According to a Lazard Capital Markets analyst Electronic Arts is hard at work on a new skateboarding game that will compete with Activision's Tony Hawk franchise.

Skate is scheduled to hit next-gen consoles next year, according to the report.

Analyst Colin Sebastian remains faithful that Activision's TH franchise will survive the threat. Afterall, the franchise has made more than $1 billion in net revenue for Activision.

Interesting. I wonder if EA is going to try and line-up another skateboarding big name to try and dampen Tony Hawk's draw in the very limited market? More importantly, I wonder if this is some next-gen version of Skate or Die, that would rock. Brian Crecente