Advertising and marketing for the subsequent Tony Hawk’s recreation has kicked into gear, after the sequence’ official web site started counting right down to a reveal.
The countdown appeared on TonyHawkTheGame.com on Friday, following earlier teases in a Name of Obligation replace. The countdown will finish on Tuesday, March 4, presumably when Activision pronounces a brand new title or remaster.
Nevertheless, it seems to be doubtless the reveal is a remaster, because the phrase ‘thps-3-4-countdown’ was reportedly found within the web site’s code, earlier than being eliminated.
Iron Galaxy, the studio behind the PC model of Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 1 + 2, can be named on the web site. The studio not too long ago labored on Killer Intuition and Rumblevese, along with co-developing remastered Crash and Spyro trilogies.
A brand new Tony Hawk recreation has been teased quite a few instances in latest months, the latest coming earlier this week, when professional skater Tyshawn Jones acknowledged on a podcast that he was going to characteristic in an upcoming remaster.
A extra express tease appeared on Thursday, when Name of Obligation’s newest replace added a map that includes a skate park, together with distinctive Tony Hawk logos and the March 4 date.
The final Tony Hawk Professional Skater recreation was 2020’s remake of the unique two entries. Tony Hawk claimed in 2022 {that a} second assortment of remakes following Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 1+2 was deliberate, till developer Vicarious Visions was absorbed into Activision.
“That was the plan, even up till the discharge date of [1 and 2],” Hawk stated. “We have been doing 3 and 4, after which Vicarious obtained type of absorbed, after which they have been in search of different builders, after which it was over.”
He added: “The reality of it’s [Activision] have been looking for anyone to do 3 and 4 however they simply didn’t actually belief anybody the best way they did Vicarious.
“So 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 have been going to do 1+2, 20 years later.”
