The tease in question was a “PLEASE STAND BY” screen that looks like it was taken straight out of Fallout: New Vegas, complete with the orange color scheme. However, in its new post, the studio has noted that it has used the same slide for its presentations every month, and that it has no relation to any Fallout project that may or may not be in the works.

“Nope! There is nothing to see here,” wrote Iron Galaxy Studios. “Sorry to disturb the volcanoes, but that was just a BTS look at our company meeting. We use that slide every month and has nothing to do with anything Fallout being worked on. As you can imagine, we love Fallout, too. Now pardon us as we retreat back into our vault.”

It is worth noting that the studio has chosen its words quite carefully, however. It never outright denies that it might be working on Fallout: New Vegas. Rather, it is more focused on stating that the “PLEASE STAND BY” slide is one that it has often used for its presentations.

Fallout: New Vegas was originally released back in 2010 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Owing to the forward march of technology, only the PC version is playable for modern gamers, especially since its original release suffered from technical issues that would eventually be fixed by community-made mods. While Xbox players can still give it a shot thanks to backwards compatibility, there will be plenty of bugs and stability issues.

While the original tease may have simply been a case of a misunderstanding getting out of hand, the timing of Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer also posting on social media that “the time for posting has ended,” and “the time of making games is upon me,” still raises some eyebrows. However, this is still speculation, and until Bethesda makes an official announcement, remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas are still simply rumors.

Just last month, creative director Todd Howard had referred to himself as being “sort of anti-remake,” noting that “I’ve softened on the whole remaster thing.” In an interview, he went on to say, “I respect the other [remakes] out there, but I really think the age of a game is part of what it is and its personality and what it represented when it came out.”

He went on to reiterate that Bethesda has “multiple” Fallout projects in development. However, he didn’t reveal any details on what these projects might be.

In the meantime, Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition was recently released on Nintendo Switch 2. The title includes the base game, along with all of the expansions that were released for it throughout its life, as well as more options through the Creation Club. Bethesda is also continuing its post-launch support for 2018’s Fallout 76, with a new free update—The Backwoods—having just come out.

“Today’s our February company meeting,” wrote Iron Galaxy Studios last week. “It’s time to catch up with what the company’s been up to and what’s coming up next for IG.” This post was followed up by Josh Sawyer—the director for the original Fallout: New Vegas—with his own social media post about how “the time for posting has ended,” and “the time of making games is upon me.”

It certainly helps that Iron Galaxy Studios is no stranger to working with Bethesda in some form or another. This includes its work on the Nintendo Switch port for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim from, as well as the PC VR ports for Skyrim and Fallout 4 in 2017. The studio has also worked on Fallout 76, supporting Bethesda Game Studios in the development and post-launch support for the multiplayer game.

As for why Iron Galaxy’s tease is more likely to be related to Fallout: New Vegas rather than a brand new project, a similar orange color scheme was used throughout the 2010 open-world RPG, especially thanks to the fact that it used the Mojave Wasteland—set in the same location as the Mojave Desert in the real world—as its primary setting. This, along with the timing of Sawyer’s post, serves as a strong indicator that we might be getting close to an official Fallout: New Vegas reveal. While Fallout 3‘s remaster might also be in the works, it is unlikely to be a part of this tease since its primary color scheme uses green.

Since the release of Fallout: New Vegas and its DLC, Sawyer has worked on three major projects—Pillars of Eternity, Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, and Pentiment.

The Fallout series has seen renewed interest from the fandom thanks to the success of Amazon’s live-action adaptation of the franchise. While just about every mainline entry in the series is beloved to some degree, Fallout: New Vegas in particular has been considered to be among the best in the franchise thanks to its strong writing and well-developed characters.

Fallout: New Vegas puts players in the shoes of a courier for the Mojave Express who, while out on a delivery, is ambushed by a mysterious man in a checked coat and his thugs. Ultimately, the protagonist is shot in the head and left for dead in a shallow grave. However, a friendly cowboy robot manages to save you, and with the help of a local doctor, gets you back on your feet. It is now up to you to figure out who ambushed you, how you can get the stolen package back, and how you can finish your delivery.

Today’s our February company meeting. It’s time to catch up with what the company’s been up to and what’s coming up next for IG.

— Iron Galaxy Studios (@irongalaxystudios.com) 2026-02-26T20:56:28.220Z

the time for posting has endedthe time of making games is upon me

— Josh Sawyer (@jesawyer.bsky.social) 2026-02-26T15:42:49.853Z

All these years later, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is real. The bravado, the new skaters, the same revamped visuals, Bam Margera – all of it is here. And yet, it’s a big step down from its predecessor – a baffling proposition considering how much of a step up the originals were. You’ll have fun attempting to master each level, completing all the goals, ticking off challenges, viewing classic moments through the lens of improved visuals, and maybe creating your own skate parks. However, considering how much the previous remakes delivered, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 doesn’t quite deliver on the same potential.

