Being a support team for Blizzard made it hard to imagine that Vicarious would be able to pursue its own games. “Let it be known.”Īnd even though some did initially expect a remake of the third and fourth installments, some of that hope dwindled when Vicarious Visions was folded into Blizzard and changed its name to Blizzard Albany, a process that started in early 2021. “I didn’t spill the beans,” said Gentile. Gentile also seemingly corroborated Hawk’s story as he wrapped up his stream.

RELATED: Overwatch 2 Gets New Animated Short, Extensive Roadmap, and Beta Signups I would never have imagined that we were gonna do 1 + 2 20 years later.” “I mean, who knows? Maybe when all the dust settles, we’ll figure it out. “The truth of it is that they were trying to find someone to do 3 + 4, but they just didn’t really trust anyone the way they did Vicarious, so they took other pitches from other studios, like, ‘What would you do with a THPS title?’ And they didn’t like anything they heard and then that was it.”

Activision allegedly took pitches from other studios but didn’t trust them as much. There's also OlliOlli World, Skate City, Session, and Skater XL.When asked if it was Activision that didn’t have faith in the project, Hawk explained that it got complicated when Vicarious Visions was folded into Blizzard Entertainment. Of course, there's Vicarious Visions' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater reboot. As we said in our review, 'the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise may once again have a bright future thanks to this terrific blast from the past.' Alas, history proves otherwise.īut actually, skateboarding games have had a renaissance in recent years. The news is particularly painful because, after a drought of skateboarding games, the excellent Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2 seemed to indicate the king of action sports was back. More curious is Activision's interest in taking the series in new directions. As Hawk says in the clip, it was planned, but he never indicates it was in production. oWR70xTOYvĪt the very least, it doesn't sound like THPS3 and 4 was actively in development. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 remasters were in the works but they were scrapped after Vicarious Visions was merged into Blizzard.

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