Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1 + 2 are now available on PC and console. He had never imagined they would do the first two games again, so that was something that could happen. Hawk ended up saying he wishes there was a way to get it back. The pro skater revealed the news whilst speaking on a Twitch stream Monday evening with andyTHPS (real name Andy Gentile). Although Activision bought some advertising from other studios, they didn’t like any of the proposals they were received, and simply didn’t trust other than Vicarious Visions to handle those remakes. In January 2021, having just released a remake of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2, Activision announced that the developers were being merged into Blizzard, and would also be receiving a name change. Activision was reporting looking to release a remaster of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 following the incredible reception to the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 remake, but according to Tony Hawk the plans were scrapped. Here is the complete list of all Tony Hawk games in chronological order along with short descriptions of each game. Vicarious Visions handled the 1+2, but after the merger, the developer essentially got absorbed into Blizzard, whereas they were no longer working together as a working studio. Many assumed that Activision was working up to a remake of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 following the critical and commercial success of Tony Hawk’s. In the works, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 remasters were finished but they were scrapped after Vicarious Visions was merged into Blizzard.
Activision was not impressed with proposals that they had received from various developers regarding the future of the movie, and therefore the sequels and other potential entries were eventually erased. However, Hawk continued saying that plan for that remake was scrapped after Vicarious Visions merged with Blizzard.
The scout was a senior designer of the Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1 + 2 and confirmed that the remakes of the Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 + 4 were originally in the works. Andy Gentile participated in a live talk show with the skate legend himself. It's interesting to hear Hawk suggest Activision has put the franchise on ice because it doesn't trust anyone but Vicarious with the keys, largely because it was Activision's decision to merge the studio into Blizzard and rebrand it as Blizzard Albany.Īfter launching in September 2020, THPS 1+2 became the fastest-selling entry in the long-running franchise after shifting over 1 million copies in under two weeks.Here is a sad news that will disappoint Tony Hawk fans. Who knows? Maybe when all the dust has settled." No less a source than Tony Hawk himself has confirmed that it was the plan to remaster Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4. Tony Hawk has stated that remakes of Pro Skater 3 and 4 were in the work, but the project fell apart.
"I wish there was some way to bring it back. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 + 4 was canceled by Activision, says Hawk. So they took other pitches from other studios, asking like 'what would you do with the THPS title' and they didn't like anything they heard. "The truth of it is they were trying to find someone to do 3 and 4 but they just didn't really trust anyone the way they did Vicarious. "Even up until the release day of THPS 1+2 we were going 3 and 4, and then Vicarious got absorbed and then were looking at other developers and then it was over," said Hawk. Hawk claims that was actually the plan until very recently, explaining that Vicarious had fully intended to continue remaking the series' later entries until Activision Blizzard chose to repurpose the studio. Just a few months ago, Tony Hawk let us in on 2020s worst-kept secret: Vicarious Visions and Activision were creating a remaster of the first two games called. That's according to Tony Hawk himself, who during a recent Twitch stream hosted by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (TPHS) lead designer Andy Gentile was asked if the third and fourth Pro Skater titles will ever be given the remake treatment.