The positives should be most apparent as soon as you enter the tutorial. As a skating title, I don’t think any game can measure up to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater in terms of feel and responsiveness. Pro Skater 3 marked the introduction of hidden combos for grinds, flips and Manuals – double kickflips, double heelflips, the works – and the Revert for transitioning from a quarter-pipe trick into a Manual, effectively revolutionizing combo extension. Pro Skater 4 tossed in the ability to skitch or grab onto moving cars, which also provided a speed boost upon release; the Spine Transfer for leaping over a quarter-pipe onto another just behind it or landing on top; and further improvements to combo extensions.

As with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, everything from Pro Skater 4 is carried over into 3, vastly expanding on the trick combinations and combo opportunities in its levels. Granted, as with the originals, hitting those score goals – from the entry-level High Score to the relative mastery of a Sick Score – requires practice and knowledge of the environment. Every misstep and mistake feels especially gruesome, even if runs last for only two minutes, but when everything seamlessly chains together, there’s nothing quite like it. Some of the revised goals also help challenge long-time fans, like figuring out how to douse the Foreman in Foundry or grind the molten bucket.

Then you have the usual collection of the SKATE letters, finding the secret tapes, and obtaining all stat points to customize your preferred skater build on the fly – whether it’s all-in on balance while grinding rails or more airtime. Pro Skater 3 + 4 also features an impressive array of post-game content. New Game+ provides new Pro Goals (like hitting new Platinum Scores, spelling COMBO and performing dedicated tricks) and Expert Challenges. You can even embark on Solo Tours, which involves completing career tours with all characters.

And make no mistake, it’s a tall ask, given the sheer number of playable skaters. Legends like Tony Hawk, Chad Muska, Steve Caballero and Rodney Mullen are here, alongside contemporary skaters like Aori Nishimura, Tyshawn Jones and Nyjah Huston. However, you also have newcomers to the series, like Chloe Covell, Margielyn Didal, and Rayssa Leal. With each skater specializing in different stats and a healthy number of unlockable characters (both familiar and new), it’s a pretty deep roster to choose from. It would have been nice if Create-A-Skater offered more options, especially after Pro Skater 1 + 2, but at least there’s an ample amount of clothing to unlock.

The revamped visuals are also downright stunning, and that’s even without considering the overhauled textures, character models, environment quality and improved animations. The lighting and shadows bring a more natural feel to levels such as Foundry and even completely change the atmosphere of Rio and San Francisco. It’s almost enough to make you want to stop and observe every little new detail. And yes, while some levels are gone, the additions – Movie Studio, Waterpark – are enjoyable, seamlessly slotting into the current line-up.

With so much going in its favor, it would seem like Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 + 4 is another winner like Pro Skater 1 + 2, but before you can dig into all the good stuff, there’s the revelation regarding Pro Skater 4’s Career Mode. As you probably already heard, it isn’t here, or rather, its levels have been converted to the same format as previous titles. Instead of exploring them freely, conversing with characters and obtaining goals, you have the standard list and a two-minute time limit, just like in Pro Skater 3. Can you have fun in these and admire the sheer fidelity?

Sure, but it’s not a remake of Pro Skater 4 by a long shot, even if you could extend the timer. The overall flow is simply different, and there’s little choice but to begrudgingly accept it. Regardless, considering the influence Career Mode had on subsequent titles and how much it made up the original game, it’s a shame that it didn’t receive the proper treatment.

It’s also simply impossible to reconcile with the soundtrack, which contains only ten songs from the original games. “Ace of Spaces” and “My Adidas” have been retained, thankfully, and some bands like Iron Maiden perform different tracks. But if you were hoping for The Offspring, System of a Down, AC/DC, Alien Ant Farm, Red Hot Chili Peppers and other iconic tracks, prepare to be disappointed. Tony Hawk has since claimed it was his idea to have new tracks by the returning artists, though I’m not sure if that also encompasses songs that are brand new to the series.

These new selections aren’t terrible (Alice in Chains for the win), but it further diminishes any semblance of the original games. If all this wasn’t enough, there are a few bugs in both games. I didn’t encounter frame drops in Pro Skater 4’s levels as some have reported, but there were cases of clipping through walls, going over quarter-pipes instead of back down (and ending up out of bounds or in the ocean). There’s also occasional screentearing in Performance Mode on PS5 (though Fidelity Mode seems mostly fine).

