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EA announced today that their hit Skateboarding series Skate will be coming to the Nintendo family, both on Wii and DS under the new name, Skate It. The innovative FlickIt control system returns with a new twist, utilising the touch screen on the DS and the Wiimote of the Wii. On top of that is the Wii Balance board which allows gamers to be provided with better feedback. The Executive Producer of Skate, Scott Blackwood had this to say:

“We knew it would be an exciting challenge to bring the soul and feel of skateboarding to the Wii and Nintendo DS. With fresh new designs and gameplay components built from scratch, we’ve been able to; once again, capture the true experience of skateboarding in a completely innovative way.”

Skate It is due late 2008. Be sure to check the exclusive shots of the Wii version below.

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We've got some exciting news here at Avid Gamer, concerning several feature upgrades.

The first concerns our featured content slideshow on the front page. We've reworked the interface to provide you with more information, and a nicer transition effect. We hope you enjoy it and that it allows for easier navigation around the website.

Secondly is the introduction of a new galley feature for all our images. They'll now take up less space, and can be expanded to be viewed full screen. This means newer, higher res images, but less space. The media page will remain as it is (as will every article previous to this post) but future media posts will be presented in gallery form. Again we hope it'll improve the site allowing for better content.

To know what we mean, check out the latest PC screenshots for Burnout Paradise below.

The comment system has also been reworked, with a new system implemented. Leave us one here to tell us what you think of the upgrades. (Sadly it means previous comments were deleted.)

UPDATE: More exciting news, we've sorted our on-site video streaming and will be presenting the latest video game trailers. Expect the latest trailer for Gears of War 2 within the hour. 

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The worrying trend in the industry is the movement away from PC exclusives, or even developing titles for the PC. That’s why we’re thrilled with the announcement that Criterion Games, the minds behind Black and the Burnout series’ are porting over their latest hit title, Burnout Paradise to the PC. Full details were announced at 4pm in their live podcast as well as some world-exclusive screenshots which you can see look stunning. To see why we’re so hyped, check out our review.

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Yesterday (the 7^th May) revealed some exciting news from the guys at ID Software. It seems that after a rest from making Quake 4, they’ve begun production on the fourth Doom game. The game promises to bring us the next journey into the Doom universe and have started to expand their internal team to begin work on the game. Todd Hollenshead, the CEO of ID Software said;

“DOOM is part of the id Software DNA and demands the greatest talent and brightest minds in the industry to bring the next installement of our flagship franchise to Earth, it’s critical for id Software to have the best creative minds in-house to develop games that meet the standards synonymous with our titles.”

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