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Activision CEO Mike Griffith just confirmed that Tony Hawk: Ride will only launch in the US, UK and Germany this year.

Other territories will get the peripheral-based game in 2010.

The comments came in the company’s Q2 financial call, which is ongoing.

Activision has put out a list of celebrity skateboarders appearing in Tony Hawk: Ride.

The roster:

• Alex Olson
• Cara Beth Burnside
• Christian Hosoi
• Daewon Song
• Dustin Dollin
• Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins
• Mike Mo Capaldi
• Mike Vallely
• Nyjah Huston
• Paul Rodriguez
• Rodney Mullen
• Ryan Sheckler
• Steve Nesser
• Stevie Williams
• Toe-knee Hawk

The game comes with the skateboard peripheral and is expected this fall on PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 for around £99.

Thanks, Eurogamer.

Tony Hawk wanted to shift towards a peripheral-based skate game with Ride because his series had become more like fighting than kissing the concrete lip.

“I felt like, over the last couple of years, we’d gone as far as we could with button-mashing and doing combos,” the legend told AusGamers.

“It was becoming more like Mortal Kombat than skating.”

Hawk said he always wanted to create a game like Ride, but circumstance conspired against him until now.

“I always wanted to do a skateboard controller-based game, but the technology and the public perception of peripherals just wasn’t there yet,” he added.

Ride’s out later this year. Thanks, GoNintendo.

Robobmodo’s Josh Tsui has said that the new peripheral for Tony Hawk: Ride will up the ante in the game peripheral market.

Speaking with GI.biz, Tsui told the site that the final design of the skateboard peripheral will be consumer friendly with a white finish and will be worth the higher price compared to standard software.

“It’s a very enhanced piece of machinery,” he said. “This is the most advanced peripheral on the market. It really is going to usher a next generation of controllers for games.

“The other thing is that this is an advanced piece of software and hardware put together – this is a full package – and when people see how tightly integrated it is, what a great experience it is, people will pay the right price for it.”

Tsui said that Activision plans to use the board for multiple new titles, and not just for sports.

More through the link.

Skate hero Rodney Mullen’s released a set of clips he’s apparently filmed for Tony Hawk Ride. Have a look after the break.

This is from Shred or Die, and there’s no other detail. Still. Awesome, innit?

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Why add a peripheral to the Tony Hawk franchise? So you can be Tony Hawk, Activision CEO Mike Griffith’s told MCV. Without all the blood unpleasantness, obviously.

“It’s the same analogy as Guitar Hero, where you can feel like you are a rock legend, even if you can’t play a single note; now with Ride you can skate the way a skating legend like Tony Hawk skates, but you won’t break your head open,” said the exec.

“It’s proving to be lots of fun, and the peripheral board, with its sensors, is very responsive. It’s a thrill.”

There’s an interview through there. Ride’s out later this year.

Robomodo president Joshua Tsui says that the skateboard peripheral for Tony Hawk’s Ride isn’t, it’s a platform in it’s own right.

“It’s really important to us that when people buy this package that they understand that, right now we’re concentrating on Tony Hawk Ride, but we want to make sure that people have a good return on their investment so there are many games that are planned for this peripheral,” said Tsui to Videogamer at E3.

“We look at it less as a peripheral, as more of a platform. The obvious ones are snowboarding and surfing and such, but there are a lot of games that can be used with this board, and we’re really excited to start working on those.”

RIDE is out for PS3 and 360 later this year.

Natal was amazing, right? Not everyone thinks so. It wasn’t enough for Tony Hawk: Ride, the Birdman said himself at E3 yesterday.

“We actually tried to get [Tony Hawk: Ride] running with a camera, but it wasn’t accurate enough,” Hawk told MTV.

“Plus you can’t really do ollies, grabs and flips when you’re just standing on nothing.”

A kid was shown playing a skateboard game using Natal in the reveal videos.

Thanks, EG.

See below as Tony Hawk talk about how he approached Activision with the plastic skateboard peripheral idea for TH Ride and how the end result was better than he could have imagined.

“I went to Activision, I brought the idea there,” he said. “The board design was honestly way better than I envisioned.”

“I had the idea but I didn’t know how it would all work,” he went on.

“This thing is amazing.”

Tony Hawk’s Ride is out for PS3 and 360 later this year.

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Tony Hawk’s confirmed on Twitter that he’s going to appear with his plasdtic skateboard game, Ride, in the Microsoft press conference today.

Well, he did. The tweet doesn’t exist any more. Joystiq captured it for posterity, though.

“Just practiced my part for Microsoft’s E3 keynote tomorrow (introducing #thride),” Hawk said.

