Though they were once ubiquitous, skateboarding games like those of the original Skate trilogy seem to have been forgotten by time. Of course, there have been indie projects like Session Skate Sim and Skater XL, but the era of big-budget, real-skater-sponsored, over-the-top virtual skating experiences has languished in antiquity, especially as Skate and Tony Hawk publishers EA and Activision have set their sights on different targets.