Skater is an upcoming touchy swipey skateboarding game for iPad and iPhone

It appears this summer is the season of the iOS skating game. We've already seen Transworld Endless Skater, Epic Skater, and a soft-launched Tony Hawk's game in the past few months, and now it's the turn of Skater.

The game looks like it's going to follow the True Skate / Touchgrind Skate formula rather than the more arcadey entrants to the genre we've been treated to recently. Screenshots show a pair of skate shoes hovering magically above a spinning board.

Apparently you'll be skating in famous real-life spots as well. These are authentically recreated from architectural plans, on-site photography, and Google height maps. So it's just like being there, but more pixel-y.

There's a more free-form feel to play as well. You're taking part in massive skate-jams, finding your own lines, setting your own challenges, and sharing them with the rest of the world. Which sounds ridiculously cool.

Skater should be hitting the App Store in the next couple of weeks, and we'll let you know as soon as we hear exactly when. But until then you can paint us as cautiously optimistic for this one.