His friend from "blackbox" could have been an employee at one point or a consultant of sorts. Freelancer.
(The man actually mentions something about broken boards was taken out of the game, he implemented code and whatnot but never made it into the final version)
He has a conversation with a man who is willing to make the game better through knowledge and the know how to; Develop games. Making skate better at his own will/ with limitations involved due to resources and whatnot. Practically if he doesn't raise 500k for mocap sessions amongst other things, this guy wont do the work for him, and if he does.
He will have a new IP which they created from Skate's core. They wouldn't be able to use flickit either. Copyrighted, Skate 4 the name is not possible due to rights as well.
He has a good idea of how to revive the game. But he is doing it the wrong way, Hell man its not even a viable route for this kid. Either or he does have a lot of passion for this game which is suprisingly annoying. Kill Joy.
p.s. the Dev guy he is talking to has a pretty impressive resume, If its legitimate and not a scam.