Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 & 4 remasters aren’t happening, Tony Hawk says

The remaster of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3And 4In the fashion of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 was once in the works, according to Tony Hawk himself, but that project likely isn’t happening, thanks to series developer Vicarious Visions being absorbed by Blizzard Entertainment.

Hawk commented on a plan to build a new airport. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4Reddit discovered that remaster was used in Twitch’s Sunday broadcast. Hawk appeared on a Twitch stream hosted by Andy “andyTHPS” Gentile, former senior designer at Vicarious Visions who worked on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2, and was responding to comments about future Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games.

“I wish I could say that we had something in the works, but you know Vicarious Visions kinda got disbanded and Activision’s going through all their stuff so I don’t know what’s next,” Hawk said. “That was the plan, even up until the release date of [Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2]We were going. 3And 4. And then Vicarious got kind of absorbed and they were looking for other developers and then … it was over.”

Vicarious Visions became part of Blizzard Entertainment on January 2021 and is now called Blizzard Alma.

Hawk said Activision would make an announcement about the acquisition of a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3And 4 even after Vicarious Visions’ transition to Blizzard, but the publisher couldn’t make it happen.

“The truth is they were trying to find someone to do 3 and 4 but they just didn’t really trust anyone the way they did Vicarious,” Hawk said. “So they took other pitches from other studios […] They didn’t like anything they heard and that was it.”

Added the ever-optimistic Hawk, “Who knows? Maybe when all the dust settles we’ll figure it out.”

Original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3It was first released on PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 2 in 2001. Later, it was ported to many other platforms. Third game in Pro Skater franchise featured the revert (a technique that was first implemented in The Skater). Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 remaster), and included cameos from licensed characters Star Wars’ Darth Maul, id Software’s Doomguy, and Marvel’s Wolverine. Pro Skater 4One year later, it was finally released. It introduced spine transfer and the Career Mode.