Of all the missed opportunities at this year's E3, not having Skate 4 seems to have been one of the biggest. Compounding the disappointment of there being no Skate sequel even further was the fact that skateboards adorned the conference hall; when Microsoft capitalised on the scenery later in the event, it turned out to be for the reveal of Session, an upcoming indie game about skateboarding.
Though Session certainly looks as though it could be the next Skate, it's fair to say that fans of EA's original series had their hearts set on a follow-up to it. After all, it's been eight (yes, eight) years since Skate 3 dropped, and with the skating genre lacking a genuine presence in the years since, talk of a sequel was always bound to get passionate.
But alas, E3 2018 has drawn to a close and there's no Skate sequel to be found. After such a public outcry for more, could EA return to the series later this year?
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
