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Activision has confirmed that Robomodo, the studio behind Tony Hawk: Ride and Shred, is at the helm of the HD re-release announced just before the VGAs.

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Boom. Tony Hawk’s said – actually genuinely said – that Tony Hawk Pro Skater will come in HD to digital platforms next year.

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You didn’t expect him to be gone for too long, did you?

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Tony Hawk has said a new game in his long-running skate series is in the works.

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When Activision announced it was “resting” the Guitar Hero franchise and closing studios, many assumed the worst. Keza MacDonald explains why Kotick’s house is still standing.

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Once upon a time, the Tony Hawk series was one of the biggest in videogames. If you listen to Metacritic, the Tony Hawk Pro Skater titles are some of the best games of all time, and every one of them was a runaway bestseller. At the beginning of the last decade – just after the release of Pro Skater 2 – the franchise was generating $250 million a year, according to figures from analyst Wedbush Morgan.

Last year, the year of Tony Hawk: Ride, franchise sales were closer to $100m. This year, Activision’s trying – failing – to flog $120 fake skateboards to children, whilst Activision publicly defends its abysmal sales.

What on earth happened, and why, when Activision is culling the likes of Bizarre Creations, won’t Activision finally shoot the Hawk?

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The ten people who bought Shred probably don’t echo that statement, mind.

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Activision has announced a date for Tony Hawk: Shred, along with the launch of a website for the sports title.

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Seriously. Like, seriously.

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Remember that tweet from Tony Hawk earlier this week? That one which mentioned ‘Tony Hawk: Shred’ as the new title as his new game? The one that had Activision PR facepalming?

Yeah, that one: the firm’s confirmed that is the title for the new game in the series.

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Tony Hawk’s next game is probably called Shred. We know because that’s what Tony Hawk said on Twitter.

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Activision’s just confirmed its releasing new titles for Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk and Spiderman series’s by the end of 2010.

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Tony Hawk: RIDE kind of sucked. Undeterred, the Birdman’s confirmed Robomodo’s started on a second game.

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Bony Tony’s continuing to stand by RIDE, despite the fact it’s been battered to death at review, saying he doesn’t feel the peripheral format is a “gimmick”.

“I feel like the device is a flagship for other games. I think we can do another skate game, I think we can do other board-type games, surfing, snowboarding. That really was the master plan,” he told Kotaku.

“I didn’t think it was some gimmick that people were going to have to buy again next year.”

Or any other year, from the look of it. Hit the link for the full thing.

Thanks, EG.

Tony Hawk RIDE may be getting a critical panning, but the skater behind the peripheral-based game’s out for RIDE 2. Right now.

“We have already started that process, but who knows what the future holds,” he said when asked by Gamespot if there was going to be a second game.

“I’ve never had a master plan, especially with our old series, of how many we could do, or how far we could take it. It really was all about the fans and the console technology.

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s all systems go with trying to make at least a sequel for this, because I feel like we’ve only just really tapped what’s possible with this technology.”

Yeah. When Giant Bomb calls your game a “miserable failure,” you might want to think about “reshaping” your ideas before going again, non?

Activision has revealed that it plans to heavily market Tony Hawk: RIDE during the holiday shopping season, and feels that of motion controls featured with the peripheral will breath new life into the franchise.

“Tony Hawk: Ride is set to reinvigorate the franchise as it introduces a new exciting skateboard peripheral to the market,” brand manager Natalie Giles told MCV. “It’s a very social experience, which offers players the chance to recreate tricks like the pros with their friends and family. We are committed to making this title a family favorite.”

Starting with a four-week long online campaign aimed at 9 to 14 year-old boys, TV spots will also run for three-weeks starting December 1, and the game will be on hand at consumer events, shopping malls, and the London Freeze and Metro Ski and Snowboard shows.

“Retail demand for Tony Hawk: Ride in other launch markets has been high so far,” added Giles. “Retailers have confidence in the product proposition due the unique social experience which both the game and the peripheral offer.”

Game’s out in the US on November 17 and in the UK December 4.

Tony Hawk will be making a guest appearance at GamesCom to showcase the skateboard-controller for Tony Hawk: RIDE.

Hawk will give a demonstration of the game on the Activision showfloor followed by a meet and greet session to be followed by “tackling an imposing vert ramp with his jaw-dropping skating skills”.

Pat is so excited, he is having seizures.

Full press mailer after the break.

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Activision’s Mike Griffith has just announced that a new Bond game will release in 2010.

No release date or details were announced.

In the same breath, he stated that new Tony Hawk and Spider-Man games were also expected in the next calendar year.

This is in line with the company’s commitment to proven franchises, said the boss.

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.

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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