"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."
"Skate It and Skate 2 continue to deepen and expand the breadth of the Skate franchise. Skate It, a recent recipient of 2008s 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..."
Gameplayer has made their top ten list of Nintendo DS games for Christmas! Is it any surprise Lock's Quest is first after an article recently published by 1UP about their Nintendo DS Game of the Month.
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood managed to make it onto the list at ninth, reflecting the worries that Sonic is dying.
Brand new games such as Dragon Quest IV and Spectrobes: Beyond the Portal also made it to the list but neither performed particularly well, with Dragon Quest IV c...
Skate It is a game revolving around skateboarding. It'll be released a little later this year on both the Nintendo DS and Wii. With the Wii, it will make use of the balance board.
"Rumour has it that Electronic Arts is considering shipping its upcoming Skate It for the Nintendo Wii with a skateboard-shaped peripheral that clips onto the Balance Board, in order to further immerse gamers into the experience."
![Box shot of Skate It [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvTmludGVuZG9fRFMvU3BvcnRzL1gtdHJlbWVfU3BvcnRz/skate_it_frontcover_small_JRAzQYwyFrPb6rV.jpg)