You can start ringing the new Skate's death knell, because EA says it's online only
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Summary
Rock, Paper, Shotgun (RPS) has reported that EA’s new online platform, ‘The Grind’, when asked whether the new Skate game will feature an offline mode, responded with a flat “no”.
According to EA, the game needs to be online at all times to achieve its objective of creating a “living, breathing massively multiplayer skateboarding sandbox that is always online and always evolving.”
RPS notes that while this ambition may sound cool, it invokes recollections of similar online-only games like The Crew, which eventually became unplayable, prompting the need for an offline mode in subsequent releases.
The Skate game will at least be launched in 2025 in early access, and EA has reassured players that there will be no pay-to-win elements, nor will new areas be paywalled, which is standard practice in many freemium games.
