skate. Details Its First Block Parties Test Ahead of August 7

Full Circle used the Aug. 4 edition of The Weekly Grind to refresh the X Games San Van schedule and outline the first test for Block Parties, a new Meetups mode arriving on Aug. 7. The developer shared the details in its official Steam announcement.

Week 3 of X Games San Van is now underway, bringing a new round of challenges and another chance to earn X Coins. The event runs from July 21 through Aug. 25, and The Stadium remains open to everyone during that period. Players do not need Rip Chips or a skate.Premium Pass to enter. The open-access period covers all of the remaining event weeks.

The refreshed challenges are part of the wider X Games San Van lineup, which also includes Spot Battles, themed gear, and activity inside the Stadium. Full Circle has posted more event information on the X Games San Van details page.

Block Parties begin August 7

The first Block Parties test begins Aug. 7 at 10:00 AM PT and will run across four days during the weekend. The events are designed for groups of up to 150 players, but joining one does not require a signup, queue, or party invitation. Players can simply ride into the active area and leave whenever they want, even if a round is already underway.

Each Block Party moves to a new location every 30 minutes. The event travels through three spots, with new sessions scheduled at 15 and 45 minutes past every hour. The route and objectives are randomized from a larger pool, so the same event should not follow the exact same path each time. The initial test will take place exclusively in San Van.

Objectives cover vert, park, and street skating. They are meant to be easy to understand at a glance, while still giving more competitive players room to find better lines, chain tricks, and chase higher scores. Later rounds add point multipliers, which can reward players who stay in the event or help someone mount a comeback after joining late.

Block Parties will use two leaderboards. One tracks a player’s overall placement across the full event, while the other updates during each round with details such as score and distance. The top player in a round receives a crown above their skater, making that person visible to everyone nearby. The mode will also include related tasks, though the event itself will not directly award Rip Chips or Tix. Not every task requires a win.

Full Circle described Block Parties as both a gameplay test and a technical test. The team will watch how many players participate, whether they follow the event across the city, which locations and objectives keep people involved, and where players stop taking part. Bugs or stability problems may force the mode offline temporarily while the test is running.

This week’s calendar

• The Weekly Grind and new Weekly Tasks are scheduled for Aug. 4.
• X Games San Van Week 3 runs with Open Access from July 21 through Aug. 25.
• The X Games San Van Challenge Refresh is active during Week 3.
• The X Games Best Run Video Contest runs from July 31 through Aug. 5.
• Meetups Block Parties begin Aug. 7 at 10:00 AM PT.

The Best Run contest accepts clips from the Vert, Street, or Park sections of the Stadium. Submissions close at 11:59 PM PT on Aug. 5. Full Circle also pointed players toward its bug reports forum for problems that still need attention.

The developer listed a Progression Update called More Ways to Play, Progress, and Earn, more information about the road to Season 5, and additional Weekly Grind interviews among the next items in the pipeline. No release dates were given for those updates.

Known issues still being investigated

The current issue list covers exporting, tasks, graphics settings, trick detection, the Quick Drop menu, and several problems tied to the X Games content.

• Some players cannot export videos in MP4. On PC, exporting in WebM works as a workaround.
• Pinned tasks may disappear after the game reconnects following a period of inactivity.
• The graphics settings shown at the bottom of the screen may not change after switching the graphics preset.
• The centered 16:9 HUD and full-width and height UI selection does not work in Windowed mode.
• The Daily and Mastery Task sections can sometimes appear blank.
• The Quick Drop radial menu may reset temporarily after joining a server.
• AMD driver 26.6.1 can cause skate. to crash. Rolling back to 26.5.2 and restarting the game is the current workaround.
• Tailslides and Noseslides may not register correctly when a player approaches a ledge from the end.
• The Friends list can show duplicate entries for one friend or fail to show a friend at all.
• Wallride detection can make the skater flip in an unintended way.
• The Smith to Tailslide task may fail to register even when completed correctly.
• The wrong item can appear after using Quick Drop to place an object.
• The X-Games intro video, mission, tasks, and challenges may be missing on the first login after update 0.31.5.
• Pinned tasks can cycle when players perform gestures.
• Players cannot find non-friend accounts through Skater codes.
• Quick Ollie or Nollie into a No-Foot Grab can cause the legs to clip through the board.
• Footplants can add extra one-foot grabs to trick scoring.

Block Parties will give skate. players a new way to gather, compete, and travel through San Van together. Share your thoughts on the test and the X Games refresh in the comments, and follow us on X, Bluesky, YouTube, and Instagram.

Skate.

Developed by Full Circle

Refreshed with a forever vision in mind. Reimagined with the skate. community - you - guiding us through development. We’re listening to you. Join us on this journey and help shape the future of skate.

• Genre: Sport
• Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
• Perspective: Third person
• Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
• Release: 2025-09-16
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Age Rating:
• IGDB Rating: 69.0/100

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