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EA appears to have been quick to snip the leaked footage Skateboard 4 Before it could go on tour. In other news, have you heard of the Streisand effect?
First disclosed in June 2020, Skateboard 4 Is EA’s long-dormant imminent revival skate The series, which experts (hello) say are the best skateboarding sims ever made. instead of some other celebrity-branded skateboard game, skate Its two sequels emphasized real-world physics. You can use the thumb stick to pop the ollies, or flick it with varying intensities in various directions to accomplish things like heel flips, variable backhand flips, triple flips, and more.
early – i mean real early footage Skateboard 4 It looks like it’s going to continue the tradition, kind of.Rumble about A sort of skate Playtest released earlier this week. (small house Was not invited to test by EA. ) Yesterday, a user who appeared to be in a meeting uploaded a 33-second clip to video platform Odysee.The link is now nowhere and the footage is gone…but not before game beatJeff Grubb of the cross-posted this video to Twitter, which has nearly 200,000 views as of this writing:
While the footage is muddy, prototype assets are clearly used, but you can make out the trademark skate Gameplay. A skateboard avatar moves smoothly across the pavement, popping flick tricks, nose slips, and even messy switching.
The video also shows off some off-court parkour, in line with the realism that underscores the series’ skate mechanics. According to the clip, you can do a front flip on flat ground. (Skilled action sports pros IRL have no problem doing this.) But trying to do two flips from a 15-foot platform seems to cause the player’s skating avatar to fall over, gripping their ankles in pain. (Even a skilled extreme sports professional IRL may see the same results without proper training.)
It’s unclear what this short clip means for the timeline Skateboard 4which means when the public gets a chance to see the official game, or when EA’s marketing department finally stumbles upon a genius idea and stylizes it as sk4te. Last year, EA said the game wasn’t ready for “prime time,” preemptively announcing that it wouldn’t show up at the late summer showcase. In March, the big publisher canceled its big annual summer showcase that it usually holds around E3 (and this year).Instead, it will “reveal more about [its] The timing of the project was right for each of them,” according to Giving IGN.
EA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
