{"id":88511,"date":"2025-09-11T06:48:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/meet-full-circle-the-new-studio-making-the-next-skate\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T06:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:48:43","slug":"meet-full-circle-the-new-studio-making-the-next-skate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/meet-full-circle-the-new-studio-making-the-next-skate\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Full Circle, The New Studio Making The Next Skate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/meet-full-circle-the-new-studio-making-the-next-skate.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>EA answered years\u2019 worth of prayers when it announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/ea-play-2020\/2020\/06\/18\/skaters-never-die-ea-is-bringing-back-skate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">return of the Skate franchise<\/a> last July. The reveal offered no trailer, gameplay, concept art, or much of anything because the game was very early in development. How early? Well, as of today, EA has announced the formation of a new studio that will helm development of the next Skate game.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Meet Full Circle, a Vancouver based team led by Daniel McCulloch, formerly Head of Xbox Live at Microsoft. Fans will be pleased to know that Deran Chung and Cuz Parry, who helped create the Skate franchise and worked on all three mainline games, make up the creative leadership on the new title. \u201cWe\u2019re so stoked to be back working on Skate,\u201d says Chung and Parry in a press release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/meet-full-circle-the-new-studio-making-the-next-skate-1.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/article>\n<p><span><span>McCulloch offered his own statement as well:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>\u201cThe fans wished Skate back into existence and we want them to feel involved in the process from development to game launch and beyond. We want them to feel like they are a part of Full Circle. We\u2019re all about having fun and making great games that people want to play with their friends. And, we\u2019re looking for more developers to help us build compelling worlds for players to explore.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Full Circle is still staffing up with positions open for designers, artists, and engineers\u00a0among other jobs, so if you are skilled in such things, go apply and help make Skate happen faster, darn it! Still, Full Circle seems like it\u2019s off to a solid start. Unfortunately, this also signifies that the new Skate is further away than fans may have realized. But, after spending over a decade waiting with little more than hope and a prayer, at least fans have something tangible to look forward to now. While you&#8217;re waiting you can satisfy\u00a0your Skate cravings with our Replay episodes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/replay\/replay\/2020\/06\/19\/replay-skate-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skate 2<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/replay\/replay\/2019\/04\/05\/replay-skate-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skate 3<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>What do you think of the new team and what are you looking for in a new Skate game? Sound off in the comments!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/01\/27\/meet-full-circle-the-new-studio-making-the-next-skate\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EA answered years\u2019 worth of prayers when it announced the return of the Skate franchise last July. The reveal offered no trailer, gameplay, concept art, or much of anything because the game was very early in development. How early? Well, as of today, EA has announced the formation of a new studio that will helm development of the next Skate game. Meet Full Circle, a Vancouver based team led by Daniel McCulloch, formerly Head of Xbox Live at Microsoft. Fans will be pleased to know that Deran Chung and Cuz Parry, who helped create the Skate franchise and worked on all three mainline games, make up the creative leadership on the new title. \u201cWe\u2019re so stoked to be back working on Skate,\u201d says Chung and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/meet-full-circle-the-new-studio-making-the-next-skate\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Full Circle, The New Studio Making The Next Skate | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"EA answered years\u2019 worth of prayers when it announced the return of the Skate franchise last July. 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