The Skate series has been wildly popular for some time now, but it has been dormant up until recently. Due to leaks and rumors, fans knew that July was going to hold some new information about the next Skate game, which was previously announced, but no one was expecting EA to announce the latest entry in the series to be coming out as a free-to-play live service game. The news was a bit shocking at first, but making such a drastic change fits into the developer's attempt to revamp the series, as the newest game is not Skate 4 but simply Skate.