Black Box

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Black Box was the development team for the first three Skate games, previously working on games for Sega, Midway and EA. During the development of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, EA acquired the then Black Box games, and they rebranded to just Black Box. From there they primarily developed the Skate and Need for Speed series, along with helping DICE on some Battlefield games.

After Skate 3, the team would work on two more Need for Speed games, during which they would be renamed to Quicklime Games. Shortly after, they would be shut down, the team dissolving to work on games for other publishers.

Development of Skate 4 has now been under Full Circle, who have been developing it since at least 2020.