EA Sports is dropping the new SSX Snowboarding today, the gnarliest version of their shred game to date. This latest installment features Travis Rice and the “9 Deadly Descents,” a global shred mission that includes volcanoes, nuclear power plants, and even squirrel suits. Tim Brodhagen interviewed EA’s Creative Director Todd Batty about what went into making the game in the newest episode of Dose on Network A. The show also looks at Steve Rodriguez’s game changing renovation of Chinatown’s Coleman Park.

Neff, a company with a seemingly unstoppable ability to metamorphize has been killing the micro game game for a minute with games on their site. Now they’ve stepped it up with the release of Neff Beanie Blizzard for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The best part of the game is that it’s free. Get it here.

As part of the new NeffWorld website, Neff has launched the Suckajump video game. Essentially a jumping game like Doodlejump for iPhone, it gets dumb addictive and is way more fun than actually getting work done. Plus you can win a box of stuff from Neff if you get the highest score one month. Go here to play.

Continuing to get their multimedia on, Rip Curl has just released a new video game for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Live The Search: The Ultimate Surfing Game lets you travel the world and surf famous breaks as pro’s like Mick Fanning and Stephanie Gilmore or as a customized player. The game is available via iTunes now.

Video games may have created a legion of pasty faced fat kids in America but one thing is for sure, EA Skate has had nothing but a positive benefit on the youth of today and society as a whole. After all, where else could you see a dream Danny Way once had of the perfect skatepark in Hawaii turned into skateable quasi-reality accessible from the comfort of your own home? Exactly. Paradise is available on XBOX Live and PSN for 560 MS points or $6.99.

Luis Tolentino is everywhere these days, after putting on a show for his Queens heads at the Maloof Money Cup the SHUT am now has an edit on Thrasher showcasing how he can put together a line. Check it out.

etnies and Electronic Arts have combined again to blur the lines between fantasy and reality with their in-game/real life collabo for EA Skate 3. Not only will the etnies GvR contest be featured in Skate 3’s storyline again but a collaborative version of the Jameson 2 will be available both as an unlockable shoe in game and a buyable shoe exclusively at Zumiez.

Shaun White has cemented himself as snowboarding royalty and now he’s trying to take over the skate world via his new video game with UbiSoft, Shaun White Skateboarding. The central component diversifying it from EA Skate seems to be customization, with almost all aspects of the terrain being tweakable. Wonder why there’s not a glimpse of S Dub in the trailer though.

Check out the new cinematic trailer for Skate 3 starring Andrew Reynolds, Chris Haslam, Danny Way, Eric Koston, Lizard King, Mike Carrol and many more.