Some fans in the comments have called this disrespectful of the original developers of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater – Neversoft – who would eventually go on to work on Guitar Hero games from Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock to Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Others have called it a great joke. Developer Iron Galaxy, however, has also commented on the Reddit thread, apologising for the reference to Guitar Hero in the game. In its post, the studio wrote that it has respect for anyone who makes games and that it will be removing the asset in the next update while also investigating how it got there to begin with.

“We have the utmost respect for anyone who makes games, we’re investigating how that got in there in the first place,” wrote Iron Galaxy. “Thank you to the community for bringing this to our attention, and we’ll be removing that from the environment art in the next update.”

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 was released over the weekend on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and the Switch 2. At the time of publishing, Iron Galaxy hasn’t yet confirmed when it will be releasing this update for the game that will remove the Guitar Hero reference.

Just a couple of days after the release of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, Iron Galaxy had released a new trailer, this time showcasing all of the positive critical reception it got. It’s a complete, ground-up remake of the classic arcade-style skateboarding games. Leading up to its release, Iron Galaxy had published a detailed post where it revealed some of the accessibility features of the game. These features range from an in-depth tutorial for all aspects of the gameplay to more granular options, like altering gameplay speed.

In a fun twist, the gameplay speed option, noted Iron Galaxy, can also function as a difficulty increase. Players seeking a high level of challenge can adjust it to three times the intended speed, giving players much tighter windows to pull off all of their trick combos.

It is worth noting, however, that among the changes made as part of remaking the classic titles, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 does not feature the open-world maps of the fourth game in the franchise. Rather, it has converted these levels into the classic style of play, where players have two minutes to accomplish various objectives all over the game’s levels.

For more details about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, check out our review.

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.

Ultimate Chicken Horse follows on July 3rd, while Neon Giant’s The Ascent returns to the service on July 8th for all three tiers and Minami Lane debuts on July 9th. On July 11th, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 will be available for cloud, console and PC on PC Game Pass/Ultimate. It will also be available for PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch for $49.99 (with its Switch 2 price yet to be confirmed).

High on Life rounds out the first wave, also making its return for all three tiers and platforms on July 15th. Several titles will be leaving the service on the same day, but subscribers can purchase them for 20 percent off.

• Flock (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Mafia Definitive Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Magical Delicacy (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Tchia (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Callisto Protocol (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Case of the Golden Idol (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

In this age of $70 and $80 titles, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers from Leenzee offers a substantial action RPG experience for just $50. As Wuchang, you’ll venture through the remains of Shu in the late Ming Dynasty, desperately searching for a cure to the Feathering disease, players will battle humans and monstrous foes with 25 unique weapons and 40 spells. With a playtime of 40 to 60 hours, multiple endings, and the freedom to challenge bosses in any order, it could be the next breakout Souls-like when it launches on July 24th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC.

EA Sports College Football 26

The College Football franchise had its long-awaited resurgence last year, and despite some nitpicks, it was pretty good. Launching on July 10th for Xbox Series X/S and PS5, College Football 26 addresses those issues, upping the authenticity with light shows, drone shows, and more mascots while expanding on plays and formations, adding player Archetypes, and incorporating new mechanics like Block Steering.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4

Just when it seemed impossible, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is finally happening, providing a remake compilation of the third and fourth games in the series with gorgeous new visuals and features. Granted, it doesn’t carry over everything – Pro Skater 4’s Career Mode isn’t open-ended, instead comprising two-minute runs. However, you can increase the timer and even engage in unique objectives via Pro Goals. Even with these caveats, it should be another blast from the past when it launches on July 11th for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2.

Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream

One of the more impressive-looking titles emerging from the Summer of Gaming, River End Games’ Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream combines a 1900s Nordic-style city with an engrossing narrative and stealth mechanics involving multiple playable characters. Despite the small size of its team, the sheer attention to detail in the world and cutscenes is something to behold. Here’s hoping it delivers some substantial gameplay as well when it launches on July 15th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC.

Mecha BREAK

With its progression issues mostly sorted and new maps and Strikers on the way, Mecha BREAK could be the de facto competitive mecha shooter when it launches on July 1st for Xbox Series X/S and PC. Between the unique abilities of each Striker, the stunning aesthetics, and the range of modes – from 5v5 objective-based play to the extraction shooter chaos of MashMak – there’s something for almost every mecha fan.

