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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD out in June

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We have confirmation that the classic skate boarding game Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD will be releasing this June. Fans have been clamoring for a remake of this title …
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Is XBLA’s Most Wanted working?
12 years ago

Is XBLA’s Most Wanted working?

When we started XBLA’s Most Wanted back in February of 2011 we did so more for fun. It was, in our minds, a pipe dream to actually think some of these games would be hitting Xbox Live Arcade. Yet over the past year we’ve seen both announcements and releases that directly correlate with some of the games on our most wanted list. Now to be fair we realize that we’re just one site, but at the same time we know that developers and publishers look out on the web for what the fans want. We like to think we’re a little part of that. Here are some examples that make us think XBLA’s Most Wanted is successful:

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Weekly Roundup: March 24
12 years ago

Weekly Roundup: March 24

Weekly Roundup compiles all the biggest news stories, reviews, and releases from the week into one handy post on the weekends


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Return of the king: How the Tony Hawk remake came to be
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Return of the king: How the Tony Hawk remake came to be

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Recreating a classic game is never an easy feat. No matter what approach the developer takes, there always seems to be some group of detractors complaining either that not enough or too much was changed. That means that — despite the abundance of remakes that are green lit each year — recreating something that was once popular is hardly a surefire path to sales success, so it’s not surprising that Robomodo hit some pushback from Activision when they first discussed the idea of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD.

“To be honest, Josh (Tsui, president of Robomodo) and I pushed Activision to do it repeatedly until we laid it out that this can happen, in this timeframe, for this cost. It was a long battle,” Tony Hawk explained to GamesIndustry International in a recent interview.

The major concern that the world’s biggest third party publisher had was that the development costs for such an undertaking would be higher than what could be recuperated through sales. Hawk understood Activision’s trepidation, but neither he nor the team at Robomodo were about to let that stop them. “We knew that once people saw it in this light it would get the attention it needed,” Hawk said.

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Weekly Roundup: March 17
12 years ago

Weekly Roundup: March 17

Weekly Roundup compiles all the biggest news stories, reviews, and releases from the week into one handy post on the weekends.


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Tony Hawk talks Pro Skater HD
12 years ago

Tony Hawk talks Pro Skater HD

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Tony Hawk has taken to YouTube to address a series of fan questions regarding the hotly anticipated Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Hawk talks skaters, soundtracks and physics in …
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XBLA Fans Monthly Roundup (February 2012)
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XBLA Fans Monthly Roundup (February 2012)

We totally missed January, but the Monthly Recap is back for February! Yaaay. There’s an immense amount of news this month because for some reason February is XBLA month. There’s roughly a million game announcements and DLC as well. I suggest hitting CTRL + F and searching for the copious news about your favorite game. Or games. Or just read all the news, because that’s a good idea.

Beyond the “things that happened”, there’s also several Friday Top Fives and Most Wanted’s this month as we continue to beef up our feature repertoire. Our chief feature, A Year In Review (2011) is definitely worth checking out for some insight into the fluctuations in XBLA cost versus review scores. Lastly, amongst the five podcasts is our Music Special which showcases some of the best XBLA soundtrack tunes since its inception.

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Tony Hawk gets what Tony Hawk wants
12 years ago

Tony Hawk gets what Tony Hawk wants

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Last summer, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk made use of Twitter to call upon fans of his videogame series to vote in their top 10 favorite maps from the series. Fans happily obliged, but Hawk was dismayed when his own fave, Downhill Jam, failed to make the cut. One of the advantages of being Tony Hawk, however, is that people tend to listen when you talk. Since the titular skater is such a mega-fan of the stage, Josh Tsui, co-founder of developer Robomodo, says the team decided to toss it into Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD despite it not cracking into the fan list.

Speaking at San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference, Tsui said that Hawk has remained “very involved” in the development process of the game. He’s also remains a big fan of his own games, and was seen playing the newest title while fielding questions during yesterday’s press event. It wasn’t just for sure either, as he appeared to be one of the best players of the day. Basically, the man has no shortage of clout when it comes to his licensed video game franchise.

As for the game itself, Hawk’s favorite map will join Warehouse, Mall, the Hanger, School II, Venice Beach and Marseilles as the stages in the HD remix, Tsui told you GDC man on the scene, John Laster. In addition, Joystiq has reported that Pro Skater HD could potentially receive some maps from the third and fourth games in the series as DLC. “The dream of doing this is we can throw levels from 3 and 4 and make them downloadable in this,” Hawk told them.

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Spring Showcase with XBLA Fans and GDC coverage on the way
12 years ago

Spring Showcase with XBLA Fans and GDC coverage on the way

The Spring Showcase happened in San Francisco recently and had a lot of great games to show for it. Not to mention a bunch of XBLA games and we have a ton of new content about each game. Look past the break to see what spring is blooming on XBLA.
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD screens come back to School II
12 years ago

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD screens come back to School II

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, the HD remake of the classic skateboarding game, is coming to XBLA in the summer and we got a couple new screenshots off the …
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