{"id":670,"date":"2008-11-26T07:51:47","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T07:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=670"},"modified":"2008-11-26T07:51:47","modified_gmt":"2008-11-26T07:51:47","slug":"skate-2-hits-stores-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"SKATE 2 HITS STORES JANUARY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, Australia \u2013 November 26, 2008 \u2013 Black Box, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that Skate 2, the sequel to the genre-defining original game will hit retailers in Australia on January 22nd, 2009 \u2013 making it one of the first must-have games of 2009. Players that can\u2019t wait until January can indulge their irrepressible Skate craving even sooner, with the Graphics Creator, a web-based customization tool launching next month on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skate.ea.com\">www.skate.ea.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Graphics Creator is a web-based application that ups the ante in self-expression. With this tool, gamers have the freedom to create custom graphics for their in-game hats, decks and shirts, infusing their skateboarding experience with an unrivalled level of individuality. The Throwback Pack features a variety of retro stylings including, tie-dye t-shirts, Skate or Die apparel, Robot and \u2018Window Shade\u2019 sunglasses, gestures circa the hippie-age and much more!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Skate 2 brings gamers to New San Vanelona, a city that\u2019s been rebuilt after an unspeakable disaster five years ago. Equipped with double the bag of tricks, players are tasked to rebuild their career and revive the skate scene. Now with the ability to get off-board and move objects around, gamers can create their own epic spots and challenges which can then be uploaded, shared and experienced by others around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Skate 2 ups the ante in delivering all the grit, creativity and culture of skateboarding with all-new tricks that allow players to truly skate it their way \u2013 on and off the board. Skate 2 is developed by Black Box, a studio of Electronic Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia and will be available on the Xbox 360\u2122 video game and entertainment system and the PLAYSTATION\u00ae3 computer entertainment system. The game is rated M by the OFLC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those that want to skate indoors over the holidays can enjoy Skate It with family and friends on the Wii\u2122 and the Nintendo DS\u2122 available in stores now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, Australia \u2013 November 26, 2008 \u2013 Black Box, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that Skate 2, the sequel to the genre-defining original game will hit retailers in Australia on January 22nd, 2009 \u2013 making it one of the first must-have games of 2009. Players that can\u2019t wait until January can<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=670\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}