Donkey Kong Bananza

Donkey Kong and a younger Pauline team up on an epic new adventure that involves extensive environmental destruction, banana collecting, and thwarting the evil Void Company. Bananza’s platforming seemingly channels Bowser’s Fury with its mix of platforming and exploration, but Donkey Kong carves out his own niche – quite literally since he can wreck just about everything. Those chunks can then function as weapons, traversal tools, and much more. With optional challenge ruins, a variety of abilities and outfits, and Bananza Powers for even more mayhem, Donkey Kong Bananza should be everything we need in a Nintendo platformer when it launches on July 17th for the Switch 2.

Shadow Labyrinth

If you thought Bomberman as a gritty post-apocalyptic action title was concerning, say hello to Pac-Man, the all-powerful devouring entity in Bandai Namco’s Shadow Labyrinth. You primarily control Swordsman No. 8, venturing through an unknown planet’s mazes aided by Puck. Defeating threats allows for the latter to devour them, and you can even fuse for traversing obstacles or even transforming into a powerful mech for more damage. As unorthodox as it seems, Shadow Labyrinth may have some meat to its gameplay when it launches on July 18th for Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2.

Killing Floor 3

After a sudden delay, Tripwire’s Killing Floor 3 is now launching July 24th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. The futuristic setting and premise, where players control the rebel group Nightfall, battling the Zeds manufactured by the megacorp, Horizine, with extensive amounts of gore, is still present. However, it enhanced the overall look and feel of its maps, making them grittier and darker in the process while improving the HUD, enemy Zed AI and performance. So far, so good, and if it delivers on its predecessor’s high-octane action, it may be another incredible time.

Super Mario Party Jamboree: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV

Nintendo’s latest “Hear me out” proposition for the Switch 2 is an enhanced version of the Switch 1’s Super Mario Party Jamboree. It’s out on July 24th for $79.99 and offers improved visuals and performance, new mini-games, Frenzy Rules for faster games and support for the Joy-Con 2’s mouse controls. There’s also Jamboree TV, which requires the Switch 2’s camera, as a new means to experience the game. Whether it’s worth the full price is subjective but if you own the current game and don’t mind spending $20 for the Upgrade Pack, it may be worth checking out.

Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game

With so many titles in The Lord of the Rings series involving war scenarios and brutal combat, it’s nice to play a life sim that embraces the simpler things. Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game purports to fulfil that fantasy, as you control a Hobbit in the Shire, mingling with others, tending to your garden, cooking meals and hosting parties. It’s available on July 29th for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

A throwback to the classic Ninja Gaiden side-scrollers, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound proved incredibly impressive in its recent demo. Alternating between Kenji Mozu and the Black Spider Clan’s Kumori, players engage in a punishing action platforming adventure, continuously chaining powerful strikes to take out enemies. Swift, savage and sleek, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound launches on July 31st for Xbox One, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business

If Teyon’s base game resonated with you in an old-school first-person shooter sense, then good news as Unfinished Business offers more of the same. As a standalone expansion, it features new abilities and weapons alongside a new range of mercenary enemies and challenges as Murphy ascends the OmniTower. Even more notable are the flashbacks to his pre-RoboCop life, which brings some very human vulnerabilities to the mix. RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business launches on July 17th for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Ready or Not

With the SWAT franchise well and truly buried, Ready or Not could serve as a worthy substitute for those who want methodical, tactical shooting. Between managing the status of your units to enforcing real-world tactics, it promises realistic combat scenarios where planning and execution are paramount. Of course, you can also engage in five-player co-op and watch the chaos unfold. Ready or Not is already available on PC and will be launching on July 15th for Xbox Series X/S and PS5.

Total Chaos

A new psychological horror title with an excessively dark color palette wouldn’t ordinarily attract much attention, but Total Chaos is from the creator of the stellar Turbo Overkill. Venturing through an unforgiving world, scavenging materials to make weapons, and battling monstrosities looks intriguing – like a first-person version of Darkwood. PC players can experience it on July 24th, but there’s a free demo available to try now.

Ratatan

If the arrival of Patapon 1 + 2 Replay wasn’t enough, rhythm game fans can look forward to its spiritual successor on July 24th for PC via Steam Early Access. The recent free demo certainly showcased room for improvement, but the appeal of rogue-like rhythm combat with co-op support and more than 100 characters, combined with the stellar soundtrack and gorgeous visuals, looks too good to resist.

