The game takes place in the fictional city of Port Carverton, which embraces skateboarding, unlike the 'skateboarding is a crime' mentality portrayed in the second game. Skate 3 is a skateboarding extreme sports game set in an open world place and played from a third-person perspective. In 2014, the game's popularity increased because of Let's Play channels on YouTube, showcasing the game's humorous ragdoll physics and glitches. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics. The game introduced some new features including new tricks, a park builder, and 'Easy' and 'Hardcore' modes instead of just 'Normal' mode. It is the player's goal to sell one million boards by completing challenges. After failing to ' Jump The Shark', their goal becomes creating a successful skateboarding team. The player character goes by the alias 'The Legend'. The game takes place in the fictional city of Port Carverton, which embraces skateboarding, unlike considering it a crime in the second game.
It was released worldwide in May 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Skate 3 is a skateboarding video game, the third installment in the Skate series and the sequel to 2009's Skate 2, developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts.
