EA is bringing again the Isle of Grom in Skate Season 3, however followers aren’t comfortable about it as a result of solely gamers who’ve bought a premium move will be capable to freely revisit the tutorial island. Basically, will probably be locked behind a paywall for everybody else, which fits in opposition to the promise EA made final yr earlier than Skate hit early entry.
Up to now, the fan response to EA’s announcement has been largely unfavourable.
— Roland Udvarlaki (@Techusiast) February 19, 2026
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EA subsequently issued a response that it launched Skate in early entry “so we might construct it with gamers, not behind closed doorways … Sure, typically plans have to alter. That is a part of the deal while you’re constructing in public. We’re right here, we’re listening, and we will maintain shaping skate. Collectively.”
We launched skate. in Early Entry so we might construct it with gamers, not behind closed doorways.
Since September we’ve been updating the world, tweaking characters, and including options our gamers have been asking for, and there may be heaps extra coming.
Sure, typically plans should…— skate. (@skate) February 19, 2026
“Positive, ‘plans have to alter,'” wrote Rei Lynn on X. “However if you happen to’re selling the sport beneath this promise, initially posting about it in your social medias, placing it in your FAQ, and even made it out there as a sticker on the official Discord, it is an enormous betrayal to comb all of it beneath the rug.”
Grom has been enhanced and up to date since its debut because the tutorial island, however it should solely be out there to premium move homeowners in March. In April, Skate will briefly permit everybody to entry Grom as a part of multi-week occasion that is being billed because the island’s grand opening. Following that occasion, free entry will revert to premium move holders. Nevertheless, gamers who aren’t shopping for premium passes will be capable to earn in-game currency–500 rip chips–and pay for a 24-hour move that enables them to go to Grom.
Players beforehand referred to as out a Useless House pores and skin in Skate that price $35, particularly since a extra refined model of that outfit was in Skate 3 as an Easter egg.
Skate Season 3 will launch on March 10.