New Delhi: The long-awaited game, which is from the Skate franchise, hit a significant speed bump this week as its Early Access launch was marred by widespread server outages, long queues, and mounting frustration from eager players. This latest Skate developed by the Full Circle officially entered Early Access on September 16, marking the first entry in the series in 15 years. Soon, the excitement was turned into disappointment for the users because when the players tried to log in, they were greeted with error messages, infinite loading screens, and queues of over 50,000 users.
Now, there will be some of the users who didn’t know what the actual problem was with the Skate; the outage was caused by overwhelming demand. The players, when they were attempting to access the game, were greeted with messages like Server is under maintenance and the error code 852146987, which indicates a failure to connect to EA services. According to Downdetector, more than 15000 users reported issues in EA servers, with the problem appearing isolated to Skate’s Early Access mode. The Developer Full Circle also acknowledged the issue and said that we are experiencing an ongoing outage and will enter immediate maintenance to fix the problem. We will keep you posted on updates.
Skate now also requires a constant internet connection, a design choice Full Circle had disclosed months earlier. The studio emphasised that the game is created as a living, breathing massively multiplayer skateboarding sandbox, but many players are now calling for an offline mode, especially in light of the unstable launch. Despite the outage, Skate has seen more than 78,000 concurrent players on Steam at launch, ranking it among the platform’s top 10 most played games. EA has begun adding more servers to handle the load, and some players have reported improved access, though connection issues persist for many. EA has not provided a definitive timeline for complete server restoration, but the team is actively working to stabilise the experience.