“First time I’ve ever had to wear make-up for a rehearsal.”

Just a hunch, but exclusivity may be involved here.

The conference starts at 10.30am PST today.

Activision’s confirmed which of its titles will be on hand at E3 next week. You know Modern Warfare 2 and Guitar Hero 5 will be there: here’s the rest:

• Blur (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• DJ Hero (PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
• Guitar Hero 5 (PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (DS, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
• Modern Warfare 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• PROTOTYPE (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Singularity (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Tony Hawk: RIDE (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (DS, PC, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
• Wolfenstein – August 4 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Press release is through the break.

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Gamestop’s listing Tony Hawk: Ride at $120, as you can see here.

The game, complete with plastic skateboard, is due out at the end of this year.

Kids. Seriously. You can buy a decent skateboard for that. You’ll be able to go outside on it and actually learn to ollie and irritate policemen. In real life. You may find there’s a ramp near you. You will be able to ride it.

Just saying. Thanks, Kotaku.

Activision UK has just issued a baffling climb-down from an announcement this morning that Tony Hawk: Ride was to be an Xbox 360 console exclusive in the UK.

We just received this from UK promo outfit Frank PR:

Further to the erroneous information which was distributed this morning regarding Tony Hawk: RIDE, we would like to clarify that the game is due to be released on the following platforms: Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ home video game system.

We apologise for the confusion caused by this morning’s mail out and we would be grateful if you could update your coverage to reflect the correct details above.

Consider it updated. Activision announced earlier it was “pleased to announce that this title will be launched later this year in the UK, as an Xbox 360 platform exclusive.”

Glad that’s cleared up.

Update: While Activision confirmed on the phone this morning that the game was to be a 360 exclusive in the UK, a promised press release has failed to materialise and multiple sources are reporting that the deal has yet to be done. There’s an update on MCV.

Update 2: For the sake of clarity, here’s the original announcement in its entirety. This was sent out by UK PR firm Frank PR this morning in an email headed, “INFO MAILER: UK PLATFORM EXCLUSIVE FOR TONY HAWK: RIDE”:

Hi all

Further to Monday’s announcement regarding Tony Hawk: RIDE, Activision UK is pleased to announce that this title will be launched later this year in the UK, as an Xbox 360(r) platform exclusive.

Tony Hawk: RIDE features a wireless skateboard controller designed in conjunction with the game to offer a dynamic gaming experience. Using a combination of accelerometers and motion sensors, the intuitive controller allows players to physically control the action by performing various movements and gestures on the board that directly translate into amazing tricks in the game. Without complex button combinations or analogue sticks, gamers of all skill levels can literally step on the board and play!

For more information on Tony Hawk: RIDE, please visit www.THRide.com

Original story:

Activision just announced that Tony Hawk Ride is to be a 360 exclusive in the UK.

The game – plastic skateboard and all – was announced last week for 360, PS3 and Wii.

We’ve just been told the deal is a UK-only affair, so those in the rest of Europe and the US aren’t likely to be affected.

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Tony Hawk: RIDE isn’t just a skateboarding game with a skateboard-shaped platic peripheral you can stand on, no sir. According to Activision’s Rob Kostich, it’s actually a huge leap forward in terms of games and gaming as we know it.

“Tony Hawk: RIDE is a massive step forward for the franchise and the gaming industry as a whole,” he said.

“The skateboard controller will redefine sports games by offering players a true skateboarding experience, hands-free, playing with friends and family at home or online in a variety of different locations.”

Tony Hawk is equally as excited: “This is the game I’ve always wanted to make,” said big Tone.

“Playing on the board is unlike any other game, and I’m excited for everyone to have the chance to feel what it’s really like to experience the true feeling of skateboarding.”

Full press release after the break.

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The Birdman himself’s just dropped the first details on his new Ride controller on Twitter, calling the just-announced peripheral a “marvel”.

“The board controller is a marvel of new technology,” said Hawk.

“Responds like a real skateboard. You can even go for grabs and the sensors detect it.”

Tony Hawk Ride was announced this morning, making the first show of what looks to be a very snazzy plastic skateboard.

This really is going to be the ultimate in self-esteem destruction. Grown men, bent over on a piece of plastic in front of an HD TV, making “pretend” grabs on the stained carpet. Shouting “sweet”. All alone.

It’s out later this year.

As promised GTTV’s shown the first teaser of the new Hawk game: it’s called Ride. Watch it after the break.

It’s got a plastic skateboard. Who knew?

No detail. It’s to be debuted properly at E3 and released later this year.

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