Not only because it has his name on the box, but because he’s always been very closely involved with the direction of the franchise. If anyone is going to have the inside scoop on what is going on with the franchise, it’s Tony Hawk. So they took other pitches from other studios like ‘what would you with the THPS title?’ and they didn’t like anything they heard and that was it.” Then Vicarious got kinda absorbed and they were looking for other developers and it was over…the truth of it is they were trying to find someone to do 3 and 4 but they didn’t really trust anyone the way they did Vicarious. Even up until the release date of this, we were going 3 and 4. Activision is going through all their stuff so I don’t know what’s next.” Hawk said on stream. “I wish I could say we had something in the works, but Vicarious Visions got kinda disbanded. Hawk was asked about the status of a Pro Skater 3+4 and he explained how the merger of Vicarious Visions into Blizzard eventually led to plans for a sequel getting shelved. Recently, Tony Hawk appeared on a Twitch stream with streamer andyTHPS. Unfortunately for us fans of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, it sounds like that’s exactly what happened. We never heard about any more remakes or sequels after that, and it was assumed that the merger ended any chance of a sequel ever happening. Unfortunately, despite the success of Pro Skater 1+2, the developers of the franchise - Vicarious Visions - were later merged into the Blizzard umbrella of Activision Blizzard. Those of us at UPROXX loved it so much we made it our Game of The Year for 2020.Īfterwards, the immediate question on everyone’s mind was if the other two Pro Skater games, 3 and 4, would get the same treatment. The result was a game that both longtime fans and newcomers to the franchise could play and enjoy. The remake of the first two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games managed to perfectly find that ground between how we all nostalgically felt the games should play, while also modernizing itself to feel really good on modern day consoles. Whether or not we'll see Phil Spencer bust a kickflip on-stage at The Game Awards to announce that at some point in the future, though, remains uncertain.Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is one of the best skateboarding games ever made. Whether that project will ever release remains to be seen it would make sense for Microsoft to resurrect the project once it formally takes over Activision Blizzard – the THPS games would be a pretty significant get for the company, and would provide some sorely needed exclusive fodder going forwards. It was only last May that we heard that Activision may be working on a new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game, as CKY drummer Jess Margera hinted that the band would be involved in "the new coming out.” "So they took pitches from other studios, like ‘what would you do with a THPS title?’ and they didn’t like what they heard, and then that was it.”
“The truth of it is, they were trying to find someone to do 3 + 4, but they just didn’t really trust anyone the way they did Vicarious," he continued when a viewer asked a follow-up question. So is a follow-up to the nostalgia-baiting remaster likely? Hawk remains dubious. And then Vicarious got absorbed and they were looking for other developers and then… it was over.” Even up until the release date of, we were going 3 + 4.
“I wish I could say that we had something in the works, but Vicarious Visions kind of got disbanded…” Hawk said in an interview with andyTHPS (thanks, Okami Games). Vicarious Visions would instead be put to work on Diablo 2: Resurrected, and the THPS Remake project would halt. As per comments from the birdman, Tony Hawk, himself, plans for a follow-up game were scrapped when development studio Vicarious Visions was merged with Activision Blizzard.Īpparently, the publisher continued taking pitches from external developers once Vicarious Visions was folded into the mega-developer, but the company wasn't happy with any of the ideas that were being floated.
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