According to Tony Hawk, remasters of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 had been in improvement previous to Vicarious Visions’ merger with Blizzard Entertainment.
Remasters of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 had been apparently in improvement, in keeping with the eponymous skateboarder Tony Hawk himself.
Appearing lately on a Twitch stream with Andy Gentile, a developer on the latest Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, Hawk revealed that Activision really needed to go ahead with extra Pro Skater remasters. Unfortunately, Tony Hawk‘s Pro Skater 1+2 improvement studio Vicarious Visions was absorbed by its sister studio, Blizzard Entertainment, leaving no one to work on a follow-up.
According to Hawk, Activision was nonetheless desirous to proceed the collection after the success of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2. Without Vicarious Visions current to develop the sport, the corporate apparently went searching for a brand new studio to work on the collection. As Hawk places it, “The truth of it is, they were trying to find someone to do [Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater] 3+4, but they just didn’t really trust anyone the way they did Vicarious.” Without an apparent angle to assault the brand new title, Activision started accepting pitches from outdoors studios, however none had been promising sufficient to make it to improvement.
Hawk’s feedback on Gentile’s stream do not bode nicely for the way forward for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater as a collection. While followers anticipated an announcement after cryptic messages surfaced on the official Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Twitter account in January 2022, it appears as if any plans Activision might have as soon as had are distant reminiscences now.
Vicarious Visions not exists in its unique kind, now performing as a regional extension of Blizzard Entertainment in Albany, New York. The staff helps improvement on future Diablo and Overwatch titles and lately helped with the event of Diablo II: Resurrected, a remake of 2000’s Diablo II.
Hawk does not completely rule out the potential for a brand new THPS title on Gentile’s stream — as he says, “I would never have imagined we were gonna do 1+2 twenty years later.” Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 might by no means see the sunshine of day, however Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is offered on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
Source: Twitch
