The buzz around a potential Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 remake is heating up, and the latest fuel to the rumor fire comes from Singapore's rating board. They've rated "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4" for a 2025 release, adding significant credibility to the whispers of a new installment in the iconic skateboarding series. This rumored collection is set to include the next two mainline games, promising to bring the thrill of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater to a wide array of platforms, including Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
While no official confirmation has been made yet, the excitement is palpable. A countdown timer spotted in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is teasing some Tony Hawk's Pro Skater news, set to culminate on March 4, 2025. This has fans eagerly anticipating what could be a major announcement.
Adding to the anticipation, Tony Hawk himself has hinted at something in the works. In a conversation with Mythical Kitchen, Hawk revealed he's been in talks with Activision again, teasing that "it will be something the fans will truly appreciate." This statement, coupled with the success of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 remake in 2020, makes a follow-up with 3+4 seem like a natural progression.
However, the journey to this point hasn't been straightforward. After the stellar reception of the 1+2 remake, the original plan was to move forward with 3+4. But in 2021, Activision merged the developer, Vicarious Visions, into Blizzard, shifting their focus to Blizzard's projects. This left the future of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series uncertain.
Tony Hawk shed some light on the situation during a Twitch livestream in 2022, explaining that Activision had been searching for a new developer to take on the 3+4 remake. "The truth of it is that [Activision] were trying to find somebody to do 3 + 4 but they just didn’t really trust anyone the way they did Vicarious, so they took other pitches from other studios," Hawk said. Despite these efforts, no suitable replacement was found, leaving the project in limbo.
Now, with the Singaporean ratings board listing Activision as both the publisher and developer for the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 remake, the question of who is behind this project remains a mystery. As the countdown timer ticks down to March 4, fans are on the edge of their seats, waiting to see if their dreams of revisiting the classic skateboarding games will come true.
