A today announced Skate It, a new game in the Skate franchise. Designed exclusively for the Wii and DS, Skate It has players riding with the skate pros, owning the best spots in San Vanelona and pulling off tricks using the popular FlickIt controls. Featuring with all-new gameplay features, Skate It introduces support for the Wii Balance Board.

“We knew it would be an exciting challenge to bring the soul and feel of skateboarding to the Wii and Nintendo DS,” said Scott Blackwood, Executive Producer - Skate franchise. “With fresh new designs and gameplay components built from scratch, we’ve been able to, once again, capture the true experience of skateboarding in a completely innovative way.”

Separately, Skate 2 has also been confirmed to be in development for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Skate It will ship in 2008 and no date has been given for Skate 2. We will have a full preview of Skate It up tomorrow so stay tuned.