It was recently announced that Skate 2 will return to Xbox consoles as part of a long list of games Microsoft will add to the catalog of titles backwards compatible with Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S. The bad news? EA continues with its intention to close the servers online game next month.
In the tweets of Skate’s Twitter account (down), the EA team celebrated the news with fans that Skate 2 was one of the more than seventy titles that would come to the Xbox One and Xbox Series X consoles | S through backward compatibility. Nevertheless, the study followed up on this briefly, with a short but disappointing reminder that the game servers wouldn’t stay around much longer.
“We warn you that On December 10, 2021 we will shut down the Skate 2 PlayStation and Xbox online servers. “, the tweet confirmed. “It is not an easy decision and it is not something we take lightly.”continued the study before providing links to more information.
EA’s decision comes after Skate 2 has seemingly become just another title in a long line of games that have seen their online fanbase dwindle to a point near extinction. While the game’s inclusion on the Xbox Backward Compatibility list may have helped remedy this situation, it appears that that not enough to convince EA that servers are worth maintaining.
Fortunately, the classic Skate 2 single player experience will remain intact, which will hopefully continue to provide that much-needed touch of nostalgia for the community. If you really hope to get into multiplayer, you only have a few weeks to do it.
The latest installment in the Skate saga came with Skate 3 in 2010. However, last year, EA announced it was reviving the series with a new Skate sequel.. Mind you, the publisher said it was in early development at the time. Following the announcement, the company later confirmed that the next project is being developed by a new Vancouver-based EA studio called Full Circle.
Furthermore, Microsoft’s decision to make more original Xbox and Xbox 360 games backward compatible with modern consoles comes as part of a series of celebrations surrounding Xbox’s 20th anniversary. Although they have also confirmed that no more backward compatible games will be added in the future.
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