag - Six Pack
• Booker T & The MG's - Green Onions
• Challenger - Input The Output
• Cheap Trick - Surrender
• Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
• David Bowie - Queen B****
• Dead Prez - Hip Hop
• Devo - Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
• Eddie Rap Life - Push Your Wood
• Eric B & Rakim - Juice (Know The Ledge)
• Escalera - Go It Alone
• Filthy Thieving Ba****** - …Lords Of The Avenues
• Gang Starr - Now You're Mine
• H.I.T. - Drama
• Mac Mall - Perfect Poison
• Motorhead - We Are Motorhead
• Nirvana - Lounge Act
• N.W.A. - Express Yourself
• Renee Renee - Stand Up Talk Easy
• Rick James - Give It To Me Baby
• Rick Ross - Hustlin'
• River City Tanlines - Black Knight
• S.T.R.E.E.T.S. - Georgia St.
• Sicker Than Others - Face Away
• Sister Nancy - Bam Bam
• Slayer - Raining Blood
• The Briefs - Poor And Weird
• The Coup - Ride The Fence
• The Dwarves - Massacre
• The Exploding Hearts - Your Shadow
• The Falcon - Blackout
• The Mag Seven - D*** Cemetery
• The Ramones - Psycho Therapy
• The Returnables - Teenage Imposters
• The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
• The Stars Misplaced - Prophets And Kings
• The White Stripes - Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine
• Trouble Andrew - Chase Money
• Valient Thorr - Man Behind The Curtain
• ZZ Top - Just Got Paid

See Also

• Skate 2
• Skate It (Wii)
• Skate It (DS)

Major portions of this page were written by: Frost