Includes All Original Skaters and most of the Original Levels

The only original levels missing from this remake are Carnival and Chicago from Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4; the rest are included in HD splendor. As a fan of the original Chicago level, with its interesting bridges and tight streets, I do lament these absences, but there’s always room fro future DLC, right? The good news is every original skater returns in the remake, with a bunch of brand-new pro skaters joining the fray. It’s worth mentioning that the original games included various console exclusive and unlockable special skaters, which largely don’t make it into the new roster. Bye, bye, Neversoft Eyeball and Ollie the Bum, I’ll miss your HD glow-up.

New Levels

Iron Galaxy is softening the Carnival and Chicago blow a bit by giving us three brand new levels to enjoy. We’ve seen footage and screenshots of two of the new levels: namely Waterpark and Pinball. Waterpark features intricate water slides that are just perfect to slalom and do tricks off of. Additionally, the drained out pool at the bottom provides vert skaters plenty of room to chain combos together. Pinball, on the other hand, provides a neon-bathed eye-candy of an environment that makes you feel like you’re skating inside a classic pinball machine. The third Movie Studio park only has a screenshot with a crashed UFO on the side of a building, but we’re looking forward to some film references that could populate the new level as we try it for ourselves.

Classic 2-Minute Goal Format

The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series has primarily been structured around 2-minute timer runs aimed at getting the best high score and accomplish a variety of challenges. The fun with this is familiarizing oneself with the levels through multiple runs, enough to eventually tackle every challenge in a single 2-minute session. This format changed with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 and its far more open-ended approach to its freeroam Career mode.

No Returning Career or Freeroam for THPS 4

Sadly, THPS 4’s career mode isn’t returning for the remake, as THPS 3 + 4 aims to streamline and purify the formula to match the classics. So, like those before it, THPS 4 is structured around the classic 2-minute timer, shaking up the entire format of the original version quite a bit. For example, some NPC missions require much more than 2 minutes to accomplish, tasking the player with going from A to B across a larger map and doing multiple fetch quests in a single task. But Iron Galaxy has come up with a solution to the bigger levels and longer quests, even if it’s not the freeroam people necessarily want.

THPS 4 Timer Can Be Extended

While you’re still forced onto a timer in THPS 4, that timer can be extended between a range of 10 minutes to an hour, allowing the ability to leisurely freeroam and tackle longer challenges within that time frame.

THPS 4 Minigames

Another beloved aspect of THPS 4 was its endearing minigames. Well, those are also scrapped in Iron Galaxy’s remake. The fandom is somewhat divided concerning minigames in the series. On one hand, they offer gameplay variety and a sensation of unexpectedness, on the other, their inclusion tends to dilute the pure arcade emphasis of the original three titles. I fall in the former camp, as someone who enjoyed the sheer zaniness and creativity from THPS 4’s career mode. Whether it was playing tennis or driving a garbage truck around the college campus, these minigames helped the fourth entry stand out, so it’s something of a shame we don’t get that with this remake.

Additional Pro Goals

Something we do get, however, are an extra helping of stuff to do after we complete the initial 10 goals in each THPS 4 level. They’re adding something called ‘Pro Goals’, which are basically more difficult challenges that explore complex lines and aspects of a level not explored in the initial 10 goals. In THPS 4’s special case, they directly involve those lengthy exploratory missions that a 2-minute timer couldn’t complete.

Returning Tricks

Most of this info has focused on THPS 4 in particular, so let’s circle back and go over the tricks the remake is keeping and altering for the two games. Obviously, the combo-extending revert that THPS 3 initially introduced returns for both games here, in addition to standard trick variations like double kickflips and the like. The original THPS 4 was notable for introducing spine transfers to the series, something the THPS 1 + 2 injected into its remakes, which arrives for both THPS 3 and 4 as well. This means that THPS 3 parks can feel fresh thanks to the new usage of tricks from THPS 4 (notably the spine transfer).

Enhanced Skitching

So most of the basic trick toolset from THPS 1 + 2 carries over here unscathed, but what about new tricks? Well, THPS 4 famously introduces skitching, which consists of hanging onto the back of cars or, most notably, elephants in the case of an infamous zoo mission. As the creative director for THPS 3 + 4 highlights, skitching is getting expanded, now allowing skaters to combo into a skitch and not just end a combo on one. The best part of it is that these new skitch mechanics are added onto THPS 3, a game that never had such a feature to begin with.

Create-A-Skater Mode

Very little has been divulged regarding the Create-a-Skater mode, except that it will be featured for both THPS 3 and THPS 4. If it’s like THPS 1 + 2, your custom skaters will be able to partake in a Career mode with special goals not available to pro skaters. The creation tools were pretty limited in the last game, so here’s hoping we get some glasses and a height/weight slider this time.

