Skate is furthering its live service model with its first Season, themed around the 90s. It'll include a lot of new content, from challenges to locations to soundtrack expansions.
So, here's everything you need to know about Skate Season 1.
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All new content in Skate Season 1
New spots and skating opportunities
With the launch of Season 1, San Vansterdam will be expanded with lots of new visuals, including a lot of 90s and Halloween-themed decorations scattered throughout the map. The Orb and The Skateway are just some of them, with San Van getting thematically enriched for the first Season. Additionally, players will have lots of new opportunities for skating, with these seasonal areas expanding your available skating space.
Two new events and months of fun
Skate-o-Ween, running between Oct. 21 and Nov. 11, will give San Van a Halloween makeover, giving both the players and the map a lot of new Halloween-themed cosmetics, as well as updates to its many parks.
7-Ply Maple Harvest, active between Nov. 18 and Dec. 2, calls back to a long-standing San Vansterdam tradition revolving around Maple Trees, a recognizable icon of the city. Like the Halloween event, it'll add new theme park variants, cosmetics, and other goodies to freshen up and expand the experience.
A bigger 90s-themed soundtrack
A whopping 21 new songs will be added to Skate's soundtrack, with the tracks being largely those produced in the 90s. Artists, including Ice Cube, are on the repertoire with this expansion, which is much-needed in the game, given how overall lackluster its soundtrack is. Compared to Tony Hawk, it's just not good, but with these extra couple of dozen songs, it'll be much better than it previously was.
40 new challenges
If you've been clearing all the tasks and challenges in the game released so far, you're in luck: 40 new ones are coming with Season 1, allowing you to continue playing and have fresh experiences. With the extra parks, locations, and other attractions, the map should feel a lot better.
The first step towards better visuals
Season 1 will launch alongside the much-needed lighting update, which should make the overall visual fidelity of the game feel more grounded and realistic. Skate's been criticized for its generally cartoonish and less "2000s" vibe, so this is a very welcome improvement indeed. The devs said the art style is subject to change as the early access progresses, so we could end up with a Skate 3-style game in the end.
The lighting is the first step, but it is definitely in the right direction.
Skate Season 1 launches on Oct. 7 and will be active until Dec. 2 this year.
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