When looking back on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, it felt like a real labor of love, a desire to revive the original games for the current generation without compromising on their excellent gameplay. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is definitely in the same vein, especially when it comes to the roster, goals, post-game content, and visuals. However, whether it’s due to a mandate from management or simply because it lacked the resources, Iron Galaxy has pared down the experience in places where it counts the most. The results are complicated – you can still become embroiled in the thrill of completing goals and perfecting runs for the highest scores. The various bugs and screen-tearing issues will also doubtless be fixed, but it’s impossible to ignore just how much has been lost in the transition.

This game was reviewed on the PlayStation 5.

Much like its predecessor, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 features heavily revamped visuals. Everything, from the character models to the environments, animations, lighting and more, has been rebuilt from the ground up. The amount of content is also expanded with new skaters, three brand-new parks, and post-game Pro Goals and Expert Challenges.

Of course, there’s also been significant criticism from hardcore players regarding the removal of Pro Skater 4’s Career Mode. Its levels follow the same time-restricted format as previous titles rather than allowing players to explore the environment and converse with NPCs. There’s also the utter gutting of the soundtrack, which you can learn more about here.

For more details on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, check out our feature. It’s available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. You can also play it on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.

For the sake of comparison, this means that 54 of the tracks in the remake’s soundtrack are new songs. The 10 songs that did return happen to be fan favourites, including tracks like 96 Quite Bitter Things by CKY, My Adidas by Run-DMC, and Amoeba by Adolescents. Other fan-favourites, however, like AC/DC’s TNT and Alien Ant Farm’s Wish didn’t make it into the remake.

To make up for this, however, developer Iron Galaxy and publisher Activision have managed to bring in some genre-appropriate new songs to the game by artists like Run The Jewels, 100 Gecs and Idles.

In an Instagram post announcing the soundtrack, Tony Hawk had posted about how the decision to bring in a mix of returning track along with more current music was one he had made. He noted that, through this, he wanted to introduce Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 players to new kinds of music while also giving them a blast of nostalgia from listening to the classics from the original soundtracks.

“It was my choice to pick some different songs by the same artists featured in THPS3+4 OST,” wrote Hawk. “I’m hoping that discovery is half the fun, and a big reason that these soundtracks resonated in the first place. So listen and enjoy the ride. More to come… both old and new.”

Leading up to the full launch of the game, Iron Galaxy has also detailed all of the accessibility options and customisation options for game difficulty in a recent post. The studio has confirmed that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 features a comprehensive tutorial that teaches players all the ins and outs of the fast-paced arcade style gameplay, while also giving them ways to modify the game to their liking.

The game also allows players to use the setting to tune difficulty to be harder for them, such as by increasing the gameplay speed all the way up to triple its standard speed, and even making balancing tricks like Manuals and Grinds be more challenging to maintain.

With Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 out in just a day, it is also worth noting that Tony Hawk himself also wants to some day have Tony Hawk’s Underground get remastered. In an interview from back in May, Hawk spoke about his aspirations for the remaster. “I always have aspirations,” Hawk said. “It’s not up to me generally. I’ll campaign all I can, but I’m working with a much bigger company that’s a lot smarter than me.”

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 for Digital Deluxe edition owners, with the full release slated for tomorrow. For more details, here’s everything you need to know about the game.

Kicking things off, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 will put players into a tutorial that will teach them just about every aspect of the title that they need to know. This ranges from a basic movement tutorials to teaching players how they can start pulling off longer, comprehensive trick combos.

For players that might not believe that they have the resources to handle the fast-paced arcade-styled gameplay, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 also features a number of accessibility options, from letting players adjust game speed, score requirements and timer lengths, to even letting them modify the difficulty of balance-based tricks like grinds or manuals. Players can even completely disable bails, which basically ensures that they will never fail at pulling off a trick due to errant positioning.

When it comes to adjusting score requirements, players can either double the base score they make from all tricks, permanently stay in Special mode that allows them to pull off super tricks, or even extend the timer length from the game’s default 2-minute timer up to 5, 10, or even 60 minutes. Game speed can also be slowed down to give players more time to figure out their tricks and where they want to go next.

On the other hand, players that want added challenge can flip these dials in the other direction, reducing their timer, and even outright raising the speed of the game to 1.5x, 2x, and even 3x.

The minute-to-minute gameplay can also be altered radically thanks to options for turning off specific sound effects, adjusting the field of view, changing the camera perspective, changing the visibility of various HUD elements, and even an option to allow players to turn 180 degrees at the press of a single button.

