EA is having trouble with a leak of its new, still-in-development Skate game. After having hosted a playtest of what the developers referred to as a "pre-pre-pre-alpha" build of the game, EA asked for fans to offer their input on the physics, animations, and level layouts. Given how early in development the studio considered this June 2022 build was, it might be shocking to hear that there was an alpha build from nearly a year ago--September 2021--and not only that, but that version has leaked online as well. EA responded to the leak by telling fans to not download it, warning that it would go against EA's terms of service.

We’re aware of an earlier version of the game that has been distributed without our authorization. This build is from September 2021 and was never intended for external use. While we understand you’re excited to get into the game, we encourage you to be careful when downloading files from unknown sources (and remind you of the potential consequences of breaking EA’s Terms of Service). The best way to get the chance to play is by signing up for skate. insider playtesting here as we continue to invite more and more players into the game throughout the year.

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[DoctorBagPhD]

Lol, oh well.

 

[SIX10]

I'm a big skate 3 fan, and will probably just keep playing that.
It's not skate 4 btw, the video in the OP explicitly says it's just called "skate."
It getting a mobile port is worrying, and I'm afraid clothes will be locked behind microtransations. Still, I'm surprised they allowed the streamer interviewer in the video to say he's "still worried" about the game after hearing all that.

 

[DarkCoffe64]

Don't worry EA, I won't: None of your game are worth downloading anyway C:

 

[BaamAlex]

Don't worry EA, I won't: None of your game are worth downloading anyway C:

You have no idea how right you are

 

[auntnadia]

You know the final build will just be a legacy edition.

 

[CloudStrife190100]

Ahhh so looks like skate is becoming a free to play kind of game...... Ruined the series

 

[scoobydude51]

EA just announced that Skate 4 is a F2P Live Service game.

DoA

 

[Deleted member 532471]

"please wait, we didn't add microtransactions yet!! You can't pay if you play it!!!"

 

[subcon959]

Most of the posts in the thread seem to be an emotional response to the implication in the headline of this article. Yet, nothing in the linked source has EA saying don't download it. They clearly say be careful of downloading from unknown sources. I'm no fan of EA's practices (and I'm not even convinced they didn't "leak" this themselves for publicity) but shoddy journalism bugs me. If there's another source where they are directly saying don't download it then I'm happy to retract my sentiments.

 

[SexiestManAlive]

going based off what I'm seeing, I'm excited, then again, I'm not one to get bent out of shape over cosmetics being paid for, depending on how its done of course. Also hate the fact its online only!