Create-A-Park Mode

One of my favorite things to do in any THPS game is crafting the weirdest and most ridiculous park imaginable. I think it was Tony Hawk’s Underground where I went especially nuts with it, making a kind of floating rainbow road map that me and my friends would have fun racing through. Well, THPS 3 + 4 brings that mode back and adds 4’s wonderful create a goal and NPC quests into the toolset. We don’t know if the object limit is raised above what THPS 1 + 2 had but it’d be great to relive the days making crazy stuff from the Underground games.

Graphics and Performance

If you looked at this game in motion and thought it looked identical in graphical fidelity to THPS 1 +2, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. Both 1 + 2 and 3 + 4 are made in Unreal Engine 4, so the lighting and texturing look very similar. Still, it’s going to be awesome seeing our favorite parks from 3 and 4 lit up in 4K and running at 60 frames a second.

Multiplayer

We can expect the familiar multiplayer modes of the last game to return for 3 + 4. Games of HORSE and tag are available strictly for couch co-op but there’s no word if 3 + 4 finally adds these modes to the online suite. For online, we can expect Free Skate, Trick Attack, Graffiti, Combo Mambo, and Score Attack. But there’s two brand new modes that Iron Galaxy has promised called HAWK and Competitive modes. The cool thing is multiplayer is cross-platform and supports up to eight players. The bad? Well, console players need PS Plus/Xbox Live/Nintendo Online subscriptions to participate in online multiplayer (like most games).

New Game+

And once you finish the core THPS 3 + 4 experience, you can take a gander at New Game+, which keeps your skater’s amazing end-game stats into another Career full of challenges. As stated before, THPS 4 includes the Pro Goals, which are incorporated into New Game+ as well.

Release Date and Price

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 releases on July 11 for all modern platforms. Those platforms are PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, and PC. The remake will cost $49.99 for the standard edition, $69.99 for the Deluxe Edition, and $129.99 for the Collector’s Edition which comes with an actual Birdhouse skateboard (trucks and wheels sold separately) so you can also attempt to do 1/100^th of what these games allow out into real world skateparks.

The content in question largely revolves around some of the more unique objectives from Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4, which Iron Galaxy has said could not be put into Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4’s base missions because of the 2-minute time limit for every mission. These missions will instead be available as part of the remake’s Pro Goals system, which can only be accessed once a level’s 10 goals have been completed.

These goals were quite unique for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games, and were only really possible at the time because of THPS 4’s shift away from the franchise’s traditional (at the time) level-based format where players would have 2 minutes to complete objectives to a more open design. Since players had the freedom to roam around a level without any time restrictions in the game, they could freely pick up and try these missions, which could range from trying to do a specific trick at specific spots, to stranger objectives that focused more on exploration.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is slated for release on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 on July 11. Hyping up the launch, which at the time of publishing is just a month away, Activision released a launch trailer for the game over the weekend. The trailer showed off quite a few of the game’s levels, tricks, and playable skateboarders, as well as confirming that some of the customisation options will allow players to don the armour of the Doom Slayer from id Software’s DOOM series.

As for its roster of playable skateboarders, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 will include a mix of legends of the sport as well as newer skateboarders. Alongside the eponymous Tony Hawk, the game will also feature Bam Margera as one of the members of its roster. Margera was confirmed through a trailer released back in May, where the skateboarding legend spoke about how much he used to love playing the Tony Hawk’s games.

“In most sports games are just hitting a ball back and forth, until the ball gets past you,” he said. “This game, you can grind the house, you can grind up that pole, you can go down a handrail. You can do endless amounts of things. And everybody, from grandpa to a young kid can love this game.”

“I’m going to have to let myself play video games again because this one will be well worth it. If I start missing flights again, I know where to put it.”

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 will also feature Margielyn Didal as one of its playable characters, as confirmed by a trailer from back in March.

Alongside on other platforms, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 can now also be pre-ordered for the Switch 2 through the Nintendo eShop. The title has been available for pre-orders on the other platforms’ digital storefronts for quite some time now.

The July 11 release date for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 was announced alongside the game itself. As its name implies, the title will feature remakes for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4. Along with the classic skateboarders and maps returning, the game will also include new modern age skateboarders, including Magielyn Didal, who was confirmed as being a part of the game’s roster through a trailer back in March.

