Tony Hawk Confirms Plans for Pro Skater 3 + 4 Remake Were Abandoned After Blizzard Merger
Tony Hawk confirmed that Tony Hawk’s ProSkater 3 + 4 was expected to follow the successful slipstream of the 2020 remake of the original two games, but the project officially brought developer Vicarious Visions to Blizzard. It ended following Activision’s decision to integrate into.
The skateboarding legend discussed the decision to abandon more remake plans In a Twitch live stream with Andy GentileFormer Neversoft designer who also served as a senior designer for THPS1 + 2.
“That was the plan. Even until the release date. [Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2], 3 + 4, “Hawk said. “And Vicarious [Visions] I was a little crazy and was looking for another developer, but that was it. “
According to Hawk, Activision wasn’t finally impressed with the proposals it received to further the THPS game, so the project didn’t go any further.
“The truth of it is that [Activision] I was trying to find someone to do 3 + 4, but I didn’t really trust someone like Vicarious, so I took another pitch from another studio, “Hawk said. “Like,’What do you do with the THPS title?’ And they didn’t like what they heard, so that’s it.”
“I wish there was a way to get it back. So who knows? Maybe when all the dust has settled, I’ll understand it. You never know. 1+ in 20 years I never imagined I would do 2. “
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Activision announced the decision to integrate Vicarious Visions into Blizzard in January 2021, just months after Tony Hawk’s ProSkater 1 + 2 release. A team of about 200 Vicarious Visions has become an employee of Blizzard and is no longer creating games as a lead. Vicarious Visions was founded in 1990 and was acquired by Activision in 2005.
The talented Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2 scored 9 out of 10 on IGN and was called “Absolutely Fuss Remake”. It also had the highest sales in the first month of the long-running Tony Hawk series of games.
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