Tony Hawk Ride sliding onto PS3, Wii, 360 for the holidays

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted May 15, 2009 12:23 pm PT

[UPDATE] Activision takes the wraps off its long-rumored skateboard-peripheral-based game, to be fully revealed at E3 June 2; Robomodo and Buzz Monkey developing.

Last June, the now-infamous Intellisponse leak took the wraps off the now-revealed Xbox Live Avatars, karaoke game Lips, and Guitar Hero World Tour neck slide. Now, yet another game accidentally unmasked by the market-research firm has been officially announced.

This morning, the Tony Hawk Ride Web site--http://thride.com/--went live, revealing the title, platforms, and developer of the long-awaited relaunch of Activision's Tony Hawk series. As predicted by the aforementioned leak and subsequent reports, the game will use a skateboard controller and will be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. As can be seen in the shot of the game, the peripheral will be a wireless full-sized skate dek, and it will have the buttons located along one side.

Not revealed in the Intellisponse leak was that Tony Hawk Ride will also be coming to the Wii, nor the identity of its developers. Upstart shop Robomodo--which rose from the ashes of EA Chicago--is one of the shops working on the project, as had been suspected since Neversoft revealed it was no longer involved with the Tony Hawk series. Also present on the site is the logo for Eugene, Oregon-based Buzz Monkey--which worked on Tomb Raider: Underworld (but not as the primary developer).

The game's official site promises more information on June 2--the first day of the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo, which GameSpot will be covering live from Los Angeles.

[UPDATE] Activision has now confirmed Tony Hawk ride will be released "this holiday," with Robomodo developing the 360 and PS3 versions and Buzz Monkey working on the Wii edition. The "intuitive" board peripheral will use "a combination of accelerometers and motion sensors" and will require no other controller, the company said in a statement.

294 Comments

  • 9thedevilmaycry

    Posted Oct 12, 2009 6:04 pm PT

    cant wait for people to make a fool of themselves on this skateboard XD

  • Clive-Owen

    Posted Aug 25, 2009 12:09 am PT

    loser...

  • Clive-Owen

    Posted Aug 24, 2009 4:21 am PT

    wont work,

  • LAsVillian

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 7:36 am PT

    Not to tell Tony Hawk to give up...
    But...
    Just join the Skate. franchise.
    But this is a great attempt to resurrect the T. Hawk franchise. Not bad. Let's see how it plays out.

  • WarGrad

    Posted Jul 31, 2009 2:50 pm PT

    rather use a real controller...

  • Strife88

    Posted Jun 1, 2009 9:31 am PT

    No thanks...I'd rather go skate outside or play skate 2.

  • dth_dlr

    Posted Jun 1, 2009 7:33 am PT

    the board looks good but i get the feeling it will be very hard to get use to. this game certainly has some potential, lets see if it live up to it.

  • whointheworld

    Posted May 31, 2009 7:27 am PT

    its been along time since i've been excited for a tony hawk game, after project 8, the series just fell. after that i switched to skate........ but im willing to go back to tony hawk for this one.

  • pakhair

    Posted May 31, 2009 3:05 am PT

    Tony Hawk series is eventually dying................

    This looks like a reboot to the series...........

    The skate is cool............



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  • hhap52

    Posted May 29, 2009 4:42 pm PT

    that board looks sweet

  • Hulksmash77

    Posted May 27, 2009 10:24 am PT

    biggest ripoff of the wii balance board I've ever seen.
    Could be good but I really doubt it...what is with that board-controller?
    Do they actually expect you to do a REAL kick-flip for it to work on the game?

  • bbballin

    Posted May 27, 2009 9:26 am PT

    so sick way better than any crappy wii game wanna be like skate it or something

  • noheartsniper

    Posted May 25, 2009 6:51 am PT

    i will defintly not be buying this. and another thing im just not speaking for myself but im speaking for anybody else who agrees. how the hell are handicapped people supposed to play. while i am not in a wheelchair anymore i still have trouble walking and i like the tony hawk series. piece of sh!t people dont think about this. i bet you cant use the controller or anything. activision you suck

  • kick473

    Posted May 23, 2009 8:06 pm PT

    umm no offense to the dev but this game looks like another wake rip off to keep up wit the wii....
    and idk wat they r trying to compete with the wii is a 1 time play system
    u play it the 1st week u get it then u barely touch the thing agian...lol
    this is going to be one of thoose games watch.
    and also idk how they r going to use tht skateboard controller it doesnt make any sense to me. most people who play tony hawk games dont skate irl...
    so ytf wud they skate on this game
    if u cant really do the tricks on the board no point to the game at all
    stick to skate kiddies...

  • Snicker-Man

    Posted May 23, 2009 7:16 pm PT

    i agree with BonsaiMagpie it would be cool for hardcore gamers but its not good for casual gamers so it probly not going sell that good

  • BonsaiMagpie

    Posted May 21, 2009 9:33 am PT

    i think crouching on a board ready to press buttons is going to put off a lot of hardocre gamers like myself (fatsos). but would be good for casual gamer, but since they are all wii-fit owners, who cares. This new perhipheral will be outdated after 3 or 4 games and will be a pure rip off.

  • Petercairns

    Posted May 21, 2009 3:23 am PT

    could b kool, or mayb a wii Balance Board rip off...well in saying that i hate Wii and plus the skate board looks kool. So somthing to look at!

  • jonthereaper

    Posted May 21, 2009 2:43 am PT

    Its definately going to be interesting how this turns out, its a great idea and offers something very different from Skate. But where it might be quite good it could easily turn out to be a load of rubbish.. so I'm going to reserve judgement on this until I've played it..

  • baystatethrashr

    Posted May 20, 2009 6:59 pm PT

    the bundle is $110 ill pass thanks not paying that much for a game in this economy

  • purple_pride99

    Posted May 19, 2009 10:43 pm PT

    They needed something to revive the series, not only was the gameplay getting stale but Skate has taken over the the best in the genre.

    Looks pretty cool actually.

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