Leading up to the release of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, back in June, Iron Galaxy Studios had released a launch trailer for the title. Featuring the eponymous Tony Hawk giving us a quick introduction, the trailer gave us a look at some of the game’s many levels and game modes. We also get a good look at some of the cosmetics that are available for the game as part of its Digital Deluxe edition, which includes a Doom Slayer Skater, a Revenant Skater, and a host of skate decks and extra music tracks.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2 for buyers of the Digital Deluxe edition, and is priced at $49.99 for the standard edition (which is out tomorrow), and $69.99 for the Deluxe edition. There is also a Collector’s Edition that comes with physical goodies including a real-world skateboard deck from Birdhouse, priced at $129.99.

As per SteamDB, on its PC launch day, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered saw a peak of 23,350 concurrent players on Steam. Those aren’t necessary groundbreaking numbers, but presumably, they will continue to rise over the game’s first weekend.

In comparison, The Last of Us Part 1 has a peak of 36,496 concurrent Steam players. It should be interesting to see whether its sequel can surpass it. One area where it has got off to a decidedly better start is its reception. Where Part 1’s PC port was widely criticized upon release, Part 2 has a Very Positive user review rating on Steam at the time of writing, with 91 percent of its 1000-and-odd user ratings being positive.

The Last of Us Part 2 is available on PS5, PS4, and PC. Read our review of the PC port through here. Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation is also coming later this month.

So let’s get the most important things out of the way first. The PC version of The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is quite excellent. As the reasonable hardware requirements that the studio had previously announced would imply, the game is able to make fantastic use of the resources a modern gaming PC can give it. During my time with the game for this review, I played on a PC with an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU, an AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT GPU, and 32 GB of RAM. This, paired with the fact that I had it installed on an NVMe M.2 SSD, meant that I never really experienced any technical hiccups.

Throughout my time with The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, I was able to max out the graphics without having to switch on any of the image upscaling tools like FSR, while still being able to maintain frame rates of anywhere between 90 and 120. All of this while playing on a 1440p display with a refresh rate of 144 Hz. Running it on the Steam Deck was also quite fruitful, delivering good enough performance with some of the graphics settings dialed in to get me just under 60 FPS. While this may not sound that good, it is worth noting that Steam Deck games often tend to run fantastically with a frame rate of 40 FPS for a good balance between performance, visuals, and battery longevity.

"The PC version of The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is quite excellent."

All of this good news also carries over into some of the smaller aspects of the game, like how it actually plays. Turns out the keyboard and mouse combination is a rather excellent way to play The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered. It offers players a lot of control and accuracy when you really need to nail that headshot, while also providing more versatility when it comes to doing things like needing to craft a quick molotov in the heat of battle. The only real downside to the control scheme—one I didn’t experience while briefly using a DualSense controller—was what felt like a strange rendering issue.

Essentially, when you’re in-game, Any UI element involving the mouse tends to tank the frame rate. I experienced this multiple times with my frame rate going from the high 90s all the way down to 40. Overall, this strange bug didn’t really have much of an effect on my enjoyment of the game, since you rarely need to use the mouse outside of crafting and upgrading abilities anyway, and the moment you leave the UI and your mouse disappears, the frame rate tends to shoot back up. While I am far from a technical expert on the matter, the issue feels like it might have something to do with how the mouse is being rendered. These dips in the frame rate are basically non-existent just about anywhere else in the game.

Generally speaking, the PC release of The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is a big step up—not just from the state of the PC port of The Last of Us Part 1, but also the more recent PC release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Aside from the minor bug involving frame rates dropping in UIs with a mouse, there hasn’t really been much to complain about. Even the controls have transferred over to mouse and keyboard quite well, with the minute-to-minute gameplay involving both stealth as well as action feeling better than ever. The fact that the title is also Steam Deck Verified is definitely a sweet cherry on top of an already-excellent sundae.

"Even the controls have transferred over to mouse and keyboard quite well"

When it comes to the game itself, even five years after its original release, The Last of Us Part 2 can still be considered a certified masterpiece. The game tells an incredible, epic tale of how the cycle of violence tends to hurt those closest to you, and how revenge is ultimately never really worth it. It also does an incredible number of smaller things to make sure that the overall narrative hits hard.

The narrative trick here has been executed incredibly well; while you start off the game hating Abby as a character and spend quite a bit of time as Ellie in her quest for revenge, the script is essentially flipped at one point. You go back in time and take on the role of Abby, and you start to learn why she did the things that kicked off the plot of the game. You also get to see just how horrifying Ellie’s actions have been from an outside perspective, with her kill count getting higher and higher as you progress through the game.

