Skate leakers uncover \u201cswag bag\u201d loot boxes and fans are worried EA Black BoxA keen-eyed dataminer has found the existence of loot boxes in EA\u2019s next Skate game, prompting concern from avid players. Over 12 years have passed since EA Black Box\u2019s Skate 3 hit consoles. Now, the acclaimed series is returning as a free-to-play entry, with confirmed microtransactions. Amid the leak of a 2021 build of the game, dataminers have discovered the existence of loot boxes. Skate 4 leakers discover loot boxes despite EA\u2019s denial On July 14, the skate. development team stated the game would use microtransactions to \u201csupport a never-ending, ever-evolving\u201d experience. However, the inclusion of loot boxes was denied. Redditor PatFennis has obtained an alpha build of the game from 2021, leading to the discovery of a loot box-akin system known as \u201cSwag Bags.\u201d Within the dataminer\u2019s leak, the loot boxes can be earned by using a currency known as \u201cTaps\u201d as players complete challenges and explore Skate\u2019s map. It appears that the \u201cSwag Bags\u201d are used to unlock cosmetic items such as shirts and shoes. It is unclear whether the \u201cTaps\u201d currency is a purchasable item similar to Fortnite\u2019s V-Bucks at this time. (Microtransactions and loot boxes discussed 7:48) Naturally, the dataminer\u2019s discovery has prompted concern for players returning to the Skate franchise. Redditor Mr-Flat said: \u201call my interest in it has been killed. I called it when they first announced the game.\u201d Another added: \u201cI was looking forward to skate 4 but if it gets released with these mechanics, I won\u2019t download it. I am not going to support games with loot boxes.\u201d One Redditor, mayowa_olu, likened the usage of loot boxes to another EA live-service game: \u201cApex Legends has a form of loot box mechanics, so yeah this is definitely going to have something like that. I expect the monetization mechanics to be exactly the same as Apex Legends.\u201d Skate. has yet to confirm a release date, leaving plenty of time for the developers to address paid content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Skate leakers uncover \u201cswag bag\u201d loot boxes and fans are worried EA Black BoxA keen-eyed dataminer has found the existence of loot boxes in EA\u2019s next Skate game, prompting concern from avid players. Over 12 years have passed since EA Black Box\u2019s Skate 3 hit consoles. Now, the acclaimed series is returning as a free-to-play […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}