Confirmed: Downhill Jam to feature in-game voice chat

That's right, you read the headline correctly. In an e-mail that was sent out to Sk8land community members describing the game's final features, it's revealed that the title will feature in-game voice chat, something sorely missed from a certain game featuring a female bounty hunters and energy-absorbing life forms.

Among that bomb, other Sk8land community features in the final game include:

• 50 graffiti and skate decks drawn by SK8Land's best community artists have been included in every copy of Downhill Jam for Nintendo DS!

• Community Moderator AgoraKenny worked with Vicarious Visions as a Designer on Downhill Jam DS

Some of the game's other features include:

• Create custom shirts and pants as well as graffiti and skate decks for your skater

• Fully customizable RGB color scale - use any colors you want!

• Zoom in for pixel perfect precision

• Upload your art and share it on the Downhill Jam Community Site

• 4 player Head to Head over Nintendo Wi-Fi

• Live voice chat with friends during gameplay

• Global score rankings

• Replays

• Sk8 Crews

• 100 Downloadable Goals