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Tony Hawk Ride is set to mark a re-invention of the franchise, coming packed with a skating peripheral that will allow a new degree of control of the slides and big air jumps that can be performed in the game.There are significant skateboarding names featuring in the videogame, from Paul Rodriguez to Christian Hosoi.... |
7 October 2009
16:51 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has announced that it is developing a new game in the Skate series, with the aim of releasing it to the public in May 2010. The main new feature of the third title in the series is the addition of team-based gameplay as players will need to build their own skating crews, compete against other groups a... |
16 September 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Skateboarding games have been around for quite some time, largely due to the involvement of skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, who lent his name and likeness to a video game franchise and really took the world by storm. Now the series is trying once again to reinvent itself, through the release of Tony Hawk: Ride, whic... |
23 July 2009
02:18 GMT |
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Skateboarding games have been around for quite some time and have found a home on a lot of different platforms, using their controls to the maximum in trying to recreate a reasonable virtual skateboarding experience. But with the upcoming Tony Hawk Ride title, everything will change, as it will be bundled with a spe... |
15 July 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Skateboarding games have always been popular with gamers all around the world. But even though they tried to mimic a lifelike behavior from the characters on screen, things weren't so with the players who pulled off tricks only by pressing buttons on a console controller.All of that will change, as the upcoming ... |
23 June 2009
02:43 GMT |
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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 |
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Activision is making a lot of money, which isn't actually very surprising since, with franchises like Call of Duty or Guitar Hero, you wouldn't be starving, to say the least. But another big piece of the large amount of profit that the company is making comes from the sales of dedicated peripherals, like th... |
22 May 2009
02:23 GMT |
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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 |
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Sports games have been around for quite some time and have tackled almost any imaginable discipline out there. We've seen everything from American football to European soccer and even golf or basketball, but extreme sports, especially skating, have also been featured in quite a few games. The fact that skating ... |
22 January 2009
02:59 GMT |
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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 |
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For quite some time, the skateboarding game genre has been synonymous with the Tony Hawk franchise, developed by Activision and endorsed by the famous skateboarder. However, recently we've seen some new contenders threatening the popular series, and, as such, Electronic Arts' Skate managed to stand on equal... |
30 December 2008
16:51 GMT |
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Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk has a new video game coming out soon. Ten Tony Hawk titles have seen a release on almost all platforms until now. However, iPhone users are yet to experience some kickflip goodness. And things are likely to stay this way for a while. The Forbes interviewed Mr. Hawk, who retired from ska... |
30 December 2008
06:13 GMT |
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Activision has offered gamers a sneak peek at their 2009 line up during an event held together with Massive Inc., one of the most important in game advertising providers.The biggest title in the line up of the company will surely be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which is slated to be released in the last trime... |
5 December 2008
02:31 GMT |
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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 |
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Activision Blizzard sends word that the development of a new Tony Hawk videogame for the Nintendo DS platform is now official and that it will be called Tony Hawk's Motion. The title is an indication that the game will have motion control capabilities created by way of an add-on which will use the GBA port of th... |
1 September 2008
05:42 GMT |
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The Sidekick LX Tony Hawk Limited Edition is now offered by T-Mobile for everyone (everyone in the US, that is), after the handset was released, last week, only for users who were already T-Mo's customers. Well, now you can get a Tony Hawked handset even if you are new to T-Mobile. The new Sidekick LX can be bou... |
18 July 2008
04:39 GMT |
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Tony Hawk Sidekick LX, the special edition of the Sidekick LX handset, is now offered by T-Mobile USA, but only for users who are already its customers. The retail price of Tony Hawk Sidekick LX is of $449 (50 bucks more than the original version), but with a contract agreement for two years, you can get it for only ... |
11 July 2008
13:39 GMT |
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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 |
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Apparently, the leaked information from Intellisponse regarding the new game offering coming from Activision was pretty much on the wrong side. The company is now saying that it only offers "game concepts" to market research companies, and that most of these are then discarded prior to development beginning on the de... |
19 June 2008
16:16 GMT |
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T-Mobile USA will soon offer a new edition of its popular Sidekick LX handset, specially created for all the fans of Tony Hawk, as well as for all those who like skateboarding. Or, if the first two cases don't apply, for all those who simply want a different-looking Sidekick LX, be it with Tony Hawk's name ... |
5 June 2008
07:58 GMT |
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When the gaming world takes notice of the skating world, it does so big time. After Activision revealed that a new entry in the Tony Hawk franchise was in the making for the Nintendo DS and that another game in the franchise would be released next year, Electronic Arts brings now news on its breakout skating franchis... |
13 May 2008
16:21 GMT |
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The Tony Hawk skating games haven't been doing very well lately. Electronic Arts managed to release a Skate game that pretty much outdid the Tony Hawk franchise in sales numbers, while Activision was more focused on its gigantic revenue creators, like Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero III, to put some new moves on ... |
12 May 2008
16:16 GMT |
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For the first time ever, Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam lets players experience the breakneck speed of downhill skateboard racing as they tear up the steepest terrains in the world while performing tricks and outmaneuvering opponents in locations such as the crowded streets of San Francisco and rocky terrain of Machu ... |
12 November 2007
11:09 GMT |
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Yes Guitar Hero fans worldwide, word on the Internet is that Activision has made it official: the demo for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will debut on Tony Hawk's Proving Ground. Some excerpts from the respective press release to back it all up can be found below, along with an interview piece from Dusty Welc... |
24 August 2007
10:34 GMT |
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Accelerate from 0 to 60 in an instant in time-based race, trick and slalom challenges as Activision is pleased to announce Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, featuring blinding velocity, four new single player events, three new multiplayer modes and three new playable characters. Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, which ori... |
8 May 2007
09:28 GMT |
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Get ready for an all new skating blitzkrieg with Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix! Join either Tony Hawk or Bam Margera on a World Destruction Tour featuring 16 total levels or face off against up to 3 friends in 10 wireless multiplayer games. Embark on the ultimate road trip and wreak havoc in 4 never before see... |
22 March 2007
11:29 GMT |
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Reengineered from the ground up, Tony Hawk's Project 8 immerses players in the definitive skateboarding experience using ultra-realistic graphics, enhanced physics and responsive controls that simulate the feeling of skating with every trick and bail. The game challenges players to experience the intensity and p... |
21 March 2007
05:15 GMT |
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For the first time ever, Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam lets players experience the breakneck speed of downhill skateboard racing as they tear up the steepest terrains in the world while performing tricks and outmaneuvering opponents in locations such as the crowded streets of San Francisco and the rocky terrain of Ma... |
5 March 2007
03:55 GMT |
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