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After a full batch of teasing, it’s now official: remakes of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4 are connected the way. Activision officially announced the caller merchandise — called Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 — which will see remakes of some seminal skateboarding games and is launching connected Xbox, PlayStation, PC, and the Switch connected July 11th. It’ll besides beryllium disposable for subscribers of Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass PC.
Just for illustration the erstwhile remakes, the caller postulation will see each of the contented from the original games, alongside immoderate modern additions, including brand-new parks and a fistful of existent skaters for illustration Olympic stars Rayssa Leal and Yuto Horigome. They’ll subordinate the original cast, including the likes of Bucky Lasek, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Elissa Steamer, Chad Muska, Rodney Mullen, and, obviously, Tony Hawk.
The caller crippled is being developed by Iron Galaxy Studios, which worked pinch Vicarious Visions — now a portion of Blizzard — connected the erstwhile remake. Here’s a small before-and-after image comparing the original games to the updated version:
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Activision says that the soundtrack — ever an important portion of a Tony Hawk crippled — will see classical songs from Motörhead, Gang Starr, KRS-One, and others, “alongside caller tracks that seizure the tone of modern skate culture.” The crippled will besides support cross-platform online multiplayer for up to 8 skaters.
The original remakes were well-received updates of immoderate existent classics, and the caller crippled will beryllium launching astatine a very absorbing clip for skateboarding games. In summation to clever indie releases for illustration Skate City, OlliOlli World, and the upcoming Skate Story, EA is besides bringing backmost its long-dormant Skate series.