After revitalising the skateboarding sim with the excellent Skate, EA then decided to ride it into the wall again with the rather less inspiring Skate 2.

They claim to have learnt their lesson though and apparently Skate 3 will be "the most connected, accessible and social skateboarding experience yet."

You can find out whether that's actually true when the game is released on May 14th on 360 and PS3.