Tony Hawk

September 29, 2015

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 Plagued With Launch Problems

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The latest instalment in the Tony Hawk’s skateboarding series released worldwide today and although reviews are not yet online, various outlets are reporting a variety of problems that make the game largely unplayable. These range from graphical bugs to glitches that stop walls from working properly, stopping the player from being able to carry on with tasks. Eurogamer’s Wesley Yin-Poole described the problems, saying: “We see Tony Hawk’s dead-eyed character model spinning out of control at the most innocuous of collisions, and constant glitching into walls, the ground and half-pipes as the cel-shaded graphics collapse.” Meanwhile, Destructoid has also reported a number of problems that they have encountered while they have been playing through the game to review it. “I’m currently playing Tony Hawk 5 for review now, and I’ve ran into many of the same problems as our friends from Eurogamer,” said Chris Carter. “Additionally, I’ve seen more issues not present in that video, like online connection problems for public games.” Even without these issues, it seems like Tony Hawk’s

August 18, 2015

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 Soundtrack Revealed in Full

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In you recall the early Tony Hawk Pro Skater games, you’ll remember that they weren’t just fun, and very creative for their time, but they also had a mean soundtrack. In fact, some of the songs they had on those original games are now very iconic. With Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 coming on September 29th, many have wondered what songs we’ll be hearing as we carve up the landscape. Well, we now have the full list (courtesy of IGN). You can check out the lineup below: Anti-Flag – “Stars and Stripes” Atmosphere – “Southsiders” Black Pistol Fire – “Hipster Shakes” Bully – “Milkman” Cloud Nothings – “I’m Not Part of Me” Cold Cave – “A Little Death to Laugh” Connie Price and the Keystones – “International Hustler” Crass Mammoth – “All 149” Deaf Poets – “Degenerate Mind” Death – “Keep On Knocking” Death From Above 1979 – “Virgins” Deer Mother – “When The Wolves Come Out” Doomtree – “Mini Brute” Fake P – “Rorschach” Family Force 5 -“Raised By Wolves”

January 7, 2015

Ready To Grind? Tony Hawk Returns To PS4 This Year

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Ready To Grind? Tony Hawk Returns To PS4 This Year Skateboarding fans rejoice as, following mutterings and rumors at the tail end of 2014, the man himself Tony Hawk has announced that a new Tony Hawk skateboarding game will be coming to PlayStation 4 in 2015. The ultimate pro skater made the announcement himself during Sony’s CES 2015 keynote conference in Las Vegas yesterday. The news followed Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai celebrating the PlayStation’s success, announcing that worldwide PS4 console sales have passed 18.5 million. Hawk said that the new project, which he originally teased via Twitter in November, was much further along than he had expected it to be. No real details were given, such as the official game title, whether the game will be a remaster of an older title or whether it will be a retail or downloadable release. After an extended period without any notable skateboarding games, aside from Roll7’s phenomenal Olli Olli, it will be a welcome return whatever the result. Platform exclusivity wasn’t confirmed

November 7, 2014

New Tony Hawk games coming to consoles and mobile in 2015

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Tony Hawk is working with Activision on a new console game and a new mobile game, both of which will be released in 2015, the pro skater announced on Twitter earlier today. “I’m currently working with Activision on a console game for 2015 (along with a new mobile game). I think fans of THPS series will be hyped,” he said. The announcement was made after Hawk responded to a tweet about the status of Tony Hawk’s Shred Session, which has been “put on hold indefinitely” according to Hawk.Shred Session was announced in April by Activision for iOS and Android for a summer release. An Activision representative told Polygon that the information in Hawk’s tweets but offered no new information. “We can confirm Tony Hawk’s Shred Session is postponed indefinitely, and that new Tony Hawk console and mobile titles are coming in 2015.” The latest entries in the Tony Hawk series was 2009’s Tony Hawk’s Shred and 2012’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD.

January 19, 2012