After an entire lot of teasing, it’s now official: remakes of Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 and 4 are on the way in which. Activision formally introduced the brand new launch — referred to as Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 — which can embody remakes of each seminal skateboarding video games and is launching on Xbox, PlayStation, PC, and the Change on July eleventh. It’ll even be accessible for subscribers of Recreation Cross Final and Recreation Cross PC.
Identical to the earlier remakes, the brand new assortment will embody the entire content material from the unique video games, alongside some trendy additions, together with brand-new parks and a handful of present skaters like Olympic stars Rayssa Leal and Yuto Horigome. They’ll be part of the unique solid, together with the likes of Bucky Lasek, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Elissa Steamer, Chad Muska, Rodney Mullen, and, clearly, Tony Hawk.
The brand new sport is being developed by Iron Galaxy Studios, which labored with Vicarious Visions — now part of Blizzard — on the earlier remake. Right here’s a bit of before-and-after picture evaluating the unique video games to the up to date model:
Activision says that the soundtrack — at all times an necessary a part of a Tony Hawk sport — will embody basic songs from Motörhead, Gang Starr, KRS-One, and others, “alongside new tracks that seize the spirit of contemporary skate tradition.” The sport may also assist cross-platform on-line multiplayer for as much as eight skaters.