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EA Shows Off Mirror’s Edge, Skate-It, World Adventures For iPhone
6:30AM Mike Fahey | EA Mobile passes along a set of new screenshots showing off three big titles they’re bringing to the iPhone in the coming months – Skate-It, Mirror’s Edge and The Sims 3 World Adventures. More »
Frankenreview: Skate It (Wii)
5:00AM Mike Fahey | Combine a sport that requires you to shift your body weight atop a board and a peripheral that requires you to do the same and you’ve got a match made in heaven, right? That’s what EA is hoping for with Skate It, the Nintendo Wii iteration of their Skate series of skateboarding games. Taking the gameplay of the original and adding support for the Nintendo Wii Balance Board controller, EA had the chance to create the most realistic skateboarding experience to ever come to a home gaming console. Let’s ask the assembled video game critics of the world how that all turned out. More »
Skate It Is Dated
1:40AM Mike Fahey | The “Best Wii Game” of the Games Convention in Leipzig is hitting stores next month, with EA Montreal and Black Box announcing the official release date for Skate It, the Nintendo Wii and DS installments of EA’s fledgling skateboarding series. Both versions will be shipping out November 19th in North America, with the European versions coming a day later on the 20th. More »
Skate 2 Soundtrack Is All Eclectic
1:20AM Mike Fahey | I firmly believe that the most important aspect of a skateboarding title is its soundtrack. There was a point in time where my MP3 collection consisted solely of music from Activision’s Tony Hawk series, and now EA has revealed the soundtrack for both Skate 2 and Skate It, consisting mainly of songs I already own. The press release tosses out the word eclectic, which is quite fitting. You’ve got your Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Motorhead, peacefully coexisting with the likes of LL Cool J, Wu Tang Clan, and Public Enemy. You’ve got Sly and the Family Stone, Suicidal Tendencies, and The Clash. Hell, even the songs I don’t know are better just by being in the same list. Hit the jump for the full soundtrack listing, keeping in mind that the songs with the asterisk next to them are the ones that are in both the Skate 2 and Skate It games. Even if you don’t give a damn about the game it would make an excellent playlist for your next neighbourhood barbecue. More »New Cold Beats Skate It Trailer
5:00AM Adam Barenblat | There’s plenty of rail grinding, skateboarding trick action in this new Skate It trailer. Yeah, it won’t have the graphics of Skate or Skate 2, but the control scheme still kind of intrigues me. If nothing else, Skate It seems like it’s surely worth a try. Look for it on store shelves November 17th for Wii and DS. More »New Skate It Trailer
10:40AM Stuart Houghton | This trailer for the Wii version of Skate It shows off some of the exotic locations where It may be Skated. You got your London (red phone boxes – you don’t find THOSE anywhere else), Paris (or Blackpool — hard to tell at this resolution), Barcelona (no Gaudi grinding, sadly), Rio (sand) and Shanghai (chinese-looking benches). The Wii version will let you use the balance board in conjunction with your Wii-mote – place your bets now for the first person to sue when they break it trying to do an Ollie. More »New Skate It Video Shows Wii Balance Board Controls
7:40AM Adam Barenblat | Even though 64% of those who bought Wii Fit have it collecting dust in their closet, the new controls of Skate It using the Wii balance board look, well, promising. In the latest trailer we get another quick look at the Wii version of the game. I’m personally going to take my balance board in my yard and start practicing for this.The neighbours will love it. The game will be hitting the Wii and Nintendo DS this upcoming holiday season. More »New Skate It Video Discusses Controls
5:40AM Adam Barenblat | We gave you an early look at Skate 2 a few weeks ago, now we look at the controls for Skate It. I am really excited to see how the Wii remote works as a skateboard. It sounds like they are going the same route SSX Blur took on the Wii. Expect it this holiday on Wii and Nintendo DS. More »
