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Tony Hawk Skateboarding Games To Be Discontinued In 2011, According To Activision

Activision confirmed they would not be publishing any skateboarding games in 2011. This is bad news for the Tony Hawk series and even worse news for the Tony Hawk Ride skateboard. This news comes just a week after it was confirmed that Tony Hawk: Shred outsold Ubisoft's Shaun White Skateboarding.

Posted February 9, 2011
Activision Confirms Tony Hawk: Shred

In “Time to Play Clean Up” news, Activision has gone ahead and confirmed what legendary skater Tony Hawk already Tweeted to the world earlier in the week: Tony Hawk: Shred is the next installment in the ironically downhill sliding skating franchise. In addition to telling everyone what they already knew, Activision told Joystiq...

Posted April 23, 2010
Tony Hawk Tweets New Game: "Tony Hawk: Shred"

Professional skater Tony Hawk apparently let a game-cat out of a bag last night when he tweeted about something called "Tony Hawk: Shred." The tweet read: "Tony Hawk: Shred. There, I said it. Actually, I named it. Somewhere a PR team is reeling. Apparently the PR team reeled hard enough to have Hawk remove the tweet: It has now...

Posted April 20, 2010
Tony Hawk: Ride Sold 114,000 Copies, Numbers Just Shy Of DJ Hero

Activision's second major peripheral launch of the holiday season was Tony Hawk: Ride. Though yesterday I wrote about why Tony Hawk: Ride was a philosophical misstep from the very beginning, consumers have the ultimate say as tastemakers. The NPD Group has released the official sales numbers for November and Tony Hawk: Ride's initial numbers...

Posted December 10, 2009
The Reason Tony Hawk: Ride Was Destined For Failure From Day One

"Most snarky critics had their minds set before ever seeing/playing the game. I'm proud of what we created; it's innovative, responsive & fun." -- Tony Hawk responding to the negative reviews for Tony Hawk: Ride It's perfectly understandable why Activision believed Tony Hawk: Ride would be a success. Veteran skateboarder Tony...

Posted December 9, 2009
Tony Hawk Responds To Reviews Of His New Game And He's Not Happy

We didn't like Tony Hawk: Ride. Most people didn't, actually. Tony Hawk: Ride didn't review well, something the actual rider was paying attention to. Fans were asking Hawk about the response to Tony Hawk: Ride on Twitter -- and he eventually responded back. "Most snarky critics had their minds set before ever seeing/playing the game,"...

Posted December 7, 2009
The 2009 Thanksgiving Turkey Game Pardon

Somewhere in a secret underground bunker in Washington, D.C., key members of the Department of Justice (Poultry Division) have convened to decide which of our nation's millions of turkeys is to receive the annual White House pardon. In that same spirit of forgiveness, we're going to do the same with one of this year's biggest digital turkeys....

Posted November 25, 2009
Tony Hawk Hints At Future Games Using Ride Peripheral

In a recent interview with GameSpot UK, professional skateboarder Tony Hawk revealed that the unique skateboard peripheral that comes with Tony Hawk: Ride may be used in a future Tony Hawk game or even other kinds of games. "As far as I'm concerned, it's all systems go with trying to make at least a sequel for this," Hawk said....

Posted November 24, 2009
From Handstands to Faceplants: Ten Years of Tony Hawk

I still remember the Sunday afternoon in October 1999 when I caught a subway to a Blockbuster Video to rent Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater based on a neighbor’s recommendation. Little did I realize that it would spark a love affair that would start before the Birdman Bandwagon fired up and would last well beyond the point at which...

Posted November 18, 2009
Tony Hawk: RIDE Wii Version Mii Trailer

I’m still quite skeptical of Activision’s skateboard peripheral-based Tony Hawk: RIDE. It just looks so awkward and needlessly complex. Then again, maybe it will be revolutionary beyond measure. Until we can properly find out which one it is, here’s a new trailer for the Wii version of the game that shows off the ability to use...

Posted October 7, 2009
Tony Hawk Ride Dated, Activision Still Quiet On Price

Likely the most important factor in whether gamers are going to be interested in taking a chance with Tony Hawk: Ride (seen below at this summer's E3) is how much the skateboard peripheral will cost. Activision revealed today that November 17 is official release date for the upcoming multi-platform game, but the announcement came with no mention...

Posted August 10, 2009
Tony Hawk: Ride Priced And Dated For The UK

Activision’s upcoming skateboard peripheral-powered Tony Hawk: Ride will grind its way into retailers in the United Kingdom for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii on November 20th, and, will cost £99.99, MCV reports. Stateside, the game is expected to be released in October for around $120 (according to Amazon and GameStop, since...

Posted August 7, 2009
Robomodo Sees Its Skateboard Controller As A "Platform" Rather Than A "Peripheral"

Watch Larger Version of this Video You might think that just because Robomodo's skateboard peripheral for its upcoming skateboarding title Tony Hawk: Ride is, well, a skateboard, that its uses will be limited to only board-based sports (surfing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, etc.) in the future. However, that would be quite shortsighted...

Posted June 23, 2009
Hands-On Tony Hawk: Ride E3 Game Preview

So maybe you're not convinced about this new skateboard controller for the Tony Hawk: Ride video game. We sat down with Josh Tsui, President of Robomodo, for a hands-on preview of the peripheral (helmet not included). Watch our segment below from E3 '09 Live. Watch Larger Version of this Video

Posted June 4, 2009
Tony Hawk: Ride Feet-On Preview

"When you design a hardware peripheral, you have to design a game at the same time." That's what Josh Tsui, president of Tony Hawk: Ride developer Robomodo, says about his game's dramatically different style from its Tony Hawk predecessors. And the idea for the peripheral definitely came first: Tony Hawk himself had been bugging...

Posted June 3, 2009