Lifeless Area followers have reacted in dismay at the price of cosplaying as collection star Isaac Clarke in EA’s new free-to-play Skate, which is at the moment obtainable in early entry.
Skate’s new Isaac Clarke bundle, which features a homemade-style cardboard Isaac Clarke costume to your skater, a themed skateboard, the Necro Stomp emote and a bunch of stickers, is priced at 3,350 San Van Bucks — Skate’s in-game forex.
A pack of two,800 San Van Bucks prices $25, whereas a 500 San Van Bucks pack prices $5. Inconveniently, shopping for these will depart you needing one other 50 Van Bucks — so you will want one other 500 pack ($5), making for a minimal complete spend of $35. (There’s a minimum of a USG Ishimura T-shirt without cost.)
Whereas Skate is a free-to-play sport funded by microtransactions, Lifeless Area followers have reacted to the bundle’s pricing in disbelief, with many evaluating its price to the value of the franchise’s full video games.
Presently, the unique Lifeless Area trilogy is out there by way of Steam for $20 every, although particular person video games have been supplied for as little as $4 every throughout gross sales. The celebrated 2023 Lifeless Area remake is at the moment $60 — though has been supplied for as little as $12 throughout gross sales.
After which there’s the truth that, for the forseeable future a minimum of, EA has put the Lifeless Area franchise on ice. Concepts for an all-new Lifeless Area 4 and any plans to observe the Lifeless Area Remake with a brand new model of Lifeless Area 2 are seemingly not within the works, with developer Motive put to work on the Battlefield franchise as a substitute. Isaac Clarke, in the meantime, has been left to easily cameo in different video games, reminiscent of Fortnite and Battlefield 2042.
Isaac Clarke is now in Skate
The complete bundle prices $40 USD… pic.twitter.com/AaMj6EEBro
— Radec (@realradec) October 7, 2025
In a single submit on reddit titled “The state of Lifeless Area,” IllustriousReveal962 wrote: “Let’s hope that in the future Lifeless Area will attain state as an IP that it isn’t solely relegated to only being a pores and skin in a mediocre all the time on-line sport to spice up mtx.”
“You should buy 3 Lifeless Sapce video games with that cash (and possibly 3 Skate video games),” wrote one other fan, Diogo Rodriguez, in a submit on X. “Lifeless Area 2 remake received cancelled and now we get this,” wrote cayo0663.
On the left is Isaac Clarke from Lifeless Area in Skate 3. Mannequin appears to be like unimaginable & might solely be obtained by a cheat code.
On the fitting is an Issac Clarke outfit in a bundle (pic included of bundle) on Skate 4. It prices roughly $30-$40 and appears horrible.
Idek what to say… pic.twitter.com/G4dd9Y76jr
— SirBlackout (@BlackoutTV_) October 7, 2025
EA’s Lifeless Area and Skate franchises have one thing of a historical past, with a snazzy Isaac Clarke pores and skin and funky sci-fi skateboard unlockable in Skate 3 without cost by way of cheat code. The franchise’s celebrated 2023 Lifeless Area remake in the meantime featured an in-game Easter egg for a fictional “Skate 3000.” Many followers have mentioned it ought to have been a optimistic this crossover is constant — however not priced like this.
Picture credit score: @Realradec.
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