4thString.com takes a look back at Activision's (other) recently cancelled long-running series, the Tony Hawk games, in this 11+ part retrospective. The series begins all the way back in 1999 with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on the original Playstation.
A cancelled Call of Duty game titled "NX1" had footage surface online, along with a Black Ops 4 unreleased mode called "War."
That Neversoft logo took me back to Tony Hawk days. Sad to see this cancellation led to the studio closure.
It’s always sad to see great concepts destroyed so deep into development. They obviously had a lot of ideas and aren’t happy about it. Now withe layoffs even more videos like this will surface soon.
That's right, the team behind Tony Hawk's Pro Skater made a Spider-Man game for the ages...and it's still fun today!
I miss neversoft, if Activision didn't make them run guitar hero in to the ground and then just use them for help on call of duty games, I reckon they could have done well if they were to have creative freedom on a new i.p of something, such a shame
Was my first Spider-Man game. It's the reason why I liked the Venom movie so much, cause Venom in this game was kind of dumb… well after the scary sewers level. Hope you get stalked by him in the upcoming game
Richard writes: "Pro Skater 1 was a good introduction to the world of skating to millions of gamers, but it was the second one that truly perfected the formula and created a masterpiece. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 took everything that made the original and turned it up to 11."
I loved these games. Didn't really think about how sad it is until now that we won't get another Tony Hawk game (at least for now, I bet there will be a resurgence). But this is the glory years.
Great article! Unfortunately, I was terrible at Tony Hawk...and real life skateboarding.
I love this piece! You've ruled it...Sam Barsanti.