skate 3 is a skateboarding video game that was published by electronic arts. it is available for the playstation 3 and the xbox 360 video game systems. the game was the third in the "skate" video game series. the game takes place in the city of port carverton. the city also embraces skateboarding which was unlike the second game where they had a "skateboarding is a crime" mentality. the game got good reviews with a 7.5 out of 10 from gamespot and a 80 out of 100 from metacritic.