Tony Hawk has mentioned he’s speaking to Activision once more and is engaged on one thing Pro Skater-related with the firm.
In an interview with Mythical Kitchen (through VGC), the world well-known skater teased plans to have fun Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater’s twenty fifth anniversary later this 12 months.
“I want I might let you know extra, however I can let you know that I’ve been speaking to Activision once more, which is insanely thrilling. We’re engaged on one thing,” Hawk mentioned. “That’s the first time I’ve mentioned that publicly.
“It will likely be one thing the followers will actually admire.”
Neither Activision nor mother or father firm Microsoft has introduced any new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater plans. The sequence has been dormant since 2020’s well-received Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, a set of remakes developed by Activision-owned studio Vicarious Visions earlier than it was absorbed into Diablo developer Blizzard in 2022.
Talking in 2022, Hawk mentioned a follow-up remake assortment was deliberate (Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4) earlier than Vicarious Visions merged with Blizzard, however the dream died when Activision didn’t discover a online game pitch from different builders it was proud of.
“[Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4] was the plan, even up till the launch date of [1 and 2],” Hawk mentioned. “We had been doing 3 and 4, after which Vicarious received type of absorbed, after which they had been on the lookout for different builders, after which it was over.
“The reality of it’s [Activision] had been looking for someone to do 3 and 4 however they simply didn’t actually belief anybody the means they did Vicarious.
“In order that they took different pitches from different studios, like, ‘what would you do with the THPS title?’ They usually didn’t like something they heard, after which that was it.
“Who is aware of? Perhaps when the mud settles, we’ll determine it out. You by no means know. I by no means would’ve thought we had been going to do 1+2, 20 years later.”
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater launched on PSone on September 29, 1999, and went on to promote tens of millions of copies and spawn subsequent sequels. In addition to working with Activision on one thing new online game associated, Tony Hawk is making a kids-focused animated TV present known as Skatebirds, a title impressed by Hawk’s ‘Birdman’ nickname.
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