After the terrible performance of Tony Hawk: Ride last year, it seems as if Activision is trying it’s hand again at the series again with the upcoming Tony Hawk: Shred, announced recently by Tony Hawk himself via Twitter.
Tony Hawk: Shred. There, I said it. Actually, I named it. Somewhere a PR team is reeling.
– Tony Hawk, via Twitter
The tweet was soon taken down. It seems like Activision didn’t want the bomb dropped yet. But it has confirmed that Activision are working on the next title in the Tony Hawk series of skateboarding video games, which Hawk has already hinted at several times. Although, the game is early in development so Shred may be a working title, much like what Adrenaline was for Ride.
Hopefully, Shred improves on Ride in numerous ways. Both the skateboard peripheral and the game design itself of Ride were heavily criticized, so I dearly hope that Shred is a step back to the Pro Skater/Underground days, when the series was, admittedly, at it’s best.
