Session (video game)

Session
Session logo
Developer(s) Crea-ture Studios
Publisher(s) Crea-ture Studios
Engine Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
Release Q3/Q4 2019
Genre(s) Extreme sports
Mode(s) Single-player

Session is an upcoming skateboarding video game developed by Montreal independent developer Crea-ture Studios (stylized as creā-ture Studios Inc.) for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. It is expected to be released in 2019. The project was successfully funded via Kickstarter in November 2017, within three days of its opening.

The game was considered by many as the spiritual successor to the Skate series.[1]

Gameplay

Session is an open-ended video game, promised to not feature a scoring system and a different control scheme.[2] The game is presented in the style of a fish-eye lens from an old VHS tape, in similar vein to the Skate series.[3]

Development

Session was conceived in 2015 under the working title Project: Session.[3] Between then and the two years that followed, many fans and outlets discussed a major need for a new skateboarding game.[2] Developer Marc-Andre Houde described the inspiration for the game as a passion for the sport.[4] Houde also stated the game would be developed using Unreal Engine 4. Originally, the team had planned to build the game in Unity, but the team was attracted to Unreal's multiplayer capabilities.[5]

In early November 2017, crea-ture Studios released a free demo for Session.[6][7] A trailer released by the team shows several clips of the demo, which is set in an unnamed jail and allows players to freely skate in a closed skatepark.[8] Later that month, the team opened the project on Kickstarter, which successfully reached its initial goal after three days.[9]

A trailer for Session was unveiled during the Microsoft conference at E3 2018.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "A Session with crea-ture Studios". Gamereactor UK. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  2. 1 2 Paget, Mat (7 May 2017). "The PC needs a new skateboarding game". pcgamer. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Project: Session is a Skateboarding Game Without Combos". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "With Session, one studio aims to reinvent skateboarding games". destructoid. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Session Interview: Skate Genre, Games-as-Service, Switch". GameRevolution. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Skateboarding game Session gets a free PC demo". pcgamer. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Spiritual successor to Skate series, Session, gets free demo today". VG247.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Skate Spiritual Successor Launches Kickstarter Campaign - IGN Video". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Skateboarding game Session successfully crowdfunded, backer votes to shape stretch goals". pcgamer. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Session is the unofficial Skate 3 sequel that you've been dreaming about, coming to Xbox One and PC next year". gamesradar. Retrieved 10 June 2018.


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