You can keep your Command & Conquer Generals 2 and The Last of Us, for me the biggest news out of the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards wasn’t a new game but the return of something old: Tony Hawk.
Touchgrind is pretty great on the iPhone, but it’s so, so much better at the X-Games.
Riding high on the failure of Tony Hawk: Ride and feeling absolutely no threat from Ubisoft’s upcoming Shaun White skateboarding title, EA gears up for an early May release for the third installment of the Skate series.
I came. I saw. I fell off the skateboard. Once. Gently.
In this latest Skate 2 developer diary-style video featurette, online producer Brian Lindley reveals new online multiplayer modes for the game before storming off set and ultimately killing a guy with eldritch energies.
Tony Hawk continues to hype the living hell out of the next game in Activision’s skateboarding series, now claiming it will be the closest you will ever come to skateboarding in a video game.
What were you doing when you were 13 years old? Me? I can’t recall, but I was probably spending most of my time playing Magic: The Gathering and painting my 40K miniatures. But I know for a fact I wasn’t skateboarding or riding my BMX bike. Maybe it’s the Tony Hawk generation finally growing up. I don’t know. But at least Sony is trying to help the child obesity epidemic in America by holding a country-wide tour to showcase the best in youth action sports. It just wrapped up this week and, apparently, “hundreds” turned out for this. What did the winners receive for their hard work and effort? Why, video games of course!
Little garish for my tastes. I prefer more muted, earthy tones on my sneakers. But you can’t beat the inspiration: these upcoming Dunks are being minted to commemorate Atari’s 720°, which for a year or so until Skate or Die was released was the best skateboarding game ever. They should be out sometime next year, no doubt in limited quantities and no doubt to be snapped up by people who’ve never even heard of the game, but think it’s some obscure Gleaming the Cube reference. Nike SB 720 Dunk Low – 2008 Release [NikeSB, thanks Jeremy!]
