Skateboarding

The exhilaration you feel as you land that series of tricks that you have only seen in magazines and your favorite skate tapes. This is the mission that Skater XL …
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If you felt what the Xbox One store lacked was a bit of classic 90s skater grunge, then hold on to your knee pads as Session was just announced for …
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It looks like everyone was wanting to kickflip into a Darkside grind in the first week of Summer of Arcade. We certainly liked Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD a …
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We’ve been doing XBLA Wednesday posts for quite some time (in fact, it was my idea) but originally each post was going to be accompanied by a quick video …
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This XBLA Wednesday marks the beginning of the Summer of Arcade promotion where every summer, Microsoft takes five titles spread across five weeks to promote the XBLA name and …
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One of the most anticipated XBLA of the titles of the summer – and the official kick-off to Microsoft’s annual Summer of Arcade – hits this week in Activision and Robomodo‘s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, a hi-def rerelease featuring classic levels from the long-running skate series’ earliest entries. With that in mind, there’s little surprise Activision have released a launch trailer that highlights the game’s classic feel.

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Slow news day but we did get some exciting news on the upcoming Summer of Arcade starter Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Joystiq talked to some Activision reps about …
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We’ve all been curious as to what would be on the soundtrack for the upcoming Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Will there be a return to the classics or will it be filled with new music? In an interview with Robomodo, they finally revealed 14 of the 16 tracks that will comprise of the soundtrack. Standouts include Superman by Goldfinger and Bring the Noise by Anthrax feat. Chuck D. Catch the 14 after the break and here’s what Ken Overbey, producer/product manager said about the soundtrack:

It was a little difficult. We definitely wanted to bring back some of the songs from the original soundtrack, but wanted new songs as well. The most difficulty we had was our budget, which was very small, and the scope and time frame; it was a lot of work to get it all lined up and get the songs in. You have to put out a risk analysis report and you have to point out to the publisher what the biggest risks are in the development. Soundtrack, Patrick and I both agreed, was the number one. Anyone who knows the game knows the music is just as important as the gameplay.

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Big news came out on the Facebook page for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. The game is confirmed to getting some DLC sometime after the game’s release and is …
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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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