Skate 2 is a 2009 skateboarding video game developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts.

Since spending time in jail, San Vanelona has been hit with an earthquake that occurred in the spin-off title Skate It, leaving the city in ruins.

[4]: 4 Skate 2 is a skateboarding extreme sports game set in an open world environment and played from a third person perspective.

[4]: 6  This footage could be uploaded to "Skate.Reel", an online service where players could view and rate other user created videos made in Skate 2.

The player can also enter the "Create-a-Spot Editor", where they can create skating "spots" using a variety of ramps, rails and other objects.

The player completes challenges to progress through the career mode, such as racing against other skateboarders, doing photoshoots for magazines or entering trick competitions.

[4]: 4 [7] Completing challenges rewards the player with money, which can be used to buy clothes and property such as skateparks, as well as bet on events.

A map can be accessed in the game's pause menu, displaying challenges and locations in New San Vanelona and allowing the player to teleport directly to them.

[4]: 6 The player's character has the ability to jump off their skateboard and walk around, allowing them to traverse areas that are hard to skate on, such as stairs.

Here, the player can request services such as pool draining, removal of caps from rails in an area or temporary security in Mongocorp zones.

"Team Film Challenges" that can be started from the cell phone, where players perform certain tricks in order to get sponsorships.

Freeskate mode also allows the player to control settings such as density of traffic and pedestrians, and whether Mongocorp zones are active.

Scott Blackwood, the executive producer of the game, said that EA Black Box stayed true to the "authentic feel of the Flickit analog controls" but had given the player the ability to do "a lot more".

EA Black Box and Electronic Arts promised a "seamless transition from offline to online" gameplay and a set of new competitive modes for the game.

It featured a character creator and demonstrations of the career and party play modes, as well as the game's replay editor.

[7] IGN's US review praised Black Box for building upon their winning formula and keeping the gameplay fun.