After a cracked build of Skate 4 - or simply 'skate.' as EA desperately wants us to call it - appeared in the wild, the developers are asking players not to download it, efź¦fectively confirming that the leak is real.
"We’re aware of an earlier version of the game that has been distributed without our authorization," the devs say in the . "This build is from September 2021 and was never intenš„ded for external use. While we understand you’re excited to get into the game, we encourage you to be careful when downloading files from unknown sources (and remind you of the potential consequences of breaking EA’s Terms of Service)."
'.Footage of the leaked Skate 4 build started rising to prominence last week, thanks to a post on the . The footage posted there has now been taken down, and EA has seemingly banned the account of the player who posted it. Still, numerous others have been posting gameplay footage to YouTube, and it does not currently take much effort to fiš°nd some extensive looks at the game.
Official playtest signups launched at theā end of June, and the devs intend to gradually let more and more people into current builds of the game. So if you want toā play it ahead of launch, soon you won't even have to resort to piracy.
This isn't the first time ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Skate 4 leaks have hit the internet.
Dustin Bailey joined the Gš ·amesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere betweeź¦°n Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.