Interestingly, while many players will appreciate Ellie largely because they grew attached to her thanks to the events of the first game, in The Last of Us Part 2, I found Abby’s parts to be much more fun from a gameplay standpoint. While both characters play the same (albeit with separate upgrade paths and weapons), Abby’s gameplay felt a lot more interesting because of the kinds of enemies you get to take on, thanks to some of the best boss fights that Naughty Dog has ever made.

"You also get to see just how horrifying Ellie’s actions have been from an outside perspective"

I also have to make special mention for one of the strangest encounters in the entire game: the Rat King. Feeling like an enemy straight out of a Resident Evil game, the Rat King is an amalgamation of incredibly strong cordyceps infected enemies, including clickers, stalkers, and even a bloater. The entire encounter is an intense one, forcing you to use up just about every resource you can to take it down. In a fun twist, players also experience a separate battle against a stalker that broke off from the Rat King during your fight with it. The whole fight, along with others you get to encounter as Abby, such as the memorable ones against Tommy and Ellie, are some of the highlights of the entire game, really showcasing how well its intense action gameplay works.

The core story of The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is excellent, but special mention has to go to its gameplay. The general gunplay and stealth both feel so good to use in the game, that the Remastered release on the PS5 brought with it an entirely new game mode with it in the form of No Return. Essentially a roguelite mode that allows players to fully experience the depth of The Last of Us Part 2’s stealth and combat mechanics, No Return has been a generally great addition since its debut. The PC release brings in some more content for the mode, including new playable characters like Marlene. The mode continues to be an excellent way to re-experience the downright fantastic gameplay of The Last of Us Part 2.

The Last of Us Part 2’s story choices remain divisive to this day, but regardless of where you stand, its gameplay is undeniably top-notch. Playing it on a high-end PC with excellent performance makes this version the definitive way to experience the game.

This game was reviewed on PC.

It is worth noting that the leak doesn’t specify which one of the two games in the franchise will be part of the new release. In their post, Billbil-kun posits that it could be either The Last of Us Part 1, The Last of Us Part 2, or even potentially a bundle of both titles.

“According to our information, a new special edition of a game from the franchise The Last of Us is being prepared with a physical release on PS5,” posted Billbil-kun on Dealabs (translation via Firefox). “However, we have not yet been able to determine which game it is: would it be for the first part, the second, a pack of the 2 or even for a hypothetical Part III? Only the future will tell us.”

While speculation might be fun, it is highly unlikely that Naughty Dog has been able to work on a third title in the franchise with this degree of secrecy. The price, according to the leak, will sit at around $109.99. This pricing would indicate that this new release would be a bundle of both games. It is also possible that this might be a special bundle that also includes elements from the TV adaptation of The Last of Us.

This special edition bundle is rumoured to be announced relatively soon, and pre-orders are expected to start off over the next couple of months. This timeframe would indicate that Sony might unveil it in either late May or early June. Interestingly, the timeframe will also end up covering the runtime for the second season of the TV adaptation of The Last of Us.

In the meantime, both Naughty Dog and Sony, alongside support studios Iron Galaxy and Nixxes, are getting ready for the April 3 PC release of The Last of Us Part 2. Naughty Dog also confirmed recently that The Last of Us Part 2‘s PC release has been Steam Deck Verified.

On paper, this is supposed to mean that not only will The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered run on the Steam Deck, but it will also include special features for the handheld gaming platform, including optimised settings and UI modification options to account for the smaller display.

The PC specs that will be required to run The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered have also been revealed, ranging from modest hardware like Intel’s Core i7-9700K and AMD’s Ryzen 7 3700X, to more recent hardware like Intel’s Core i7-11700 and AMD’s Ryzen 7 5700X when it came to CPUs.

The game also includes support for PC-specific features, including super sampling through DLSS 3 and FSR 4, as well as support for ultrawide displays across a host of aspect ratios, from 21:9 to 32:9 and even 48:9.

For more details about The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered on PC, here’s everything you need to know.

Taking to Twitter, Naughty Dog announced that The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered will be officially Steam Deck Verified on launch, which means the game is fully optimized for the portable device. Many guessed (or hoped, at least) that this would be the case, especially after the action-adventure title’s PC requirements were revealed earlier this month, but it’s good to have confirmation, at the very least.

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered launches for PC on April 3. It will also feature new content for the roguelike mode No Return, which will also be released for free for the game’s PS5 version on the same day.

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