Along with confirming Didal, the trailer featuring her also gave us our first looks at the remakes for the THPS 3 Suburbia level, and the THPS 4 Kona level. While not too many details were revealed about the stages, the few things shown did indicate that the remakes for both of the stages will be quite faithful to their original appearances.

A trailer released back in May also confirmed that Bam Margera will be one of the playable Secret Skaters that can be unlocked over the course of the game. The announcement was made through a video, where Margera spoke about having fun the classic Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games. Speaking about THPS 2, Margera said that he had so much fun, he ended up missing his flights.

“Finally, after missing six flights, I’m like ‘I gotta put this thing away,’ because this game is just too much fun,” he said.

“In most sports games are just hitting a ball back and forth, until the ball gets past you,” he said. “This game, you can grind the house, you can grind up that pole, you can go down a handrail. You can do endless amounts of things. And everybody, from grandpa to a young kid can love this game.”

“I’m going to have to let myself play video games again because this one will be well worth it. If I start missing flights again, I know where to put it.”

Tony Hawk has spoken about how he wants to bring more of the classic skateboarding games back. In an interview from May, he mentioned his aspirations to bring back the story-based Tony Hawk’s Underground. “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.”

“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.” It is worth noting, however, that Hawk also said that discussions about remastering Tony Hawk’s Underground haven’t actually happened at Activision yet. The company is likely waiting to see the commercial response to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 before it makes any decisions about bringing back later games in the franchise.

When later asked about whether discussions had begun yet, Hawk also noted that it was too early right now, since Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 hadn’t been released yet. “Yeah, we haven’t even released this game,” he said.

Tony Hawk’s Underground was the follow-up to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4. Released all the way back in 2003, the game was originally released on PS2, GameCube and Xbox back in the day. There was also a version made for the Game Boy Advance. Rather than staying with the franchise’s more arcade-styled loop, Tony Hawk’s Underground instead focused on telling a story with the player’s own custom-created skateboarder.

Throughout the story in Tony Hawk’s Underground, players would get to meet and skate with a variety of skateboarding legends as they travelled all over the world to take part in skateboarding competitions. Borrowing some aspects from THPS 4, Underground also featured a more open approach to its objectives, with the player needing to complete a variety of missions from NPCs in the zone they were in before they could continue with the next chapter of the story.

As for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, Activision recently confirmed that Bam Margera would be part of the game’s roster as one of its Secret Skaters. The announcement was made with a trailer, where Margera spoke about first playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 and getting so enthralled with it that he ended up missing several flights.

A rumour from back in March indicated that Margera was added to the roster of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 on the insistence of Tony Hawk himself. According to The Live Club podcast co-host Roger Bagley, Hawk insisted to Activision that Margera be included in the roster, which reportedly ended up with Margera having to fly to the studio to get body-scanned for the game.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is slated for release on July 11, and will be coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch.

In the video, Margera spoke about having a lot of fun with older games in the Tony Hawk’s franchise. Recounting a story about playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, Margera revealed that the game was so addictive for him that he ended up missing several flights. “Finally, after missing six flights, I’m like ‘I gotta put this thing away,’ because this game is just too much fun,” he recounts.

“In most sports games are just hitting a ball back and forth, until the ball gets past you,” he said. “This game, you can grind the house, you can grind up that pole, you can go down a handrail. You can do endless amounts of things. And everybody, from grandpa to a young kid can love this game.”

“I’m going to have to let myself play video games again because this one will be well worth it. If I start missing flights again, I know where to put it.”

While Margera wasn’t a confirmed member of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 roster before this video’s release, a rumour from back in March indicated that his inclusion in the roster was a demand by Tony Hawk himself. The Live Club podcast co-host Roger Bagley spoke about Hawk insisting to Activision that they add Margera to the game.

“Well, here’s what happened,” said Bagley. “The game was already done. Tony called up Activision and was like ‘hey, we’re putting Bam in the thing’, and they were like ‘hey, we can’t’. He goes ‘no, you’re gonna do it’, and basically made them fly Bam back out there to get body-scanned and everything else, and get him back in the game.”

The question of whether Margera would be a part of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 came about likely due to the skateboarder’s history with substance abuse. Things had gotten bad enough for Margera at the time that he was fired from Jackass Forever, and director Jeff Tremaine went as far as getting a restraining order against him.

An earlier behind the scenes video released for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 revealed that Magielyn Didal will be one of playable skateboarders in the upcoming game. In the video, Didal spoke about her biggest influences in the skateboarding world. The video also gave us our first look at two of the stages from the game: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3’s Suburbia and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4’s Kona.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch, and will be out on July 11.