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I’m Getting Very Worried About Skate Following EA Layoffs
Publisher Electronic Arts recently slashed 400 roles across its company, which resulted in the shuttering of legendary RPG studio BioWare. But also impacted by the layoffs was Skate developer Full Circle, and now I'm growing increasingly worried about the future of a franchise I waited so long to...
Maxis, Respawn, Ripple Effect, Motive, and Full Circle Among EA Studios Hit by Layoffs – Rumor
Many of the now-former employees from these teams have taken to LinkedIn to reveal that they were part of sweeping layoffs across EA.
Following shock BioWare closure, scope of EA job cuts becomes clear as layoffs hit Respawn, Maxis, Full Circle, EA Motive, and more
EA announced overnight it's closing Mass Effect and Dragon Age studio BioWare in a new round of cuts that include the elimination of 400 roles across the publisher. But while it confirmed BioWare's 50 workers are affected, and that Skate studio Ripple Effect was being downsized, it did not say...
While EA shuts down BioWare, developers of The Sims, Skate, and Battlefield say they've also lost their jobs
Apparently the cliché "when it rains, it pours" also applies to corporate feculence. In addition to shutting down storied RPG makers BioWare, EA are reportedly cutting staff at The Sims developers Maxis, as well as Skate studio Full Circle and Battlefield 6 co-devs Ripple Effect. Read more
‘Many’ staff gone from Skate studio Full Circle as part of EA layoffs
The studio previously suffered layoffs in February
Enshrouded 1.0 release countdown: Exact date and time
The full circle is here. The post Enshrouded 1.0 release countdown: Exact date and time appeared first on Destructoid.
Skate fans create a mod launcher that makes the game playable offline, causing Full Circle to respond
If you’re the kind of person who still despises the fact that Skate is an online-only multiplayer entry in the series, then you may have already been informed about ReSkate, a recently released modding platform that, among other things, lets players enjoy the game completely offline and with full...
Ex-Burnout devs came full circle for Star Wars Galactic Racer to bring the edge back to racing games
From the moment developer Fuse Games was founded in January 2023, the intent for the studio was to make a Star Wars racing game. CEO Matt Webster tells me that roughly three weeks into the studio's life, the team were on a plane to visit Lucasfilm Games and pitch the idea – "Galactic Racer". As a...
Ex-Burnout devs came full circle for Star Wars Galactic Racer to bring the edge back to racing games
Fuse Games' Matt Webster and Kieran Crimmins join Lucasfilm Games' Craig Derrick to chat resurrecting the arcade racer
Skate Developers Full Circle Respond To Offline Mod, Would Prefer You Didn’t
As ReSkate ramps up in popularity and the web is flooded with 'vibe coded' mods, the official developers say they’re working on features that will allow more fenced-in freedom
Skate Developer Promises More Creative Tools Are Coming After ReSkate Modding Platform Goes Viral
Full Circle, the developer of Skate, published a statement addressing community mods following the viral launch of a fan-made modding platform called ReSkate. ReSkate was officially released into the wild about a week ago. This platform allows fans to play the game offline, create private servers,...
After modders removed Skate's live service bits, devs draw the line with tools that "bypass our systems to unlock paid cosmetics"
EA and Full Circle - the developer behind the new early access Skate game (skate.) - don't have a problem with modders and "creativity from players," but they're drawing the line with mods that aim to unlock paid microtransactions and unreleased content. Read more
Skate Developer Promises More Creative Tools Are Coming After ReSkate Modding Platform Goes Viral
Full Circle, the developer of Skate, published a statement addressing community mods following the viral launch of a fan-made modding platform called ReSkate.
Skate devs respond to viral mods and promise more freedom for players
Skate developer Full Circle responded to the growing mod scene, promising official creation tools while criticizing mods that unlock paid cosmetics.
Full Circle feels like a forgotten, 30 year-old RPG masterpiece
While nostalgia is often to blame for blurring over weaknesses and fogs up negatives, Full Circle has leaned heavily on it and for the better. If you ask people of a certain age about their favourite game then it’ll almost certainly be one of the ‘jRPGs’ of the 90s. Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy...
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen on Switch 2 is impressive and feels like Capcom coming full circle
We played Dragon's Dogma 2's full retail build on Switch 2 and it is a surprisingly good version so far.
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen on Switch 2 is impressive and feels like Capcom coming full circle
We played Dragon's Dogma 2's full retail build on Switch 2 and it is a surprisingly good version so far.
World of Warcraft: Forever Preview – Coming Full Circle
World of Warcraft: Forever, the surprise announcement of BlizzCon 2026, invites players to a reimagining of the classic world of Azeroth. Structured around the Classic World of Warcraft world and experience, World of Warcraft: Forever offers a blend of the classic experience with new, expanded...
Star Trek Comes Full Circle As It Reveals Surprise Connection to First Ever Episode
Strange New Worlds' season finale marks Star Trek's 60th anniversary by sneaking in an unexpected link to The Original Series' pilot.
Skate Season 5 offers up new underflip tricks and a new big air-focused location September 8
Regular fans of the early access multiplayer sports sandbox that is Skate likely already knew that Season 5’s arrival was pushed back a couple of weeks in order to adjust progression and rewards, but that apparently wasn’t all that developer Full Circle was cooking, as the studio has taken the...
Skate is testing out 150-player competitive block party events this weekend
While we’ve contended that the early access multiplayer playground of Skate is more like a soft launched game, the devs at Full Circle are actually going to be testing something out during this weekend: block parties, a large-scale event that will invite big swathes of players to roam parts of the...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day took ‘a lot of finishing moves’ directly from Insomniac’s games, Tom Holland reveals
We've come full circle. The post Spider-Man: Brand New Day took ‘a lot of finishing moves’ directly from Insomniac’s games, Tom Holland reveals appeared first on Destructoid.
Nvidia says Sega’s $5 million Dreamcast‑era investment saved the company, and 30 years later the partnership is coming full circle
I always love hearing stories from the early days of massive companies like NVIDIA, and this one from CEO Jensen Huang makes me wonder what the video gaming world would look like if Sega hadn't invested despite a botched Dreamcast GPU.
Skate Adds Its Biggest Event Yet: The Legendary X Games
With Skate's fourth season approaching its midway point, developer Full Circle is pulling out all the stops for what's sure to be the skateboarding sim's biggest event thus far: bringing the iconic X Games to the shreddable world of San Vansterdam. In a lengthy July 16 post on the game's Steam...
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