Tony Hawk’s Underground simply obtained a (very quick) remake, however not in the best way that you simply have been considering. On social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk posted the intro clip for the sport, however this time, he stood in for the player-created predominant character as he interacted with the best villain in video video games, Eric Sparrow.
So what was the event? In line with Hawk within the textual content for the video, this was his method of spreading a bit of pleasure and celebrating Nationwide Video Video games Day. The video additionally had a “not a THUG promo” in its title, dashing any hopes for a remaster.
Whereas the video is a enjoyable reminder of THUG, do not anticipate it to be a teaser for an eventual remake of the cult-classic skateboarding recreation from 2003. Hawk himself has mentioned previously that he’d like to see it remastered, however in the end, it is less than him to make that decision.
The skateboarding icon nonetheless plans to marketing campaign closely for the sport to get a brand new lease on life, and he is hoping that the success of Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 will persuade Microsoft and Activision to think about the way forward for the franchise.
This yr has been fairly nice for skateboarding followers, as not solely have the basic Tony Hawk video games kickflipped onto console and PC, however the early entry launch of EA’s Skate revival can be on the best way. Launching on September 16 for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox gamers the free-to-play live-service recreation encompasses a redesigned Flick-it system and an enormous metropolitan space to discover in model.