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Skateboarding Games Are Done, EA Says

EA boss man John Riccitiello revealed last week his view on sports games and how skateboarding titles in particular had "run their course" and that they were no longer popular enough to warrant investment for new iterations. EA was late to the skateboarding game genre, as Activision dominated it for a long time th...

6 December 2010
14:21 GMT

Full Line Up for Tony Hawk: Ride Revealed

When Tony Hawk himself appeared at a Microsoft press conference at the 2009 E3 trade show, people knew that Ride, the next title in a skating series that did not out a game last year, was serious videogame business.The video displayed at the event showed three of the most lauded skate riders in the world, Paul Rodrig...

31 July 2009
04:47 GMT

Tony Hawk Ride Might Cost 120 Dollars

You can count on GameStop to break news stories related to videogaming by simply publishing a price listing on its website. This time, the fact that came under scrutiny is the price that the big retail chain has attached to the new Tony Hawk game, called Ride. Apparently, the title, which is being sold together with ...

28 May 2009
03:47 GMT

Activision Confirms Next Tony Hawk for E3

Activision has recently unveiled its financial results for the last quarter of the last fiscal year and during that event, a conference call with investors and analysts revealed more information about the plans that the publisher has for the future. And one of the best-known games getting a big reveal in the coming w...

11 May 2009
03:19 GMT

Neversoft No Longer Skating with Tony Hawk

It's weird to think that Neversoft made its name as a developer creating the Tony Hawk franchise, when the skating game was first launched in 1999, considering that they are much better known for developing the Guitar Hero games, which are among the biggest earners of Activision Blizzard. Now, the development st...

15 January 2009
02:18 GMT

Electronic Arts Announces Further Staff Lay Offs

Electronic Arts, which has just announced less than stellar financial results for the last quarter, says that it plans to cut another 4% of its staff positions in order to streamline its operations. The company also reveals that “at least nine” of the studios creating games for the publisher will be close...

23 December 2008
03:22 GMT

Special Peripherals Could Be Bundled with Tony Hawk

Activision is letting the Tony Hawk franchise, which single handedly introduced skateboarding into videogaming, rest this year, with big plans to take it out for a spin in 2009. At the moment, the Electronic Arts published Skate is enjoying good sales and publicity so Activision will really need something special to ...

16 October 2008
12:31 GMT

Skate Achievements (Xbox 360)

Is there any other skateboarding title out there besides the ones in the Tony Hawk series? Finally, the answer to this question is "Yes", as Skate is the only worthy rival of Tony Hawk, even surpassing it when it comes to realistic aspects. EA has done a wonderful job, by starting from a promising premise: a game tha...

21 August 2008
19:46 GMT

skate. - Achievements (Xbox 360)

Is there any other skateboarding title out there besides the ones pertaining to the Tony Hawk series? Finally, the answer to this question is "Yes", as skate is the only worthy rival of Tony Hawk, even surpassing it when it comes to realistic aspects. EA have done a wonderful job, by starting from a promising premise...

23 June 2008
10:33 GMT

Skate Cheats, Unlockables and Hints (PS3)

skate is the closest thing to skateboarding without actually putting your feet on a board. With innovative controls that take advantage of the dual analog sticks, the power of the next gen hardware and the ability to sculpt tricks that define your own style, skate delivers an authentic boarding mecca like no other vi...

26 March 2008
19:06 GMT

Where and Why Did Skating Appear?

The oldest skate crime and Tonya Harding may have lived 5,000 years ago. This is the age of the most ancient archaeological proofs of bone skates (carved of animal bones), which are also the oldest human powered transporting means that have been discovered so far. But, the reason that made people start skating on ice...

27 December 2007
03:06 GMT

Squeeze More Frame Rates Out of Your PS3

A poster on the official PlayStation forums has recently come up with a technique for squeezing a few extra frames out of the PS3. How can you do this? Apparently, you don't even have to add any other pieces of hardware, but merely manage a few settings within the system's upscaler and HDMI audio. According...

16 October 2007
06:51 GMT

skate

Is there any other skateboarding title out there besides the ones pertaining to the Tony Hawk series? Finally the answer to this question is "Yes" as skate is the only worthy rival of Tony Hawk, even surpassing it when it comes to realistic aspects. EA have done a wonderful job, by starting from a promising premise:...

19 September 2007
05:22 GMT

SKATE Your Way to Celebrity in Mobile Game

EA takes skating from the street and puts it on mobile phones in a new game with some impressive graphics. To celebrate the launch of SKATE, the developer has recreated seven iconic skate spots from San Francisco and Barcelona and placed them in skate parks across the country. It is clear that Skate is more than a sm...

14 September 2007
04:46 GMT

Xbox 360 SKATE Is Out in North America!

This isn't exactly the freshest of news, nor the most exciting, but everyone should know what else they can add to their library of games, right? As such, Xbox 360 owners should know that Electronic Arts has launched their much awaited "urban sports" title, SKATE, in North America. Those of you owning a PlayStat...

14 September 2007
04:10 GMT

skate Unlockables (Xbox 360)

skate is the closest thing to skateboarding without actually putting your feet on a board. With innovative controls that take advantage of the dual analog sticks, the power of the next gen hardware and the ability to sculpt tricks that define your own style, skate delivers an authentic boarding mecca like no other v...

12 September 2007
06:13 GMT

Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure Cheats and Gameplay Hints (Xbox)

Activision and Toys for Bob, the teams responsible for the legendary Tony Hawk skateboarding franchise, have teamed up with Disney and Disney/Pixar for an all-new skateboarding game for kids of all ages and Tony Hawk fans looking for something new. But, don't get the idea that Disney's Extreme Skate Adven...

23 March 2007
04:09 GMT


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