Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Fans Unhappy After Learning Why 3+4 Remaster Was Canceled
With the video game industry going through a nostalgia era, various companies have dug into their bag of long-dormant properties and are remastering, remaking, or reviving fan-beloved franchises. Games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 were received very favorably and left fans hoping that Activision would continue the remaster trend and bring Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 to current-gen platforms. Unfortunately, due to Activision's decision-making and word from the skateboarding deity and game's namesake Tony Hawk, a remaster of the next two Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games will not be happening.
It came out yesterday that due to Vicarious Visions' merger with Activision Blizzard, further remasters of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater franchise were canceled. Tony Hawk had confirmed on stream that a remaster of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+4 was up next, but Activision-Blizzard completed a deal that saw it absorb Vicarious Visions, causing all other projects to be scrapped.
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This decision hurt Tony Hawk as he was enthusiastic about continuing to remaster some of the remaining games in the franchise. But after Activision Blizzard merged with Vicarious Visions, remastering of the remaining games was pitched to other developers. However, Activision, in Hawk's words, «didn't trust» the development of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater to anyone else, and the further talk of development ceased.
Fans of the series are obviously disappointed that the franchise will once again go dormant as Vicarious Visions were the driving force for remastering the franchise along with other games. The studio has a history of porting other Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games onto a variety of platforms and released the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane
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