Skate Stumbles on Steam as Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Devs Announce Multiplayer Follow-Up That Looks Better in Every Way

Skate fans have had a weird couple of weeks. EA finally brought back Skate after a decade-plus wait, and a lot of folks bounced off the vibe — sterile environments, flat character designs, and the bizarre discovery that sprinting and parkour can be faster than, you know, skating. So the timing could not be better for Team Reptile to pop out of a half-pipe and announce its next trick: a full-on, neon-soaked follow-up to Bomb Rush Cyberfunk called Hyperfunk.

So what is Hyperfunk?

• Developer: Team Reptile, the studio behind 2023's Jet Set Radio-styled Bomb Rush Cyberfunk.
• The pitch: A new skating game that leans even harder into the studio's signature style — the trailer screams it.
• Modes: Online play is front and center with graffiti crews clashing over turf and philosophy in this strange new world. The Steam page also lists single-player, so more details are clearly on the way.
• Territory battles: Crews fight to control their own slices of the street — expect turf wars with a heavy emphasis on personal style.
• The tagline: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk called itself "1 second per second of advanced funkstyle." Hyperfunk upgrades that to "2 seconds per second of evolved funkstyle" — which, yes, is double the funkstyle and apparently upgraded.

"2 seconds per second of evolved funkstyle."

Why the timing hits

While Skate is catching flak for looking a little too clean and clinical — and for the unintentionally hilarious meta where parkour might be the optimal movement tech — Team Reptile is out here dropping a trailer that looks like it ate an art book and a boombox for breakfast. It is pure style, and it knows it.

Multiplayer with a point of view

The online setup is not just paint-a-wall-and-bounce. The framing is graffiti crews competing with distinct styles and ideologies, literally trying to interpret and own this new world. It is a clever hook, and it sounds like it has room for some spicy community rivalries. The Steam page also points to a single-player option, so this is not a multiplayer-only pivot — we are just waiting on the specifics.

Personal note

Confession: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is one of the rare games that gave me motion sickness. Hyperfunk looks rad — and yes, very similar — so I am hoping I can keep my lunch long enough to experience that promised 2 seconds per second.

No release details yet, but the vibe check is undeniable. If Skate left you cold, Hyperfunk looks like the loud, colorful counter-programming — all style, on purpose.