After months of build-up, which included the sport’s soundtrack being launched in March, the next-gen remake of Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 has lastly dropped worldwide on consoles and PC.
We caught up with the skate legend in London to speak concerning the franchise, skateboarding, and which athlete he’d swap locations with if he had the possibility.
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Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 , developed by Iron Galaxy Studios, brings the franchise into 2025 with up to date graphics and optimized gameplay. It options most of the recreation’s unique skaters, with among the OGs making a comeback together with Bob Burnquist, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Geoff Rowley, Chad Muska, Eric Koston and – in fact – Tony Hawk himself. A number of new skaters have been added, too, like Jamie Foy, Chloe Covell, Yuto Horigome and Nora Vasconcellos.
The most recent launch within the iconic skateboarding sequence additionally brings again the fan-favorite mode “Create-A-Skater”, permitting players to make and skate their very own character. From selecting a hometown or a skating fashion in your skater, to kitting your character out in numerous attire or customizing your board, the “Create-A-Skater” mode offers a wide variety of choices for gamers to choose from.
The entire unique skateparks are again, too, and ranges like Skater Island, Airport and Alcatraz have been remade to take full benefit of the facility present in current-gen gaming units. And newly added parks, like Waterpark and Film Studio, ship a completely new problem for any players who assume they’ve mastered the originals.
One of the crucial iconic parks of the sequence, Zoo, has additionally been remade, and the brand new Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 that includes a totally playable model of London Zoo.
Just a few days forward of the sport’s launch, London Zoo can also be the place Hypebeast discovered Tony Hawk. The professional-skater – identified to followers and mates as “Birdman” because of his gravity-defying feats on 4 wheels – was on the town to witness a Harris Hawk being named in his honour, a bizarre however heartwarming full-circle second for the skate legend.
Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 is offered now on Xbox Collection X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and 5, Nintendo Swap 1 and a pair of, and PC by way of Steam, Battle.web and the Microsoft Retailer.
