Skate 3 announced

EA have announced that the next version of the popular skateboarding game Skate (simple names are the best) is due out in May. The focus will be on building your skate crew offline and online in the new city, Port Carverton. Skate 3 is being developed by Black Box for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

"The social and community aspects of the SKATE franchise are something we've always embraced, but we've never done anything to the scale you're going to see in SKATE 3," said Senior Producer, Jason DeLong. "We're giving gamers a very unique experience by providing them with the tools they need to build their ultimate team or to create a team comprised entirely of their online friends. From there, it's all about proving yourself - teaming up, and throwing down."