Following some teasing and a fair few leaks, Microsoft and Activision have officially announced Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4, a remastering and combining of the 3rd and 4th games in the franchise.
The game will launch on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Battle.net, Windows PC, Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on July 11.
It’ll also come to Game Pass on day 1.
While the game combines the 3rd and 4th entries like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 did a few years back, it’ll also include “new parks, skaters, and music, as well as cross-platform multiplayer, new creation tools, a New Game+ mode, and more.”
There’a also going to be an “in-depth” tutorial from Tony Hawk himself, apparently.
But there is some potentially bad news: Vicarious Visions is not developing the game. You might recall that after releasing the excellent Tony Hawk’s pro Skater 1+2, Vicarious Visions was renamed and sent to work with Blizzard. Sadly, Microsoft has not reformed the team to work on this sequel. Instead, Iron Galaxy is leading development, a team known for their port and support work. They helped out on Tony Hawk’s pro Skater 1+2, so hopefully they’ll be able to do this follow-up justice.
If you opt to to pre-order the regular edition of the game ($50) then you’ll get access the Foundry level demo in June, providing 2 skaters and 2 parks to try out.
There’s also going to be a Digital Deluxe Edition ($70) which offers 3 days of early access along with a special Doom skin that lets you skate around as the Doom Slayer on a hoverboard. He even has his own special tricks. Or you can choose to be Revenant instead. This edition also comes with bonus “skate decks, Create-a-Skater items and bonus soundtracks.”
Finally, there’s a pricier ($130) Collector’s version of the game that comes with everything in the Premium version plus a full-size Birdhouse skateboard deck, and a physical version of the game itself.
Now, now with that out of the way, why don’t you go check out my ranking of all the Tony Hawk titles? Hint: the 3rd and 4th games both rank really high.
