The new skate game is planned to be a free-to-play title, which means microtransactions are its only revenue source.

Five years after it was first announced, Skate will launch in early access later this year, although EA is yet to give us a specific date. On its eventual release, Skate will be coming to PlayStation, Xbox and PC. Furthermore, it will also have cross-play and cross-progression support.

A new Alpha Test has revealed the upcoming EA Skate title have added microtransactions to the equation, and it's not out of the oven yet.

We don't know when skate. is launching into early access, but you can be extra sure it'll have freemium currency to buy when it's here

Skate will be free-to-play in a city setting called San Vansterdam, Alpha Playtest ongoing. Mid-Alpha microtransactions added for testing cosmetic items only in the skate store. Players warned that EA may reset account progress before Early Access launch,