When I launch the new Skate EA it just crashes my PC
PC crashing every time I launch the game so I need to hard shut down. This is insane.... I have a decent PC as well: 3080, 5900X, 32GB RAM.
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Since early February 2026, I’ve been experiencing an issue where launching Skate via Steam causes a black screen and freezes my entire PC. This started happening out of nowhere, even though the game ran fine before.
The Solution (That works for me):
The issue seems to be related to the EA AntiCheat. Repairing or reinstalling it fixes the crash.
How to do it:
- Go to your Steam folder: ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Skate\__Installer\EAAntiCheat
- Run EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe.
- Select Repair/Update (or Uninstall and Reinstall).
To avoid any crashes, I currently run the repair/update every time before I start the game. It’s a bit annoying, but it works until a permanent patch is released. Hope this helps!
I suggest launching the game in windowed mode. Use "alt+enter" if needed, then set it in the settings. Ever since i've been booting the game in windowed mode i stopped having crashes on game load.
For some ungodly reason the game causes your desktop resolution to drop to like 480p IF it's focused. So it also helps to open skate, and just have it in the background until it's done loading.
It's a very strange issue. I do think it might also be correlated with Windows Defender and the anti-cheat.
Thanks for the anwser. Are you also getting total system freezes? Every time I launch the game, it forces itself into windowed fullscreen. I've actually uninstalled it for now because it's happening so frequently, and I don't want to keep hard crashing my PC.
It forces full screen for a moment when it launches for me too, it's very aggressive cause it's setting the resolution so low.
Keeping the game in the background while it initially loads avoids this problem for me, I just open a browser until i think it's on the title screen.
