"Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that gamers will be able to extend their Skate 2 experience with the download of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Plaza, starting today in the PLAYSTATION Store for $5.00 in North America and on XboxLIVE! Marketplace for 400 points. The Downloadable Content features Rob Dyrdek's new skate plaza, the centerpiece of his MTV show, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, as well as the surrounding downtown Los Angeles area."

kevcothirtythree via www.electronictheatre.co.uk »

"PC
Commander in Chief

PS2
AR Tonelico 2: Melody Of Metafalica

PS3
Skate 2

Xbox 360
Skate 2

Wii
Imagine: Fashion Party, SimAnimals, Ultimate Shooting Collection

DS
Big Bang Mini, Inkheart, Jumble Madness, SimAnimals, Wonder World Amusement Park

PSP
Star Ocean: Second Evolution"

chautemoc via www.shacknews.com »

"Let's look at the stats:

* 1,000 employees without jobs (bout 10% of EA's global workforce)
* $120 mil in company savings
* Restructuring charges of $55 - 65 mil

EA has yet to name the other eight studios it will be shutting down, but it did announce that it will be relocating some employees and franchises to offices in Burnaby, British Columbia."

PacoDG via www.bingegamer.net »

"Skate It and Skate 2 continue to deepen and expand the breadth of the Skate franchise. Skate It, a recent recipient of 2008’s Best Wii Game award at the German Games Convention in Leipzig, brings the fun and soul of skateboarding to the Wii and the NintendoDS. Skate 2 lets players flaunt their style like never before with double the bag of tricks on the PLAYSTATION3 system and the Xbox360.

See below for the entire Skate 2 soundtrack. Songs included in Skate It are marked with an asterisk..."

kevcothirtythree via www.electronictheatre.co.uk »

With so many problems with SKATE, it seems that Black Box have decided to take a different approach on the game. Namely, by making the Playstation 3 version of the game the lead version, so that they aren't in the line of fire as they were with Skate which was considered to have a lower gameplay value for the PS3 version due to it having been the port.

Krunal via www.gamer.tm »