EA and Full Circle have together announced the details of the first full season (“Hesh & Fresh”) of skate. and it includes lots of new content for players to enjoy.
Full Circle has laid out plans, as follows: “Each Season in San Vansterdam will add more to the game, such as new skateable areas, new Challenges and Tasks, Seasonal events like Skate-o-Ween and the 7-Ply Maple Harvest, new brand partners, additional cosmetics, new tracks to the soundtrack, and a new skate.Pass, plus bug fixes and quality of life improvements. We’ll add more life and style to the city, like some spooky decor around the city for Skate-o-Ween and in-game events. With Season 1, we’re also implementing our first pass of visual updates, as shared in The Grind: Vol. 6.”
Here’s the major updates:
Skate-o-Ween, as it’s called in San Van, is the annual Halloween celebration, less focused on the spookiness and more about getting a chuckle out of someone, creating an inventive costume, and just getting together to skate in a fun outfit.
During San Van’s Skate-o-Ween, skaters often don outfits that are callbacks to the origins of skateboarding – you’ll see costumes, wild styles, or the baggy pants and chunky shoes of the early aughts worn ironically (and sometimes unironically). What a time. Even the companies of San Van get in on the fun – seizing on the opportunity to market their brands by selling corporate mascots for people to wear around the city.
7-Ply Maple Harvest: The annual 7-Ply Maple Harvest occurs every year with the harvesting of San Van’s famous 7-Ply Maple trees. The Maple Harvest began in the early 20th century when a particularly robust variety of Maple Tree was discovered here. In the 70s, skaters discovered that by harvesting the San Van Maple every seven years, the wood produced would be perfectly suited for skateboard construction. Since then, the Harvest has evolved into a festival that embodies respect for the hearty, humble hardwood, as well as a celebration of accomplishments, growth, and reflection on the year since the last harvest.
Here’s more, direct from the official blog:
“Seasonal events aren’t the only thing to do during Season 1. We’ll have 40 new Challenges for Season 1 that will rotate in and out weekly. We’ll also have Seasonal Tasks – daily, weekly, seasonal and event tasks:
- Daily (~3-5/day)- a list of objectives that update daily
- Weekly(~10/week)- an event that unlocks each week and lasts until the end of Season 1
- Seasonal (~50)- larger objectives that last all of Season 1
- Event- objectives tied to the in-game event, which reward specific event currency”
The skate. pass will also be launching, which obviously fans knew was coming. There will be a premium and free (standard) track where you can earn “Tix” to buy stuff. These Tix can be earned from:
- Daily, weekly, and Seasonal Tasks (including completion bonuses)
- Seasonal Challenges
- Daily grants (Premium skate.Pass only)
- Exchange for San Van Bucks
- Exchanging for Rip Chips
The first season will be slightly shorter, with 82 tiers (38 free, 44 premium), and offer cosmetics like: “Fresh Green Stripes Polo, Beige Baggy Jorts, PRMAFLO Puffletic White, Backwards White Baseball Cap are part of the Standard (Free) track rewards.” The dev says: “Lucky Stripe cargo pants, Jazz Bucket hat, and D-Tres Afterlife Gumball shoes can be acquired through the Standard track; Tie Dye Kitty Baby Tee is part of the Premium track rewards.”
Premium track wise, items include: “Hesh Leather Jacket, Ripped Jeans, and Camden boots are part of the Premium Track Rewards.”
skate. is out now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, and is free to play.
